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| 08.08.2025 | Indian Gifting Startups Raise USD 115.9 Mn Since 2015 Amid Steady Sector Growth: Report In 2025 so far, the sector saw only one deal, with Indigifts raising USD 57,600 in an angel round. | Indian gifting startups have raised a total of USD 115.9 million between 2015 and 2025 year-to-date, indicating a gradual yet consistent growth in the sector, according to a new report by Tracxn titled Gifting Platforms Wrap Report. Despite... |
| 22.12.2023 | Living healthier and happier lives: Our 2024 trend predictions | As we get excited for Christmas in the office, our Bloom & Wild mini-trees sparkling and the air scented by NEOM’s Christmas Wishes candle, we’re reflecting on another year of big changes in consumer behaviour, margin pressures, channel... |
| 15.09.2022 | Setting the tone: Tips on bringing your tone of voice to life | Following an emotive global event, such as the sad passing of our dear Queen Elizabeth II, brands on social media have to make choices, starting with whether to publicly react or stay silent. The decision often has to be made at pace, witho... |
| 24.01.2021 | Investment: Bloom & Wild receives £75m investment | Bloom & Wild to become Europe’s most loved flower gifting brand with £75m investment
We are excited to announce an investment of £75m into Bloom & Wild, led by some of the world’s top investors in consumer brands, including US inve... |
| 18.01.2021 | London flowery delivery company Bloom & Wild secures £75 million in funding | London-based flower and gift delivery startup Bloom & Wild has announced £75 million in new funding after a year that saw 160 percent growth. The Series D round will fuel the company as it continues to expand across Europe.
Founded in 2... |
| 18.01.2021 | Bloom & Wild secures £75m in funding and reports 160% growth as it expands its flower delivery and gifting business across Europe | Bloom & Wild, Europe’s largest and fastest growing online flower delivery and gifting platform, has raised a £75m Series D funding round as it looks to accelerate its rapid expansion across Europe. General Catalyst led the round, joined... |
| 18.01.2021 | Bloom & Wild raises £75M, London-based online flower delivery and gifting startup achieves 160% growth in revenue | London-based Bloom & Wild is one of the largest and fastest-growing European online flower delivery and gifting platforms. Recently, the company announced that it raised fresh funding and reported massive growth in revenue during the pa... |
| 17.01.2021 | UK’s Bloom & Wild raises $102M to seed its flower delivery service across Europe | Bloom & Wild, a London-based startup that takes an updated and online approach to the very traditional business of ordering and delivering flowers, has seen business blossom in the last year. And today, it is announcing a big round of f... |
| 08.01.2021 | Bloom & Wild’s flourishing fundraising: London-based online florist reportedly set to raise a whopping €82M | Bloom & Wild, a London-based online flower gifting company, is reportedly all set to raise $100M (approx €82M) in funding from various investors including Index Ventures and General Catalyst. According to the report, the UK company will... |
| 04.09.2020 | Fully Signed Up To The Subscription Economy -The Rebirth Of Retail | LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 12: Yifei Liu attends the European Premiere of Disney's "MULAN" London, ... [+] England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Disney)Getty Images for Disney |
| 09.07.2020 | The road to 4 million meals: some takeaways from my time at Gousto | Get in touch if you’re a product-led founder with a massive vision to enhance the way we live, play, or work.
Before launching our latest Pre/Seed fund last year, MMC began looking for atypical opportunities to allow team members to immers... |
| 29.05.2020 | “Tough times need innovation, and the UK tech scene is able to deliver” | Sara Gordon, originally from America, specialises in B2C Brand and Marketing and has a wealth of experience in leading brand strategy and creative campaigns for scaling tech companies. She headed up Brand for Tech Nation alumni company Bloo... |
| 17.05.2020 | Editorial: Staying fit and healthy in the time of corona | Additions to the vernacular are big indicators of local mindsets – and coronavirus has inspired a deluge. ‘Coronaspeck’ is the somewhat waggish German word for the fat deposited by weeks of stay-at-home grazing. Across the border, ‘rester e... |
| 19.04.2020 | Editorial: Consumers in the time of coronavirus | There are plenty of unfamiliar sightings and perplexing behaviours around these days. Beyond creative face masks, dexterous opening of park gates with feet and people humming ‘Happy Birthday’ while washing their hands, for Londoners nothing... |
| 17.04.2020 | How tech is easing the challenges of lockdown | The fight against Covid-19 continues, and with lockdown becoming the new normal across the world, the everyday way of life has been totally transformed within the space of a few weeks.
The challenges that are brought about by operating wit... |
| 15.04.2020 | Bloom & Wild raises £2.5m for ‘flowers through the letterbox’ service | ‘Flowers through the letterbox' subscription service Bloom & Wild has secured £2.5m Series A funding from MMC Ventures, with backing from existing angel investors including Samos, Catamaran Ventures and Scott Sage.
Launched in 2013 by A... |
| 05.11.2019 | #livinglifetothefull. How experiences are transforming people’s leisure time. | Although you wouldn’t know it salivating over the esoteric fusions in Soho’s eateries, all food has humble roots.
The Basque pintxo is no exception. People heading to the cider houses and bodegas in the old part of San Sebastián to buy the... |
| 20.09.2019 | MMC leads $19 million round for Bilbao-based Lookiero | Lookiero, is Europe’s leading personal shopping startup and we're very pleased to have led its $19 million funding round with support from existing investor All Iron Ventures, and new investors Bonsai Partners, 10x and Santander Smart. The ... |
| 06.08.2019 | What is a Scaleup? | When you enter the tech world, you soon become exposed to a whole new range of terminology used within the tech ecosystem. From the basics like startup and venture capital, to terms like bootstrapping and MVP – you might even be wondering w... |
| 20.12.2018 | How Bloom & Wild brings delight to customer services… | To many companies, it’s the department most unloved, neglected and left toiling away in the most distant corner of the office.
But the customer services function at Bloom & Wild couldn’t be more different. It’s not even defined as prov... |
| 19.11.2018 | Deliveroo rides to victory, winning Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 for the second year in a row | Deliveroo rides to victory, winning Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 for the second year in a row
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Deloitte has announced the winners of the 2018 UK Technology Fast 50 awards. The awards recognise and rank the 50 fastest-growing technology c... |
| 01.10.2018 | Bloom & Wild Raises £15M in Equity Funding | Bloom & Wild, a London, UK-based online flower gifting brand, raised £15m in equity funding.
The round was led by Piper, with participation from MMC Ventures, Burda Principal Investments and existing angel investors. In conjunction with... |
| 01.10.2018 | Term Sheet — Monday, October 1 | BLITZSCALING
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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Reid Hoffman knows a lot about growing companies at a breakneck pace. An executive at PayPal during the company’s earlies... |
| 30.09.2018 | MMC backs Bloom & Wild for a third time as part of £15m funding round | Bloom & Wild announced a £15m funding round today from Piper, MMC Ventures, Burda Principal Investments and existing angel investors. This new investment, the brand’s largest yet, will enable Bloom & Wild to focus on two key growth ... |
| 07.03.2018 | 26 late-stage UK tech companies join Future Fifty | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
We’re excited to announce the new cohort of 26 late-stage companies joining our Future Fifty programme today! Some of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies have been chosen ... |
| 22.06.2017 | Founder to Founder Series: Brandwatch and Bloom & Wild talk company culture | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Naomi Trickey of Brandwatch and Aron Gelbard of Bloom and Wild discuss the importance of having a unique company culture and how to protect it.
Having a strong company cultur... |
| 02.03.2017 | 50 London-Based Startups You Need to Watch in 2017 | Across the pond, London's tech scene, also known as the Silicon Roundabout, is bursting at the seams with startup activity. Among the buzzing streets of London lives Tech City UK, an accelerator aimed at fueling digital entrepreneurs to ima... |
| 23.02.2017 | Gousto and Bloom & Wild join the Tech City Future Fifty |
Gousto and Bloom & Wild have been included in the 2017 Tech City 'Future Fifty' cohort. The programme recognises the UK's fastest growing technology companies and provides network opportunities, private partnerships and unique links t... |
| 22.02.2017 | Announcing 26 New Companies Joining Future Fifty in 2017 | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we’re delighted to announce the companies joining the Future Fifty programme in 2017. We’re also celebrating 26 companies graduating from the programme and the remarkabl... |
| 16.02.2017 | Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: Wilbur-Ellis Invests in AgCode, Miyoko’s Kitchen Raises $6m Series B, Verizon Acquires Skyward, more | Verizon has acquired Skyward, a drone operations management platform. Last year Skyward partnered with PrecisionHawk to offer farmers and other industry customers a package of technology tools. It operates in other industries too. Verizon V... |
| 13.02.2017 | Bloom & Wild closes £3.75m investment | Bloom & Wild has announced a £3.75m funding round, led by Burda Principal Investments, the strategic investment division of media conglomerate Hubert Burda Media, with participation from MMC Ventures.
Founded in 2013, Bloom & Wild ... |
| 13.02.2017 | London-based Bloom & Wild secures €4.4 million to expand internationally | What a good timing. Shortly before Valentine’s Day, the London-based flower delivery startup Bloom & Wild, announced a new funding round worth €4.4 million – led by BurdaPrincipal Investments and joined by previous investors MMC Venture... |
| 13.02.2017 | Bloom & Wild Raises £3.75M in Funding | Bloom & Wild, a London, UK-based online flower company, raised £3.75m in funding.
The round was led by Burda Principal Investments, Hubert Burda Media’s investment unit, with participation from previous investors MMC Ventures and angel ... |
| 13.02.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, February 13 | AI, AR, IPO, HBD
Hello, it’s me. Some quick notes to kick off your Monday.
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| 08.02.2017 | Subscription-based flower delivery startup Bloomon raises $23 million to grow globally | Netherlands-based flower delivery service Bloomon has raised $23 million in a series B funding round led by Fortino Capital, with participation from Partech Ventures, INKEF Capital, and a number of individual angel investors.
Founded out of... |
| 08.02.2017 | Subscription-based flower delivery startup Bloomon raises $23 million to grow globally | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Netherlands-based flower delivery service Bloomon has raised $23 million in a series B funding round led by Fortino Capital, with parti... |
| 27.09.2016 | In review: The MMC Annual Event | This year was our biggest event yet, with more than 300 guests descending on 8 Northumberland Avenue for an evening of celebration.
We were delighted to welcome investors, entrepreneurs and 26 of the management teams from our portfolio a... |
| 28.04.2016 | UK Digital Business Leaders Want to Remain in the EU | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Seven out of ten tech business founders and investors intend to vote Remain in June’s referendum. Some of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies explain why they back the Rem... |
| 01.03.2016 | Introducing the UK Tech Companies Travelling to SxSW With Tech City UK | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
At the halfway point of our survey data collection for Tech Nation 2016 we announced that to recognise the level of engagement from digital businesses, we would be taking comp... |
| 28.01.2016 | 30 of The UK’s Finest Early Stage Tech Businesses Selected to Join Upscale | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today we’re announcing the first 30 companies to join Upscale. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK will power 30 of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling ... |
| 04.08.2015 | Bloom & Wild Raises £2.5m in Series A Funding | Bloom & Wild, a London, UK-based mobile and online florist, raised £2.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by MMC Ventures www.mmcventures.com, with participation from Samos, Catamaran Ventures and Scott Sage.
The company intends t... |
| 27.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 27, 2015 | Palantir received $450M; DraftKings added $300M; Secret Escapes bagged $60M
Buyatab Online Inc., a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based international provider of digital gift card solutions, completed a funding round of undisclosed amount. Backers w... |
| 27.07.2015 | Flower delivery startup Bloom & Wild secures £2.5m by MMC Ventures | The ‘flowers through the letterbox’ gifting company has closed a £2.5m Series A funding round, led by MMC Ventures, alongside existing angel investors – Samos, Indian outfit Catamaran Ventures and angel investor Scott Sage.
Co-founders Aron... |
| - | This London startup helps e-commerce brands to harness power of fans, logs in $25 million | Driving growth, increasing customer acquisition and returns across the marketing activity spectrum have become essential to the successful functioning of any growth-obsessed e-commerce brand. Cashing on this trend is London-based customer a... |
| - | British online florist Bloom & Wild acquires Dutch bloomon to become Europe's number 1 | The British online florist Bloom & Wild acquires Dutch industry peer bloomon. After the acquisition, both brands will continue to exist. bloomon has a strong market position in the Benelux and Denmark and Bloom & Wild in the United ... |
| - | Bloom & Wild raises £75m to expand its flower delivery service across Europe | London-based florist and flower delivery service Bloom & Wild, has announced a series D funding round which at present stands at £75 million, in order to fund its expansion across Europe.
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| - | Deeper – among the TOP 10 fastest-growing technology companies in the EMEA region
| Deloitte has announced Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2017 results (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). For the first time in the history of this project, Lithuania’s representatives entered TOP10 – Deeper was ranked 8th. As many as 62 Central E... |
