NEWS
SEPTEMBER 2023
Please see here our September 2023 News Update.
JULY 2023
CULTURE TRIP: See here a Sky News article about the MBO and the strategic review. Also extensively covered by trade press; see here one example.
MAY 2023
CULTURE TRIP: Hired by Culture Trip to launch a strategic review. Culture Trip offer curated trips for digital savvy millennials, using a vast content library to acquire customers. The business recently completed an MBO and is poised for massive growth, powered by over 9m monthly website visitors.
APRIL 2023
SOMETHING™: We sourced and secured a growth investment into Something™ led by VGC Partners, a leading growth fund. Something™ is a creative studio based out of London and Byron Bay, delivering a range of creative solutions for brands designed to enrich creative culture. See here for more details.
MARCH 2023
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT: Hired by a UK media owner to provide them with corporate finance advice.
ROXi: Following our appointment to assist with their growth plans, ROXi completes their funding round. ROXi is a Smart TV App for music which is backed by music talent (Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Sheryl Crow) & others. See here for more details.
JANUARY 2023
MUSO: Hired by MUSO to provide Business Development support. MUSO collects and analyses data from billions of piracy infringements every day to help rights owners to discover pirated content, protect content from piracy & connect with new audiences.
DEFINITION INTERVIEW: We were recently interviewed by the editor of Definition, a leading online magazine, about the best way to secure growth funding for production companies. Please see here a link to that article.
Please see here our January 2023 News Update.
DECEMBER 2022
Following our appointment to assist with their growth plans, Stagedoor were acquired by Trafalgar Entertainment Group. Stagedoor is an app for discovering theatre shows, booking tickets and reading theatre reviews of London’s best shows.
NOVEMBER 2022
Hired by ROXi to assist with their growth plans. ROXi is the leading Smart TV app for music and is backed by music talent (all the major labels plus Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams, Sheryl Crow, Kylie Minogue), leading entrepreneurs (Ron Dennis, Guy Hands) and institutions. See here for more details.
OCTOBER 2022
We have been selected as an official fundraising provider to assist with a European Union funded programme. See here for more details.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Please see here our September 2022 News Update.
AUGUST 2022
MUSO: We sourced and secured a multi-million pound investment into MUSO from Puma Private Equity, a leading UK private equity house. MUSO collects and analyses data from billions of piracy infringements every day to help rights owners to discover pirated content, protect content from piracy & connect with new audiences. See here for more details.
JAZZED: Following our appointment to assist with their growth plans, Jazzed were acquired by FanTracks Digital. Jazzed is the world’s first audiovisual app dedicated to jazz.
JULY 2022
Hired by the owners of the ExChange to handle their funding round. The ExChange is a new consumer research and rewards platform which is based on brand-to-fan transactions and facilitated on blockchain. The ExChange has been created & incubated by Something™Inc who are a successful profitable creative studio with clients that include Diageo, Mondelez etc.
MAY 2022
Hired by Spoon Guru to assist with their growth plans. Spoon Guru are a multi award-winning B2B nutrition tech firm that enables retailers to offer personalised shopping experiences via a proprietary platform.
APRIL 2022
We completed another highly successful Business Development mandate, helping one of our international media clients to secure meetings with major tech, media and telco companies. See here for more details.
JANUARY 2022
Lazarus Consulting becomes an Associate Partner to the UK Affiliate Office of CDI Global which consists of 50 offices in over 30 countries focusing on mid-market cross-border transactions. CDI Global M&A specialists have successfully closed thousands of transactions since 1973.
DECEMBER 2021
Please see here our December 2021 News Update.
NOVEMBER 2021
Hired by Clariter to help grow their UK business. Trusted globally by Sky, McDonald’s, BT, Vodafone and many others to trial and test apps, digital devices and web portals, Clariter are global experts in Quality Assurance & Customer Engagement. Clariter has a 100,000+ strong crowd of testers, an extensive “In-Lab” team of experts and they use the latest tech available (eg AI, machine learning, data science) to improve products and services.
OCTOBER 2021
Hired by MUSO to assist with their growth plans. MUSO collects and analyses data from billions of piracy infringements every day to help rights owners to discover pirated content, protect content from piracy & connect with new audiences. Clients include Disney, Amazon, Sony, eOne etc.
AUGUST 2021
Hired by Something™Inc to handle their funding round. Something™Inc are a successful profitable creative studio which services brands and also develops its own IP; a pioneer in embedding culture into brands. Clients include Diageo, Discovery, Elite Models etc.
JULY 2021
Hired by VRgineers to assist with their growth plans. VRgineers are an awarding winning high resolution VR headset maker and the creator of a next-generation training platform for pilots which uses unique Mixed Reality technology. Clients include the US Defence Dept, NATO, UK RAF, BAE Systems etc.
MAY 2021
Red61 closes a late seed funding round and launches a Series A funding round. Red61 are a market-leading Ticketing-as-a-Service software company for venues, festivals and attractions. Please see here for more information.
APRIL 2021
Please see here our April 2021 News Update.
free2 signs a multimillion pound term sheet with a leading UK investment corporate. free2 are a new consumer brand for the over 55s; their first product launch is an unsecured loan specially designed for the over 55s. Lazarus Consulting acted as exclusive financial advisor.
MARCH 2021
Time-To-Find completes funding round, which included an investment from UKTV Ventures, a further strategic investment and the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Lazarus Consulting acted as exclusive financial advisor. Please see here for more details.
FEBRUARY 2021
Space Hero: Hired by Space Hero to assist with their growth plans. Supported by NASA, Space Hero is a global competitive casting show where the winning contestant is launched into space and lives aboard the ISS for 10 days. Production partner secured; broadcasting partner now under negotiation.
DECEMBER 2021
Please see here our December 2021 News Update.
NOVEMBER 2021
Hired by Clariter to help grow their UK business. Trusted globally by Sky, McDonald’s, BT, Vodafone and many others to trial and test apps, digital devices and web portals, Clariter are global experts in Quality Assurance & Customer Engagement. Clariter has a 100,000+ strong crowd of testers, an extensive “In-Lab” team of experts and they use the latest tech available (eg AI, machine learning, data science) to improve products and services.
OCTOBER 2021
Hired by MUSO to assist with their growth plans. MUSO collects and analyses data from billions of piracy infringements every day to help rights owners to discover pirated content, protect content from piracy & connect with new audiences. Clients include Disney, Amazon, Sony, eOne etc.
AUGUST 2021
Hired by Something™Inc to handle their funding round. Something™Inc are a successful profitable creative studio which services brands and also develops its own IP; a pioneer in embedding culture into brands. Clients include Diageo, Discovery, Elite Models etc.
JULY 2021
Hired by VRgineers to assist with their growth plans. VRgineers are an awarding winning high resolution VR headset maker and the creator of a next-generation training platform for pilots which uses unique Mixed Reality technology. Clients include the US Defence Dept, NATO, UK RAF, BAE Systems etc.
MAY 2021
Red61 closes a late seed funding round and launches a Series A funding round. Red61 are a market-leading Ticketing-as-a-Service software company for venues, festivals and attractions. Please see here for more information.
APRIL 2021
Please see here our April 2021 News Update.
free2 signs a multimillion pound term sheet with a leading UK investment corporate. free2 are a new consumer brand for the over 55s; their first product launch is an unsecured loan specially designed for the over 55s. Lazarus Consulting acted as exclusive financial advisor.
MARCH 2021
Time-To-Find completes funding round, which included an investment from UKTV Ventures, a further strategic investment and the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Lazarus Consulting acted as exclusive financial advisor. Please see here for more details.
FEBRUARY 2021
Space Hero: Hired by Space Hero to assist with their growth plans. Supported by NASA, Space Hero is a global competitive casting show where the winning contestant is launched into space and lives aboard the ISS for 10 days. Production partner secured; broadcasting partner now under negotiation.
DECEMBER 2020
Confidential: We closed a significant investment into one of our clients; to be announced in Q1 2021.
Red61: Hired by Red61 to assist with their growth plans. Red61 is a market-leading audience management and ticketing system for venues, agents, festivals, attractions and networks. Clients include the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Toronto Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and many others. Please visit www.red61.com for more information.
NOVEMBER 2020
Please see here our November 2020 News Update.
Oryzn Capital: Orzyn Capital is a top performing Israeli tech VC focused on B2B software cloud technologies (SaaS, AI, Fintech, Big Data) with 14 portfolio companies and 3 exits to date. We’ve been hired to secure additional investors for their third fund. Please visit www.oryzncapital.com for more information.
OCTOBER 2020
Jazzed: Hired by Jazzed to assist with their growth plans. Jazzed is the world’s first audiovisual app dedicated to jazz and is backed by three major record labels. Please visit www.jazzed.com for more information.
AUGUST 2020
Identiq: Hired by Identiq to help them build out their network. Identiq are a peer-to-peer network for validating users which does not share any user data and so is fully GDPR compliant. Please visit www.identiq.com for more information.
JULY 2020
Free2: Hired by Free2 to assist with their growth plans. Free2 is a fintech business which has launched a new consumer brand for the over 55s; their first product is an unsecured loan. Please see here a recent press article about the business.
JUNE 2020
Please see here our June 2020 News Update.
APRIL 2020
Province Brands of Canada: Hired by Province Brands of Canada to assist with their growth plans. Province Brands of Canada is a Canadian beverage technology company that has created a new way to brew beer from most plant materials. Please see here a recent TechCrunch article about the business.
MARCH 2020
Time-To-Find: Hired by Time-To-Find to assist with their growth plans. Time-To-Find is a watch buying comparison site for the luxury Swiss watch market; a disruptor that uses a reverse marketplace model. Please see www.timetofind.com for more information.
JANUARY 2020
Promotigo: Hired by Promotigo to assist with their growth plans. Promotigo is a global platform for enterprises to launch and deliver sales promotions at scale. The platform is used by Unilever, McDonalds, Starbucks and other global brands.
DECEMBER 2019
Zig Zag Productions: Hired by Zig Zag Productions to assist with their growth plans. Zig Zag Productions is an awarding-winning 20-year old profitable independent TV production company.
NOVEMBER 2019
Please see here our November 2019 News Update.
OCTOBER 2019
Glue: Hired by Glue to assist with their growth plans. Glue is a smart lock subscription business which is integrated with ecommerce and logistic partners, solving the last mile delivery issue.
SEPTEMBER 2019
Alternative Business Funding: Hired by Alternative Business Funding to assist with their growth plans. Alternative Business Funding is a comparison site for business loans.
Publisher Arts: Commenced work on a Business Development project. Publisher Arts is a video content marketplace where online publishers can source and acquire video content.
Stagedoor: Following our earlier appointment to assist Stagedoor with their capital raise, Stagedoor successfully closes a funding round with Seedrs, the crowdfunding site.
AUGUST 2019
Fashion Brand: Hired by a profitable iconic children’s fashion brand to handle the sale of the business.
JULY 2019
Please see here our July 2019 News Update.
JUNE 2019
Money&Co: Rehired by Money&Co to handle their capital raise. Money&Co is a P2P business lender led by Nicola Horlick.
MAY 2019
Stagedoor: Hired by Stagedoor to handle their capital raise. Stagedoor is a digital and comprehensive digital theatre guide and is “the digital home of theatre”.
APRIL 2019
Oriel: Commenced work on a Corporate Development project for an AdTech startup.
MARCH 2019
Please see here our March 2019 News Update.
Investment Offers: Secured over £70m of investment offers in Q1 2019, with two term sheets totalling over £7m of investment signed during that same period.
FEBRUARY 2019
Hopster: Hired by Hopster to assist with their growth plans. Hopster is an award winning, ad-free, kids TV and entertainment app.
DECEMBER 2018
TV Format Deal: We sourced, negotiated and closed a TV format deal with Fizz which is part of Banijay Group, the leading global production and distribution company; please see here for more information.
NOVEMBER 2018
Media Leaders Summit 2018: Steve Lazarus chaired two panel sessions at the Media Leaders Summit 2018, one of the leading trade events in the Media/Tech/M&A sector.
OCTOBER 2018
Lazarus Consulting Wins Award: Lazarus Consulting named “Most Dynamic in Corporate Development Services” by Global Business Insight Awards 2018; please see here for more information.
Oriel: Hired by Oriel, a tech startup, to assist with their growth plans.
Please see here for our October 2018 News Update.
SEPTEMBER 2018
We sourced and closed a commercial partnership between TMT Finance and Dow Jones’ The Wall Street Journal; see here.
AUGUST 2018
Together Group announce their launch plans; SmartFrame announce completion of their funding round.
JULY 2018
Together Group: Hired by Together Group to assist with their capital raise.
JUNE 2018
Hired by a leading Out-Of-Home advertising business to provide Business Development services.
MAY 2018
TMT Finance: Hired by TMT Finance to assist with their domestic and international growth plans; please see here for more information.
Please see here for our May 2018 News Update.
MARCH 2018
Hopster: Hired by Hopster to assist with their growth plans. Hopster is an award winning, ad-free, kids TV and entertainment app.
JANUARY 2018
Money&Co: We closed a £1m investment into Money&Co from a UK strategic investor and we have been retained to handle their follow-on capital raise; please see here for more information.
DECEMBER 2017
Media Leaders Summit 2017: Steve Lazarus chaired a Media Financing session at the Media Leaders Summit 2017, the leading event in the TMT Finance space. Key trends and opportunities in media company financing were explored with an experienced set of panelists.
NOVEMBER 2017
Harkable: Launch of the sales process for this creative social media agency.
OCTOBER 2017
Please see here for our October 2017 News Update.
SEPTEMBER 2017
Infinity Creative Media: We closed a strategic investment into Infinity Creative Media by a private UK investor.
AUGUST 2017
Dunrobin Highland Distillery: Launch of the capital raise extensively covered by both national & trade press (including The Times & The Scotsman); please see here for more information.
JULY 2017
Zymplify: Zymplify secures £1m in investment; please see here for more information.
JUNE 2017
Please see here for our June 2017 News Update.
Family Traveller: Hired to work with Family Traveller on the capital raise supporting their international expansion plans. Launched in the UK in 2013 and now live in Germany and the US, Family Traveller is a digital-first media business with a unique focus on the large and growing family travel market. For more information please see this blog.
APRIL 2017
Money&Co: Hired by Money&Co to handle their capital raise. Money&Co, launched by Nicola Horlick in 2013, is a crowdfunding business lender that has financed 38 loans with a value of £10 million. Nicola has successfully built a number of UK fund management businesses and, more recently, was one of the co-founders of an extremely profitable private equity firm. For more information please see this blog.
Dunrobin Highland Distillery: Hired by the founders of this whisky and gin distillery business to handle their capital raise. The business is located in the historic grounds of Scotland’s Dunrobin Castle. For more information please see this blog.
MARCH 2017
TVR: Hired by this iconic British sports car brand to assist with their growth plans.
FEBRUARY 2017
Please see here for our February 2017 News Update.
SmartFrame: Hired to assist with the roll-out of the SmartFrame technology, which has been created by Pixelrights, a leading digital platform for photographers. SmartFrame is a patent-pending interactive, secure and trackable online image technology which helps image users to capture data and improve monetisation and engagement. For more information please see this blog.
JANUARY 2017
CHF Media Group: We have been hired by CHF Media Group to handle their capital raise. Cosgrove Hall Films made the original Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and The Wind in the Willows and earned a number of BAFTA’s and Emmy’s; the reformed CHF Media Group now produces the acclaimed Pip Ahoy! animation series plus other shows in production.
SMTA Limited: The creators of the hit gameshow format “Sell Me The Answer” have hired us to help them exploit two new gameshow formats that they have created.
DECEMBER 2016
ABAKA: ABAKA have launched a digital personal financial advisor powered by Artificial Intelligence and we have been hired to help with their growth plans, which includes a Business Development brief and a Capital Raising brief.
Appointed Representative: Entered into a formal Appointed Representative agreement with Bluehone Investors LLP, who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
NOVEMBER 2016
Please see here for our November 2016 News Update.
T-Shirt Booth: Appointed by T-Shirt Booth to handle their fundraise. T-Shirt Booth are an e-commerce business with a strong charity angle, backed by the well established Louis Kennedy business who have to date raised over £200m for charities. For more information please see this blog.
SEPTEMBER 2016
Zymplify: Zymplify (previously known as digiShare360) is a multichannel engagement marketing platform offering a SaaS and Managed Service with an impressive client list that includes SMEs and some bigger names such as LG and Harley Davidson. They are a disruptive MarketingTech business saving time and hassle by aggregating all marketing needs in one place – their SaaS service is priced to disrupt the other players in the high growth Marketing Automation sector. For more information please see this blog.
AUGUST 2016
Infinity Creative Media: Hired by Infinity Creative Media to assist them with funding for their latest TV series called The Art Show. The Art Show is filmed in over 20 locations across the globe with world-class artists, collectors and industry insiders, celebrating art in all its different forms. The 8 x 1 hour high definition magazine series was broadcast on Sky Arts in 2017. For more information please see this blog.
Bluehone Investors LLP: Entered into a co-operation agreement with Bluehone Investors LLP which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
JULY 2016
Sell Me The Answer: We announced the re-launch of the Sell Me The Answer television format in the UK, the renewal of the international format distribution deal with DRG and the continued success of the format overseas. For more information please see this blog.
APRIL 2016
Chored: Appointed by Chored to assist with their growth plans. Chored is a PropertyTech business focused on the house-sharing sector.
MARCH 2016
Rational Group: Retained by Rational Group, a leading B2B and B2C international money transfer business, to strike impactful and mutually beneficial strategic partnerships. Rational Group own two brands, RationalFX and Xendpay. For more information please see this blog.
FEBRUARY 2016
Sound Diplomacy: Hired by Sound Diplomacy, a leading international music export and conference development agency and a Canadian government office, to help a select number of Canadian companies in the mobile sector to network in Europe (including attendance at the MWC in Barcelona this month).
European Business Press Association: We were very honoured to have been asked by the European Business Press Association to deliver a keynote speech on the challenges facing their industry, especially from mobile and social media, and the ways in which to address these to safeguard the industry’s future. The event was held at The Wall Street Journal Dow Jones European HQ.
