Upside Energy secures £5.5m in funding round led by Legal & General Capital

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Investment will be used to scale Upside's cloud-based flexibility services from group led by Legal & General, SYSTEMIQ, Modern Energy and others

British start-up Upside Energy last week secured £5.5m backing from a group of investors led by Legal & General Capital and SYSTEMIQ to help scale its cloud-based energy flexibility software. Upside...

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