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AI firm Level E Research raises funds to scale up

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Level E Research, the Edinburgh-based company focused on artificial intelligence investment solutions, has closed a seed funding round raising £1.2m. The finance is from a group of undisclosed private investors,Read More

Expansion plan

TheVeganKind delivery service raises £3.5m

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Expanding: new funds have been raised TheVeganKind, a Glasgow-based subscription delivery box service, has raised £3.5 million in Series A funding from Literacy Capital. Husband and wife co-founders, Scott andRead More

£1.7m raised

Funding for PlayerData’s sports injury forecasting tech

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Roy Hotrabhvanon and Hayden Ball Software company PlayerData, which can help predict sports injuries, has raised £1.7 million from Hiro Capital. The London and Luxembourg VC fund invests across games,Read More

Buy out

Bell Group ready for further growth following MBO

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Bell Group works on a range of projects Bell Group, the Scottish commercial decorating contractor, has completed a management buy-out and will embark on acquisitions to grow what is alreadyRead More

Fashion funding

Maven raises £3m for Welch’s Atterley.com

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Mike Welch: gamechanger Online tyre tycoon Mike Welch has raised £3 million for his fashion chain Atterley.com. Maven Capital Partners led the funding round for the company which enables independentRead More

Pitch for funds

Glasgow lager brand enters Dragons’ Den

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Jason Clarke (left) and Charlie Craig pictured in the Dragons’ Den Glasgow-based Gen!us Brewing will be appearing on the new BBC One series of Dragons’ Den. Co-founders Jason Clarke and Charlie CraigRead More

Ship deal

Dogger Bank vessels to be built by VARD of Norway

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The vessels will service the world’s biggest offshore wind farm Norwegian ship designer and builder VARD has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs)Read More

Tech deal

VITEC acquires Fife video tech firm Exterity

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Exterity has an expanding global reach VITEC, a worldwide IP video streaming solutions company, has acquired Dalgety Bay-based Exterity, the venture capital backed provider of IP video technology. The deal signals VITEC’sRead More

Angel support

Backing for BioCaptiva’s cancer breakthrough device

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Jeremy Wheeler: ‘significant impact’ Scottish bio-tech company, BioCaptiva, has developed a device that could revolutionise the early diagnosis and monitoring of difficult to detect cancers.  The University of Edinburgh spin-outRead More

German order

Alexander Dennis to build Berlin buses for first time

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Enviro500 bus in Berlin Berlin’s distinctive yellow buses are to be built by Alexander Dennis in Britain for the first time. The Falkirk-based company has confirmed that Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe hasRead More