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Mowgli secures GBP3.45m funding

North West UK-based Mowgli Street Food, an Indian restaurant street food chain, has successfully secured GBP3.45m in expansion funding from Foresight Group, an independent infrastructure, private equity and investment manager. The M&A and private equity team at audit, tax and consulting firm RSM advised Mowgli Street Food.   Founded by

Audax Private Equity acquires EnviroVac from RLJ Equity Partners

EnviroVac Holdings, LLC (“EnviroVac,” or the “Company”), a leading provider of mission-critical cleaning and maintenance services, and Audax Private Equity (Audax) has acquired cleaning and maintenance services provider EnviroVac from RLJ Equity Partners. EnviroVac, headquartered in Savannah, GA, utilises a state-of-the-art fleet of highly technical, innovative, and specialised equipment to

Creathor Venture invests in AI-enabled clinical genetic testing company Blueprint Genetics

Creathor Venture is leading a financing round for Helsinki, Finland-based Blueprint Genetics, a provider of clinical genetic testing for the diagnosis of inherited diseases, leveraging a proprietary AI-enabled sequencing and interpretation platform. The start-up will receive a total of up to EUR14 million from an international syndicate of investors including

Foresight makes GBP2.25m Cinelabs investment

Foresight Group has made a GBP2.25 million growth capital investment in Cinelabs International on behalf of Foresight VCT. Cinelabs is a leading post-production service provider to content creators and owners, with special expertise in film. Led by industry veterans Adrian Bull and John Mahtani, Cinelabs offers a full suite of

Intesa Sanpaolo Group partners with fintech lender iwoca

European SME lender iwoca, and Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo, are partnering to provide Intesa’s SME clients with new credit products to bridge the funding gap and support growth. The partnership will leverage iwoca’s market leading SME lending platform and Intesa’s expertise in building banking operations across Italy, Central Europe, Eastern Europe,

Palatine completes investment in Ultra Secure IT hosting business, The Bunker

Palatine Private Equity has invested in The Bunker, a provider of ultra-secure managed IT services to mid-market UK companies. The transaction sees Palatine back the current management team, led by Phil Bindley, with Andy Hague joining the business as Group CEO. The deal is the fifth deal out of Palatine’s

Progressio Investimenti II Fund acquires Garda Plast

Progressio Investimenti II Fund has completed its acquisition of Garda Plast. Garda Plast a producer of preforms in PET for mineral water, soft drinks and detergents. Established in 1996 by the Tonoli Family, due to their extensive experience in the mineral water sector as bottlers, Garda Plast quickly emerged as

Drayson Technologies agrees five-year digital health SRA with OU and OUH

Drayson Technologies Limited has reached a Five-Year Strategic Research Agreement (SRA) with the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) in the field of digital health. The Licensing deal could see millions of NHS patients benefit from the commercialisation of cutting edge technologies invented in

HIG Capital acquires BIC Graphic Business Units from Société BIC

An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired BIC Graphic North America and the affiliated Asia sourcing operations (BIC Graphic) from Société BIC. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, BIC Graphic, with sales over USD300 million, is one of the largest suppliers in the

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