US startup community secures $48.3bn in venture capital over 2014.

Parcel delivery service DPD has partnered with L Marks for an accelerator programme through which startups can secure up to $170,000 in funding.

The low-cost gym chain has secured a mixture of equity provided by financial services-backed fund BGF, debt financing, asset financing and leasing facilities.

Aberdeen spin-out signs deal with major Canadian insurer for natural language generation technologies.

The life sciences fund, which spun out from Elan Corporation, has reached a $98.5m first close for its second fund, securing investment from an undisclosed strategic.

Parkwalk Advisors back Cambridge spin-out Fluid Analytics in series A round.