Verve Raises Funds to Fuel Growth

London-based research panel and online community specialist Verve has closed a £0.75m round of funding, which it will use for product development and recruitment purposes.

Verve was launched in 2008 by the founders of Research Now, Hall & Partners and the iD Factor - Andrew Cooper (pictured), Mike Hall and Jon Gumbrell. The firm's new funds have been raised entirely from existing shareholders..

Cooper says of the funding: 'It is great to have a 'war chest' which we can selectively invest to ensure Verve is the leading player in communities and panels for research. We have a whole host of new products in the pipeline which we will launch over the next six months.'

Web site: www.addverve.com .