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Rivers Capital

@RiversCapital

Independent venture capital fund manager investing in growing businesses with loan and equity finance. We also build syndicates and funds.

 Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Joined October 2013
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We've got some exciting news to share! 👇We hope to welcome you to @131TheVenueMbro soon. 😃#Middlesbrough #ExcitingNews #SocialEnterprise #EventSpace
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Confirms my view... harder to raise #startup cash than its been for a while. Follow-on post revenue better see @Beauhurst about.beauhurst.com/blog/top…
Top UK Tech Startups: 2020 and Beyond

Top UK Tech Startups: 2020 and Beyond

This post pays special attention to those fledgling tech companies that raised their first round of equity finance in 2019.

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@hanfalky and ⁦@hultprize⁩ preparations ⁦@durham_uni⁩ @DUBusSchool⁩ . Looking forward to judging this prestigious student competition! So: this is “before”.....
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Tekmar Energy has announced a new deal to supply its patented cable protection system (CPS) for international marine contractor Van Oord at a major wind farm development. Read more: aycliffetoday.co.uk/tekmar-e… @Tekmar @AycliffeBizPark @_BusinessDurham
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.@GreggsOfficial kicks off #Veganuary with launch of new offering bdaily.co.uk/articles/2020/0… via @bdaily #NorthEast #food
Greggs kicks off Veganuary with launch of new offering

Greggs kicks off Veganuary with launch of new offering

Newcastle-based bakers Greggs has officially launched its latest product in a bid to cater to the growing vegan market. The company… | Entrepreneurship | North East | Retail | Food & Drink | Enterp...

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A big #HappyNewYear to all our #followers from #VC to #Entrepreneur especially all in the #NorthEast of England
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Well done @GetHonchoUK keep that capital flowing over £600,000 raised against £700,000 target gethoncho.us17.list-manage.c… #insuretech #FintechUK
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Pleased to see @GetHonchoUK doing so well and growing... raising #investment have a look crowdcube.com/companies/honc…
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Hitachi Construction Machinery set for expansion with new Tyne Dock base #investnortheast @STyneBusiness bdaily.co.uk/articles/2019/1… via @bdaily
Hitachi Construction Machinery set for expansion with new Tyne Dock base

Hitachi Construction Machinery set for expansion with new Tyne Dock base

A national industrial equipment specialist has expanded its North East business with the acquisition of a new building. Hitachi Construction Machinery… | North East | Construction | Manufacturing &...

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Great to see Honcho @GetHonchoUK launching and proud to have been #investor from the start. riverscap.com/news/post/honc…
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The Chamber@nechamber29 Aug 2019
The countdown is on to our Chamber Annual Dinner! Just 4 weeks until we welcome our #NEEChambermembers into the beautifully transformed @durhamcathedral for an evening of great food, entertainment and networking! Kindly sponsored by @durham_uni and @gatesheadcoll
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🚗⚡️Only 1 week to go until #LCV2019! Stephen Irish, our Founder & Commercial Director, will be presenting on Wednesday 4th at 11.40am as part of the @theapcuk Future of Technology Series! We'd love to see you there😃#futreoftechseries #cenexlcv #lowcarbon #electricvehciles
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North East England is not only one of the UK's fastest growing economics, it is also steeped in history and beautiful architecture. Celebrating it's 25th year @heritageopenday will be opening up some of the region's landmark buildings - 13-22 Sept 19 heritageopendays.org.uk/
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Honcho up and going #fintech hits the insurance market insuranceage.co.uk/technolog… @GetHonchoUK #insurance #TechNews check it out
Honcho launches ‘reverse auction’ app - Insurance Age

Honcho launches ‘reverse auction’ app - Insurance Age

InsurTech Futures: The car insurance app aims to reduce costs for young drivers.

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🇬🇧 Fantastic news from our customer @JCBmachines who have gone into full production of their first ever electric excavator! ⚡️ jcb.com/en-gb/news/2019/08/f… #ukmfg #GBmfg
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🚗⚡️ Only 2 weeks to go until @CenexLCFC Low Carbon Vehicle show 2019! Are you going? Come and visit us on stand C3 - 519, we'd love to see you there! #CenexLCV #ElectricVehicle #cleanenergy #lowcarbon
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Check out my latest article: Raising investment for a Business linkedin.com/pulse/raising-i… via @LinkedIn
Raising investment for a Business

Raising investment for a Business

It should come as no surprise that different investors look for different things from a business. I’ve written about this before but I think it is still a fresh topic.

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Jonathan Gold@Financetree27 Jun 2019
Replying to @jbjcr_durham
@butlerjcr just a big thanks to all at Butler @durham_uni for the Half Colours last night... good luck to all especially the leavers #gradutes to be
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Gavin Sewell@sewell_gavin21 Jun 2019
C’mon North East dev community. This is an awesome opportunity for 2 talented junior Microsoft stack devs to join a disruptive fast-growing InsutTech business based right here in the North East. Get involved. Help us revolutionise insurance distribution. #csharpjobs #ThisIsMINE
Honcho (@GetHonchoUK) profile pictureHoncho@GetHonchoUK19 Jun 2019
We're on the look out for another awesome C# developer to join our team. Fancy being at the forefront of disrupting the UK insurance distribution market? Read more here: gethoncho.com/careers/ #NEjobs #developerjobs
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Great to hear of continued #NorthEast #export success but can someone tell me if we cut out Nissan and the Chemical plant at Wilton ?? tinyurl.com/yxgl3lko
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