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Octopus To Back Faction

Venture capital firm Octopus Investments has announced that is has put funding into UK-based winter sports brand Faction, in a deal thought to be worth around US$3m. Faction recently announced a joint venture with Shoreditch cycle brand Peloton & Co.

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