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New Venture Fund, From City & Guilds Group Invests Undisclosed Amount Into Ed-Tech Platform HT2 Labs

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The City & Guilds Group, a developer of learning technologies that works with more than 200 companies worldwide to help develop a more skilled workforce, has made an investment into HT2 Labs, a research and development company for workplace digital learning, through its recently set up £2.5 million-pound New Venture Fund. HT2 Labs works alongside …

European VC Activity Looks Like It Is Going To Get Worse in Q3 – Will It Ever Get Better?

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Dealroom.co published its “European VC Q3 Flash Update” just a few days ago, which seemed to show that venture capital investment into Europe’s start-ups is on track, if not to quite match Q2 2016, then to run it pretty close. The total amount raised across Europe in Q2 2016 was €4.1bn, according to Dealroom’s figures; …

FinTech Pendulum Swinging Towards Germany, Says Latest CB Insights Report; But Long Term Future Of Financial Disruption Harder To Predict

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CB Insights latest European FinTech report reveals Berlin attracted 80% more venture Capital funding than London – will it last? Could London’s status as the world’s leading hub for FinTech innovation and investment be under threat? Perhaps the more pertinent question is; does it matter? It would seem to be the inescapable conclusion to be …

Trip Advisor, Yelp Rival TruRating Raises £9.5m To Fund Growth, Expansion Into North America Shortly After Announcing 2 Million Rating Milestone

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Will TruRating, after a £9.5m Series A fundraising, be able to exploit a gap in the market for “honest and transparent” customer service and product reviews? TruRating, a start-up which captures real-time ratings from point-of-sale customers in the UK and Australia, has raised £9.5m in a Series A funding led by international investment office for …

“Fen-Tech” Strikes Back? Cambridge Medical Robotics Lands £20.3m Series A Round To Grow Its Medical Device Manufacturing Business

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Cambridge Medical Robotics secured a $20.3m funding round this week It’s not a competition, of course, but let’s indulge in a little back and forth between 2 of Britain’s most venerable University towns. Both Oxford and Cambridge have thriving tech scenes; some might even say they rival London in terms of their tech productivity, if …

Silicon Roundup; Hallelujah It’s Raising Men (& Women)! & Assorted Tech Titbits Incl. Our Pick For Britain’s Next Unicorn

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It’s a new dawn, its a new day – as former SpAd to David Cameroon and all round tech do-er Rohan Silva pointed out in a recent Times column, we can either moan and complain about Brexit, or put our noses to the grindstone. That said, the HT notes how quick the “remain” leaning press …

Bish Bosh Bash; London Tech Week Starts With An Acquisition, An Office Move, A New Coworking Hub & $34m Of Investment

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The UK knows how to put on a festival, and London Tech Week is no exception; feisty, independent and ambitious, the festival, now in its third year, could challenge the likes of CES and Dreamforce How to get London Technology Week off to the perfect start? London based startup developing ground-breaking new AR / VR …