| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.07.2026 | Profits soar at Audioboom after it rejected 3 takeover offers | Global podcast company Audioboom has posted a huge leap in profits after rejecting several takeover offers. For the six months ended 30th June 2026, adjusted EBITDA profit was $3.2 million, up 80% on H1 2025. ... |
| 16.03.2026 | Blippar Acquires Plattar to Expand Global AR Commerce Platform | March 12, 2026 – Blippar, a provider of augmented reality (AR) and spatial computing solutions, has this week announced the acquisition of Plattar, a 3D product configuration and AR commerce platform with a presence in Australia and New Zea... |
| 16.05.2025 | Intima Bioscience: Data from first-in-human trial targeting CISH in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer | Administered CRISPR genetically engineered CISH-knockout Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes as a Model System to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of this Classically Undruggable Intracellular Target... |
| 14.04.2025 | Reform UK treasurer Candy sweet on merger of payments firms | VibePay, in which Nick Candy's investment vehicle is the largest shareholder, has agreed to sell itself to Banked amid a fast-changing payments industry landscape, Sky News learns.... |
| 12.12.2024 | Audioboom ups profit guidance for third time in two months | Audioboom has upgraded profit guidance for the third time in less than two months, as the podcast platform's advertising sales continue to surpass expectations.... |
| 05.12.2024 | Gold Miner Backed by Property Tycoon Nick Candy Snaps up Rival in £90m Deal | A gold miner backed by property magnate Nick Candy has bought a rival in a £90million deal. Metals Exploration swooped on Condor Gold with a bid of £67.5million up front in cash and shares.... |
| 28.11.2024 | London’s Most Famous Luxury Property Developer Invests in Non-alcoholic Wine | Luxury property tycoon Nick Candy whose track record includes the pricey, celebrity-filled One Hyde Park, has announced that he’s the founder of the two-year-old sparkling non-alcoholic wine label Wild Idol.... |
| 11.09.2024 | This Tony Fadell-backed startup uses AI to separate trash from recyclable treasure | Greyparrot’s technology can identify different types of garbage in sorting plants, guiding humans and robots to find more recyclable material.... |
| 02.05.2024 | Blippar’s new ‘Blippbuilder Mobile’ platform brings AR content creation to mobile devices | Blippar, a technology and content platform specializing in augmented reality (AR), has recently announced the launch of Blippbuilder Mobile (web) – a no-code augmented reality platform that empowers creators to create and share experiences ... |
| 12.02.2024 | London’s Greyparrot snaps $12.8M for AI-powered waste analytics | By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.4 billion tonnes of waste annually. With only around 5,500 facilities handling municipal solid waste operating worldwide, there is a critical need to build more next-generation plants and retrofi... |
| 15.01.2024 | Audioboom returns to revenue growth as advertising outlook improves | Audioboom returned to revenue growth in the last quarter of 2023, with the firm targeting 'record' sales this year thanks to an improving outlook for the advertising market.... |
| 12.01.2024 | Metals Exploration agrees to buy majority of YMC Group | Philippines-focussed gold producer Metals Exploration announced a conditional share purchase agreement (SPA) on Friday, to acquire a controlling interest in the YMC Group, which holds a significant exploration tenement in the Abra area of t... |
| 12.01.2024 | Greyparrot makes Global Cleantech 100 list | London-based waste analytics specialist Greyparrot has been named on the Cleantech Group’s list of companies making significant contributions to sustainable innovation.... |
| 04.01.2024 | Handy podcast boost for property tycoon Nick Candy | Shares in a podcast publisher backed by property tycoon Nick Candy soared after it hit key milestones.... |
| 03.01.2024 | Audioboom celebrates a year of growth around the world | Audioboom says that 2023 was an “exceptional year of growth and success” for the company.... |
| 16.01.2023 | Business Cloud: Psychometric test firm raises £5.75m in Series B funding | Arctic Shores, which helps organisations with their recruitment through game technology and behavioural science, has raised £5.75m in Series B investment.... |
| 17.10.2022 | City AM: Audioboom rakes in £59m in third quarter as advertising revenue perks up | Podcast giant Audioboom has announced it took in £50m up until September, a 44 per cent increase on last year.... |
| 01.08.2022 | Recruiter: Arctic Shores integrates with Teamtailor to improve recruitment process | Psychometric assessment pioneer Arctic Shores has announced that it has integrated with Teamtailor, the recruitment and employer branding applicant tracking system (ATS), to help businesses see more in candidates.... |
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| 14.06.2022 | VentureBeat: Blippar facilitates AR content creation through its integration with Microsoft Teams | Blippar, a London-based augmented reality (AR) content creating and publishing platform, today announced the integration of its no-code AR creation tool, Blippbuilder, into business communication and collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams.... |
| 25.05.2022 | UKTN: Greyparrot raises £8.9m to sort through waste using AI | AI waste analytics platform Greyparrot has closed an $11m (£8.9m) Series A funding round led by Una Terra. Greyparrot uses computer vision technology to analyse and sort waste into the right categories at waste facilities.... |
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| 19.05.2022 | Telegraph: Property mogul Nick Candy mulls takeover bid for THG | Property mogul Nick Candy is considering a bid for struggling online retailer THG, which said on Thursday night that it has rejected a £2bn offer from a separate group of investors.... |
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| 11.04.2022 | This Is Money: Audioboom’s strong growth continues with record first quarter as revenues double | Audioboom's strong growth has continued into the new year, with revenues more than doubling as more people tuned into its podcasts. The company, which hosts the This is Money podcast, raked in a record $19.7million in revenues in the first ... |
| 13.02.2022 | Sky News: Amazon and Spotify mull bids for London-listed podcaster Audioboom | The two digital behemoths are considering whether to make rival approaches to Audioboom, which has a market value of over £275m, Sky News learns.... |
| 13.01.2022 | Arctic Shore takes aim at global skills shortage after latest Silicon Valley Bank funding | Arctic Shores has received £1.5m in venture debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The funding follows another exciting year for the company, where revenues grew by more than 50%.... |
| 11.01.2022 | Daily Mail: First ever profit boosts Audioboom backers | Audioboom shares soared as it made a profit for the first time amid surging demand from advertisers. Shares in the group, which hosts podcasts on topics ranging from sport to crime, jumped 5.7pc, or 80p to a seven-year-high of 1490p after i... |
| 11.01.2022 | Mail Online / This is Money: Audioboom shares soar as podcast finally turns a profit thanks to surging demand from advertisers | Audioboom shares soared as it made a profit for the first time amid surging demand from advertisers. Shares in the group, which hosts podcasts on topics ranging from sport to crime, jumped 5.7 percent, or 80p, to a seven year high of 1490p ... |
| 11.01.2022 | City AM: Audioboom hits high note with rocket revenue | Podcast publisher Audioboom recorded a revenue boost of 125 percent yesterday, making it the forth largest publisher in the US.... |
| 10.01.2022 | This is Money: Audioboom shares climb more than 6% as podcast boom leads group to record first yearly profit in its history | Shares in broadcast media platform Audioboom jumped by over 6 per cent this morning after it declared its first ever annual profit following a continuing serge in new listeners tuning into its podcasts.... |
| 16.12.2021 | City AM: Audioboom expects revenue boom thanks to podcast lovers | Podcast firm Audioboom said this morning it had continued to experience “strong momentum” into the fourth quarter of 2021, with the company now expecting to generate “significantly increased” adjusted underlying earnings and “marginally imp... |
| 30.11.2021 | Industry heavyweights invest alongside Candy Ventures to fund BetConnect’s next phase of growth | Candy Ventures, the investment vehicle founded by Nick Candy, has participated in the latest funding round for BetConnect, the unique and disruptive exchange that has become one of the UK’s fastest-growing sports betting platforms.... |
| 05.11.2021 | Altfi: YouTuber Vikkstar becomes ‘part-owner’ of VibePay | As a business with a top-tier social media strategy, it’s no wonder that VibePay has taken the next step to team up with one of the biggest creators in the UK. Vikram ‘Vikkstar’ Singh Barn, a member of KSI’s Sidemen and YouTuber with nearly... |
| 28.10.2021 | Economic Times: LoveLocal raises $18m funding round led by Vulcan Capital | LoveLocal, an aggregator of hyper-local retailers, has raised $18 million (Rs 143 crore) in a funding round led by Vulcan Capital, which was founded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.... |
| 15.09.2021 | Business Cloud: Former MediaCom CEO joins Blippar board | Augmented reality technology company Blippar has appointed former chairman and global CEO of MediaCom Stephen Allan to its board as a non-executive director. ... |
| 09.09.2021 | Forbes: Quickfire Questions: Luke Massie, CEO VibePay | Massie is a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2018. He is CEO and Founder of VibePay, an app that allows users to request and receive payments instantly by linking bank accounts securely via Open Banking technology.... |
| 09.09.2021 | FinTech Magazine: VibePay first in Europe to offer voice-activated payments | VibePay, a social payment initiation service, has become the first to offer account-to-account voice-activated payments in Europe.... |
| 21.07.2021 | Evening Standard: Dark Delight stories boost Audioboom | DARK History stories told by Bailey Sarian helped Audioboom revenues more than double after her podcasts topped the Apple and Spotify charts.... |
| 20.07.2021 | The Times: Volume rises in Audioboom chat | All Active Asset Capital, the investment group that hopes to cancel its Aim listing, is mulling a takeover bid for Audioboom, the podcast group.... |
| 15.06.2021 | Greyparrot awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum | Greyparrot – the London-based tech company disrupting the recycling industry by providing waste analytics to monitor, sort, and audit waste at scale, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum’s most promis... |
| 29.04.2021 | Bloomberg: Amazon adds urgency to UK podcast start-up’s search for buyers | Audioboom Group Plc, one of a pack of podcasting start-ups that enjoyed soaring audiences during lockdown, is in a race to scale up or find a buyer so it can fend off powerful new competitors... |
| 14.04.2021 | Audioboom books first profit as podcast downloads grow | Podcast platform Audioboom has booked its first ever profit for the first quarter after cashing in on continued growth in on-demand audio.... |
| 11.04.2021 | Covid listener surge sees podcast firm’s results perking up | Shares and revenues at UK-based Audioboom are soaring despite stiff competition from the world's digital giants... |
| 23.03.2021 | AR pioneer Blippar is back with $5M in funding and a B2B model | Augmented Reality pioneer Blippar – which has had a tortuous history after early investors pulled out and the company had to scramble for new backers – has now closed a $5 million funding round, after 18 months of re-positioning as a B2B co... |
| 15.03.2021 | Scottish Minecraft mogul joins board of Nick Candy’s Blippar | The Nick Candy-owned augmented reality (AR) start-up Blippar has attracted a prominent Scottish video games entrepreneur to its board.... |
| 03.02.2021 | Blippar: Corona Hard Seltzer transports consumers to a virtual tropical beach | Corona Hard Seltzer has launched an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience designed to raise awareness and provide consumers with an opportunity to travel with the brand. Blippar, known for its AR technology, supports the campaign.... |
| 01.02.2021 | Arctic Shores: Candidate feedback first victim of CV tsunami | New research reveals that only 7% of companies give feedback to all candidates as the volume of applications has risen. According to those surveyed by Arctic Shores, 48% said they have received more applications since COVID-19, and 66% repo... |
| 19.01.2021 | Audioboom shares rise as podcast listeners tune in | Audioboom shares pushed higher this morning after the podcasting platform reported a jump in revenue last year. The London-listed firm posted revenue of roughly $26.8m (£19.7m) in 2020, up by a fifth on the previous year.... |
| 18.01.2021 | Arctic Shores recognised for tech-driven D&I improvement | Arctic Shores has been named in the prestigious Deloitte Fast 50 and picked up two Gold Awards at this year’s BOC’s HR Brilliance Awards with client Capita and it’s Customer Management Division.... |
| 07.01.2021 | FinExtra – VibePay launches Open Banking powered dashboard | VibePay, which powers account to account payments between consumers, friends and businesses, today announces the launch of its UK business dashboard - the next step on its mission to make account to account payments the default way to pay a... |
| 07.01.2021 | Leisure Opportunities – 1Rebel enters Middle East with two club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | The clubs will be operated in partnership with Saudi-based Armah Sports, which has the 1Rebel rights to seven markets across the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait... |
| 16.12.2020 | Building a knowledge graph with topic networks in Amazon Neptune | Guest blog post by Edward Brown, Head of AI Projects, Eduardo Piairo, Architect, Marcia Oliveira, Lead Data Scientist, and Jack Hampson, CEO at Deeper Insights.... |
| 16.12.2020 | Ex-Royal Mail CTO joins AI start-up Greyparrot | Ex-Royal Mail CTO Jochen Alt is to lead AI firm Greyparrot’s tech team, the company has announced. Alt is one of a series of strategic hires which also includes talent from Huawei, Any Vision, Ocado, Cisco and Microsoft... |
| 09.11.2020 | Nick Candy backs start-up that can predict which artists will be successful | The property mogul has become a director of Collectability following an investment by his firm Candy Ventures.... |
| 28.10.2020 | Nick Candy-backed mining firm Metals Exploration climbs almost 170% on the stock market after relisting | Shares in mineral resources firm Metals Exploration shot up today following its relisting on the AIM exchange. They rose 168.3 per cent by the mid-afternoon on its first day back on the London Stock Exchange in seven months after negotiatio... |
| 13.10.2020 | Podcaster Audioboom hits right note with Singapore investor | Audioboom, the London-listed podcasting group, announces a multi-million pound fundraising after deciding to call off a long-running auction.... |
| 23.09.2020 | Wired (Middle East) – Blippar sprinkles a little AR over Middle East breakfasts | British tech firm sees regional potential of immersive 3D experiences after deal with Kellogg’s cereal brand.... |
| 10.08.2020 | UKTN: VibePay sets sights on growth with integration of UK banks | VibePay is continuing on its ambitious path of growth, with the integration of more UK banks and payment providers via open banking, and a business account function in its newly launched social payments app.... |
| 10.08.2020 | Business Cloud: UK AR firm Blippar hires CFO | London-headquartered augmented technology company Blippar has announced the appointment of Adam Baird as Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Baird will report directly to the CEO, Faisal Galaria, and will be responsible for finance, a... |
| 30.07.2020 | Arctic Shores appoints Adam Hale as new Chair as it targets diversity & inclusion for 2m candidates | Leading behaviour-based assessment provider Arctic Shores has appointed industry veteran Adam Hale as the company’s new Chair.... |
| 22.07.2020 | Forbes: How 4 companies are using AI to solve waste issues on earth and in space | Many dystopian movies depict Earth covered in garbage. People live in slums surrounded by trash without anywhere else for it to go. Thankfully, with the help of companies like Greyparrot, that dystopian predicament doesn’t have to be humani... |
| 21.07.2020 | OnePlus hosts 1st all-AR launch event for new smartphone | AR platform Blippar developed a 26-minute livestreamed event to showcase OnePlus's new smartphone to viewers worldwide. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide watched the livestreamed event through the OnePlus Nord AR app... |
| 21.07.2020 | Mobile Marketing: OnePlus launches latest smartphone entirely in AR | OnePlus launched its latest smartphone entirely in augmented reality (AR) – the first time this has been done. Teaming up with AR platform Blippar, OnePlus unveiled the OnePlus Nord to a global audience through a custom-built OnePlus app...... |
| 21.07.2020 | Blippar helps OnePlus deliver product launch event for new smartphone entirely in Augmented Reality | Blippar, has today announced that it has delivered a product launch event entirely in AR for OnePlus Nord; the latest smartphone from technology brand OnePlus. In what the company states is a “major technological breakthrough”, Blippar has ... |
| 03.07.2020 | Blippar’s turnaround CEO Faisal Galaria eyes AR boom | Once a runaway UK tech success story, ex-unicorn Blippar is now a much smaller operation following financial calamity and a restructure. But the man tasked with rebuilding the AR specialist is bullish that the stars are now aligning for a b... |
| 02.07.2020 | Magna Imperio Systems to supply tens of thousands in Mexico City with clean water amidst pandemic | Magna Imperio Systems Corp. (MI Systems), a leading provider of innovative water treatment solutions, is collaborating with SacMex to provide thousands in Mexico City with a sustainable potable water source in record-breaking time.... |
| 30.06.2020 | Hanzo gives corporate legal and compliance teams better insights and control over Slack data | Hanzo, the company known for its pioneering technology in dynamic web archiving for ediscovery and compliance, today announced new features and efficiency-boosting user experience in its purpose-built discovery solution for Slack, Hanzo Hol... |
| 29.06.2020 | Evening Standard: A first look inside one of London’s revamped post-covid boutique fitness studios | Boutique fitness studio 1Rebel, known for its cult conditioning concept 'Reshape', has shared a sneak peek of what your next workout will look like in its newly revamped Victoria studio.... |
| 22.06.2020 | Blippar’s new vision for augmented reality is perfect fit for a post-Covid world | There are few recent British technology collapses as notorious as Blippar. The augmented reality start-up was for years classed among the UK’s brightest tech stars. It had received takeover offers of as much as $1.5bn (£1.2bn), it claimed, ... |
| 28.05.2020 | AI and analytics firm Deeper Insights launches free COVID-19 research discovery app for medical professionals | London, United Kingdom – 28th May 2020: London-based AI and analytics firm Deeper Insights has launched a free research discovery platform to help medical professionals access the latest research on COVID-19 to further their knowledge and h... |
| 27.05.2020 | Tech.eu: London’s Greyparrot gets $2.2 million for computer vision software that digitises recycling | Greyparrot, a London-based startup set on managing and reducing waste through AI, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding to prepare its product for global expansion. The round was led by Speedinvest with participation from Force Over Mass.... |
| 27.05.2020 | AI startup Greyparrot raises £1.825m in seed funding round to revolutionise recycling with waste recognition software | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: AI tech startup Greyparrot has raised £1.825m to tackle the growing waste crisis by introducing digitisation and automation to recycling. The round was led by Speedinvest, a leading early-stage industrial tech invest... |
| 29.04.2020 | Blippar scores new AR campaign for Lavazza and Arsenal Football Club | Leading Augmented Reality (AR) company Blippar is behind a new WebAR campaign for global coffee brand Lavazza and Arsenal Football Club. Lavazza has launched the month-long campaign to offer a fun and immersive AR experience for Arsenal fan... |
| 17.04.2020 | VibePay launches open-banking powered business model | VibePay, the enterprising ecosystem behind the fast growing social payments app, has announced its open banking driven offer for businesses. The latest products will allow brands to process frictionless checkout and subscription payments on... |
| 10.04.2020 | How Lovelocal is helping Kirana stores in India thrive during the Covid-19 lockdown | Leaving the business sector in tatters, coronavirus has made the traditional mom-and-pop stores in India struggle to make sales. Mumbai-based Lovelocal which has been digitizing kirana stores since 2015 is now making sure no local shop is l... |
| 07.04.2020 | Brits stuck at home are a boon to Audioboom | Podcast host Audioboom today reported record quarterly revenues as bored Brits hoovered up shows. Revenues spiked 40% to $6.4 million in the first quarter as listeners were hooked and advertisers stuck by the growing medium.... |
| 01.04.2020 | Ralph & Russo on Their 10-Year Anniversary Collection Paying Tribute to the Australian Bushfire Crisis | To celebrate its 10-year anniversary collection, a tribute to the Australian bushfire crisis, Ralph & Russo showcased frothy couture in whimsy pastel hues that pointed to Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo’s ambitious plans for the future..... |
| 25.03.2020 | How a Navy officer turned a big idea into $118 million business after service | Grant page was working intently one night in 2013 in the U.S. Naval Academy Engineering Lab when he met his future. Page, a senior and midshipman first class, was developing a thesis project that was helping him graduate from the academy so... |
| 20.03.2020 | 1Rebel gyms founder offers to hand over keys to all clubs for NHS use | With London gyms closing their doors, and some having already declared bankruptcy, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the health and fitness industry has already been devastating. While several gyms are making efforts to transfer their of... |
| 26.02.2020 | British homecare start-up Cera Care raises £53m | British homecare start-up Cera Care has raised $70m (£53m) to fund its national rollout and international expansion. Cera Care , which is backed by former Standard Chartered boss Peter Sands, uses technology to monitor patients’ conditions ... |
| 29.01.2020 | Blippar appoints AR veteran Keith Curtin as Chief Commercial Officer, US | Blippar, the leading Augmented Reality platform, has today named Keith Curtin as Chief Commercial Officer for the US. Curtin is widely regarded as one of the industry’s leading influencers in augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed rea... |
| 11.12.2019 | m.Paani raises $5.5million in Series A led by AC Ventures, Gojek co-founders, Henkel, Candy Ventures, and others | m.Paani, India’s leading local retailer digitisation platform, has raised USD $5.5m or INR 39 crores, in a Series A investment round led by AC Ventures, Henkel, Candy Ventures, in addition to noteworthy angel investors Kevin Aluwi, CEO and ... |