Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired SK AeroSafety from SK FireSafety, a portfolio company of Paris-based Apax Partners. The Company’s management team, headed by CEO Chris Wright, will invest alongside LLCP. SK AeroSafety specialises in the inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of critical passenger safety equipment found on all commercial
SkenarioLabs, a Finnish start-up that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data services to the real estate industry, has secured an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round led by innogy Innovation Hub. The innogy Innovation Hub is the Accelerator and Venture Capital arm of innogy SE, a German energy company, with
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.15 million growth capital investment into Sportlabs Technology Limited, trading as ClubSpark, a specialist software company serving participants, sports providers, National Governing Bodies and International Federations. Founded in 2012 by CEO Dave Ward and CTO Nathan Flood, ClubSpark provides a comprehensive software platform which
ARQIS has advised Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland on the acquisition of a minority interest in Menlo Systems, based in Planegg (Landkreis München). Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland and Menlo Systems hope that the investment will provide synergies for the development of new applications and new markets, as their product lines almost do
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) has secured a structured investment into a portfolio of SME loans from a leading Italian bank with which AnaCap has a long-standing relationship across a broad range of transactions. With a face value of EUR4.0 billion, the portfolio comprises a static, highly granular pool of performing
Loans provided by UK-based direct lending specialist Prestige Funds’ Nucleus Commercial Finance, have now exceeded GBP1 billion (USD 1.3 billion). Nucleus is an important partner for Prestige, managing several dedicated loan portfolios to UK SMEs. In 2018 Nucleus provided GBP282 million (USD366 million) to SME enterprises, representing a record-breaking year
International law firm CMS is advising healthcare sector real estate investment trust Primary Health Properties (PHP) on its merger with MedicX Fund Limited. The agreement is intended to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement of MedicX, under which PHP will acquire the entire issued and to
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.5 million in fintech company Essentia Analytics, a provider of behavioural data analytics and consulting for professional investors. The investment by Calculus will be used to further develop Essentia’s services as it scales its client base
An entrepreneur who has developed a new recruitment platform which allows companies to interview candidates by video has secured GBP350,000 from the North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Fund Managers. Shine Interview, which is based in Sunderland, removes the need for
Firefly, a suite of school learning tools used in 40 countries, and first developed by co-founders Simon Hay and Joe Mathewson while preparing for their GCSEs, has secured GBP5 million funding from Downing Ventures, alongside BGF and Beringea. Firefly has the potential to cut school administration by 50 per cent
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