Job search engine, Adzuna, has announced that it has raised £8m from Smedvig Capital. The Series C funding round sees Smedvig join backers Index Ventures, Passion Capital, Local Globe and over 400 Crowdcube investors and takes the company’s total funding to £12m.

The term ‘board meeting’ often carries with it a serious image of thick wads of reports and hours spent presenting materials out loud unnecessarily. In this article, CEO of Smedvig Capital, Johnny Hewett, discusses how a well-structured board pack, the right KPI’s and maximising the input of NEDs and VCs can help make board meetings more focussed, insightful and productive.

Some news: I’m moving to Norway. After two years as a strategy consultant at Monitor Group and five and half years in VC with Smedvig Capital (a Series A/B investor), I’m joining Xeneta as Chief Strategy Officer at their Oslo HQ.