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Launch of corporate venture fund to empower start-ups

Yango Group, a global tech company bringing advanced technology to local communities, has launched Yango Ventures, a corporate venture fund designed to empower promising start-ups across LATAM, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENAP...

Expanding lending to start-ups with launch of embedded finance service

Bettr, a leading AI-driven lending business under Ant International, has announced its official launch in Brazil to expand small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending to support local and regional economic...

Small Business Index reveals borrowing challenges threaten UK growth 

Small businesses across the UK are at a financial crossroads as high interest rates and restricted access to traditional financing become a growth inhibitor, according to the 2025 Intuit QuickBooks Small Business...

Reinventing financial due diligence for SMEs

Ian Fishwick, Client Services Director from Evolution Capital, outlines the challenges faced by SMEs when acquiring another SME and how Evolution Capital has reinvented financial due diligence.   There are about...

SME lender secures new £200 million funding led by Citi

iwoca, one of Europe’s largest SME lenders, has announced a new £200 million package of debt funding from Citi and Waterfall Asset Management and doubles its SME loan offer ceiling to £1 million. The funding follows a ser...

Fuel Ventures leads £1.5 million investment in Groov to bridge the SME ...

Fuel Ventures, a leading UK venture capital fund, has led a £1.5 million seed funding round in Groov, a leader in embedded lending.  Supported by Aperture and a select group of industry-focused angel investors, ...

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