🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

🔥 fhunded is back! 👏 Join us in Preston for a fireside chat with our #Praeseed lead and Investment Manager Jessica Jackson, in convo with local CEO/NED Robert Binns. 📆 Get your ticket via the Eventbrite link to avoid disappointment. See you there: eventbrite.co.uk/e/fhunded-fire…

⭐️ A curry cooking competition + VC insights = made for each other! 🙌 We take our regular Lunch & Learn sessions very seriously and recently challenged the office to take part in a major curry cook-off and got everyone to judge their favourites. 🍽️The results were unreal!

👏 Great to present the British Business Bank's Sue Barnard with a specially branded padel racket to mark #NPIFII's first equity deal in the North West with The Padel Club! 🇬🇧 Also delighted to be joining the BBB at today's Cumbria Roadshow at The Swan Hotel in Newbry Bridge.

👏 Introducing our latest British Business Bank NPIF II investment – a £1.6m co-led round into Manchester-based cybersecurity specialist Cytix! 🚫 The Cytix team are doing truly transformational work. Check out the full story via Prolific North: prolificnorth.co.uk/news/1-6millio…

👏 What a mark of recognition for our portfolio company Reacta Healthcare(Reacta Healthcare)! 🥜 Reacta, which specialises in making safe and reliable medical-grade allergy tests, has this year been named one the best places to work in 2024 in The Times and The Sunday Times' annual list.

🥛 Check out Modern Milkman founder Simon M. on the Riding Unicorns podcast with James Pringle and Hector Mason! 🙌 This must-listen episode with our portfolio founder delves into the celebrity that inspired the business, MM's US expansion and more. Search 'Riding Unicorns'

🙌 Peak's global AI conference #AltitudeX is back! 💡It's being held here in Manchester this Thursday on October 10 at the iconic National Football Museum – a fantastic venue and the perfect setting to network and get inspired. 🎟️ Get your ticket: lnkd.in/eeQmV_rD

📆 Secure your tickets for Manchester Digital's Emerging Tech Conference, taking place on Dec 5th at No.1 Circle Square. 👏 The event promises cutting-edge insights, engaging panel discussions and quick-fire talks and demos. 👉 Tickets are FREE and available here: manchesterdigital.com/event/manchest…

🙌 Looking forward to the UK Business Angels' Early-Stage Investment Summit in #MCR where we have not one but TWO speakers! 🎟️ Tickets for the Nov 13th summit are available via the #UKBAA website, where you'll find the full agenda: ukbaa.org.uk/theearlystagei…

📆 Join us for FinTech Growth Fund's Beyond Investing: Founder Hours and Student Workshop event on Nov 4th in #Leeds 👏Aimed at developing the next growth fintechs in the North, we're joining some big names and taking part in a series of bespoke workshops. 🎟️: eventbrite.com/e/fintech-grow…

💆‍♀️ News of our #NPIFII investment into the on-demand beauty marketplace Ruuby has landed, announcing its plans to continue doubling down in #MCR and #Liverpool! 🙌 Check out the full story via TheBusinessDesk North West: thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news…

🙌 What. A. Milestone! 👏 Our portfolio company Enthuse has recently announced a decade-long partnership with London Marathon Events, following a successful relationship between the two companies that dates back to 2022. 🗞️Learn more: enthuse.com/blog-london-ma…

🙌 Welcome to the portfolio, CloudGuard! 💷 Founded by Matt Lovell (CEO) & Javid Khan (CTO), CloudGuard provides SMEs and enterprises across a large range of sectors with highly responsive and adaptive cybersecurity services. 👏Full story via BusinessCloud.co.uk: lnkd.in/e3DVjKcJ

👏 Welcome to the portfolio, Exciting Instruments! 🔬 Delighted to be part of the team investing in this Uni of Sheffield spinout, which has raised a £4m round led by Northern Gritstone, with funding also from NPIF II – Praetura Equity Finance. 🗞️ Via BusinessCloud.co.uk: lnkd.in/eeb6r4pC

👏 Team Praetura has raised over £45,000 for the Bone Cancer Research Trust (Bone Cancer Research Trust)! 🎯 This is the second year we've chosen a charity to raise funds for, this time in support of a Praetura Group team member who was diagnosed with primary bone cancer at the start of the year.

🤩 Welcome to the portfolio Mojo CX Team. 🎉 Mojo has developed a suite of analytics, monitoring and training tools for contact centres. ❤️ We're excited to back 'proudly Northern' founder Jimmy Hosang and his team via NPIFII. 👇Read via Prolific North. prolificnorth.co.uk/news/river-cap…