Cherry, a portfolio company of a New York- and San Francisco Bay Area-based industrials private equity firm Argand Partners has Active Key, a Germany-based leading manufacturer of hygienic, washable keyboards and mice for medical and industrial end-markets.

A medtech start-up whose sensor technology could improve outcomes for patients having knee replacement operations has raised GBP1.4 million to bring its device to market.

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its eighth deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). The investment in geo is part of a first close of a round co-led by LCIF2 and Schneider Electric Ventures (SEV), with the participation of Consensus Business Group, West Coast Capital and GWD Enterprises.  

EkkoSense Limited (EkkoSense), an advanced software and technology provider, has received a seven-figure cash injection from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), East & South East Midlands Debt Finance fund managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).  

By Purva Aggarwal – Aiming to defy the current downturn in the travel industry, a UK fintech company looking to offer consumers a more flexible way to finance travel post Covid-19 has raised GBP10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total received in investments to GBP45 million.

Shore Capital portfolio company EyeSouth Partners (EyeSouth) has completed an affiliation with Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons (GEPS). 

Growth capital investor, BGF has announced a successful exit from Telford-headquartered ReBOUND, a technology platform which supports retailers — such as ASOS, Gymshark, Missguided, JD Sports and Sweaty Betty — to manage their returns sustainably.

Nautic Partners has sold portfolio company Spartech LLC to The Jordan Company (TJC). Nautic Partners will remain a minority shareholder.

Radiant Logic, an identity unification pioneer, has secured a strategic investment from TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, positioning the company for further growth. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

LDC has made a minority investment in Headland, a London-based agency specialising in financial and corporate reputation, public affairs and campaigning.