How Power BI Helps Businesses Scale After Investment

Securing investment for your business is a significant milestone, but it is not the finish line. With new funding comes new pressure, especially for CFOs and finance leaders who are now tasked with meeting heightened expectations. They must now scale effectively, fulfill commitments to investors and ensure transparency, strategic resource allocation and measurable returns. In this dynamic environment, modern finance teams require advanced solutions that align with their goals. Conventional … Continue reading

iFD client SwiftDx launches innovative rapid detection test

Follow us on LinkedIn. Cambridge Molecular Diagnostics Limited (SwiftDx) announces the launch of a new lateral flow test for the detection of Mycoplasma contamination. The innovative, easy-to-use, rapid test uses an adapted PCR method and provides accurate results within minutes, making it a valuable tool for laboratories and manufacturers in academia and the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. The test has been fully validated, including evaluation within the University of Cambridge. … Continue reading

How are VC and PE investors investing during a recession?

Follow us on LinkedIn for all the latest insights, exciting updates and iFD news. Contribution by Joao Futscher Uncertain economic conditions create a constellation of issues and challenges for businesses, but the impact of such difficulties on venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors is often overlooked. Investment requires a degree of confidence, but turbulent economic and political conditions have made this even more difficult to achieve.   We explore how … Continue reading

How to use EIS to attract investors

UK tech investment contributed a third of the total £89.5 billion that flowed into the European tech ecosystem in 2021, according to a press release published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Whilst investment is readily available, getting hold of it is another matter.  Thousands of tech companies launch every year, so competition for investment is intense. In this blog, we answer several of the most frequently asked … Continue reading

DEAL ALERT delivery management client MetaPack acquired

We are delighted to announce that our investment delivery management client MetaPack, the global leader in e-commerce delivery technology, has been acquired by Stamps.com Inc., the leading provider of postage online and shipping software solutions, in a deal worth approximately £175 million. Isosceles has been a director of delivery management technology client MetaPack for over 11 years during which time it has grown from a business turning over £1m and … Continue reading

How to Manage your Investor

Copious amounts of advice is available regarding how to manage one’s investment, but next to nothing about how to manage one’s investor and yet this person can add significantly more to your business than just cash. Insight and perspective Your investor is potentially an incredibly valuable resource to your business.  Keeping your investor on side, and getting the most out of them, requires careful thought and management. You can’t fire … Continue reading