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BGF exits Alnwick-headquartered Arcinova

BGF has exited its investment in Arcinova, a UK-based multi-service contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO).  Following a period of growth and expansion, the business has been acquired by Quotient Sciences, a drug development and manufacturing accelerator, backed by the global private equity firm Permira.   Marking its first investment

New Age Meats raises additional USD2 million

Agronomics, a listed investor in alternative proteins with a focus on cellular agriculture and cultivated meat, is pleased to announce portfolio company  New Age Meats (trading name for Simply Foods, Inc), a cultivated and plant-based meat startup with an initial focus on pork, and a portfolio company of  Agronomics, has

PSG invests USD40 million in Lusha

Lusha, a crowdsourced data community for B2B salespeople, has raised USD40 million in a Series A funding round from growth equity firm PSG.  The funding will allow Lusha – which has enjoyed substantial organic growth as a bootstrapped startup – to further grow its sales community to make accurate data

Maven leads GBP1.75m investment in Leaf

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP1.75 million investment into marketing technology company, Leaf.fm Ltd (Leaf).  The performance marketing services provider secured GBP1 million through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP750,000 through The Future Fund, a government scheme backed by the British

Instabox raises USD90m in funding round led by EQT Ventures

Instabox, a next-gen technology company transforming last-mile deliveries for e-commerce, has closed a USD90 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures. Instabox makes parcel delivery faster, more sustainable, and efficient, looking to revolutionise the industry with solutions such as fossil fuel-free locker deliveries and the newly launched completely emission-free

BC Partners completes take private of IMA Group alongside Vacchi family

BC Partners, a leading international investment firm, alongside the Vacchi family, has completed the take private of IMA Group, a specialist in the production of automatic packaging machines.  The business has been fully delisted from the Milan stock exchange and BC Partners and the Vacchi family now control 100 per

YFM delivers 2x return with sale of CPMS

YFM Equity Partners’ has sold its shareholding in rail project business Collaborative Project Management Services Limited (CPMS) to French construction engineering company Egis, generating a return of 2x for its investors.

Pemberton supports recapitalisation of MVF

European private debt manager Pemberton, which is backed by Legal & General Group, has supported the recapitalisation of Bridgepoint Development Capital’s portfolio company MVF, a UK online customer acquisition company.  Together with HSBC, Pemberton has provided a cost-effective and flexible financing solution to help the company accelerate its growth through

JCG invests USD13m in Highview Power

Janus Continental Group (JCG), a conglomerate with businesses in the Energy, Hospitality and Real Estate sectors across three continents, has invested USD13 million in Highview Enterprises Limited, the developer of liquid air long-duration energy storage systems, called the CRYOBattery. JCG’s subsidiary, Great Lakes Africa Energy Ltd (GLAE), will license Highview

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