Observed Signal · Jul 18, 2024 · Funding · Source: Tech.eu · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Marketing analytics platform Luscid secures $1.2M seed funding
Luscid, a marketing analytics platform focused on sponsorship budgets, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by prominent angel investors, including Craig Pollard, who spent over a decade driving Apple's products and partnerships in the UK. Luscid claims to operate the largest global dataset for the sponsorship industry, analyzing 500,000 historic and live partnerships from the last 15 years across 80 countries and 88 sponsorship genres. The platform covers sports such as soccer, rugby, cycling, cricket, and esports, plus broader entertainment. Existing clients include Accor, Santander, and Binance. The company plans to use the funding to further develop its proprietary technology and support market expansion. CEO and Co-Founder Harry Coe emphasized the platform's ability to replace guesswork with data-led sponsorship decisions, while Garry Dodds of WeAreFearless highlighted the platform's objective, evidence-led methodology for property identification.
A modest seed funding round for a niche sponsorship analytics platform, relevant to MarTech but with limited industry-wide impact.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Luscid secured $1.2 million in seed funding led by prominent angel investors including Craig Pollard.
- Luscid's platform analyzes 500,000 historic and live sponsorship partnerships from the last 15 years across 80 countries.
- Luscid covers 88 sponsorship genres across soccer, rugby, cycling, cricket and esports.
- Luscid works with brands including Accor, Santander and Binance.
- The funding will be used to develop Luscid's proprietary technology and support market expansion.
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Banco Santander, S.A. reported progress on its share buyback programme approved in August 2026. Between September 24 and September 30, 2026, the bank acquired 17,500,000 ordinary shares across multiple European trading venues (XMAD, CEUX, TQEX, AQEU) at weighted average prices ranging from approximately €12.41 to €12.61. As of September 30, 2026, cumulative repurchases under the programme reached €915,938,461, representing approximately 50.2% of the programme's maximum authorized investment amount. With these acquisitions, Santander has repurchased approximately 18.4% of its outstanding shares since 2021, reflecting its ongoing capital return strategy.
6-K Financial Filing Analysis for Santander (2026-09-29)
Banco Santander, S.A. announced that its Board of Directors has approved an interim cash dividend against 2026 results of 12.7 euro cents per share. This interim dividend payout is equivalent to approximately 25% of the Group's underlying profit generated in the first half of 2026. Combined with the ongoing share buyback programme launched in August 2026, the total interim shareholder remuneration reflects Santander's policy of returning approximately 50% of underlying profit to shareholders, split evenly between cash dividends and repurchases. The dividend is scheduled for payment on November 2, 2026, with an ex-dividend date of October 29, 2026.
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