AVORA, an enterprise analytics platform powered by native machine learning technology, has raised USD6.5m (GBP5.1m) in a Series A funding round led by Albion VC and existing investor Crane. A number of previous backers also followed on including Dr Steve Garnett, former Chairman EMEA Salesforce.com, and Stephen Kelly. AVORA
NTR has added a portfolio of just over 200 MW of operational and pre-construction onshore wind projects in Sweden and Finland to its NTR Renewable Energy Income Fund II. The portfolio comprises three operational projects totalling 94 MW and one advanced stage development cluster totalling 108 MW potential capacity in
BGF provided a record investment of almost GBP50 million into AIM-listed companies in 2018, bringing total funding in AIM-listed firms to GBP150 million across 43 companies. Funding into AIM-listed companies includes investments in structured and equity investments in businesses located across the UK, operating in a range of sectors, including
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed an investment in LIST, a developer of software solutions for the financial industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. LIST is a provider of trading and compliance software solutions and infrastructural services to a wide range
Blackstone Resources AG has created Blackstone Research in the city of Erfurt in Germany. Blackstone Research is a wholly-owned entity which will provide an important platform for the company to carry out further research and allow Blackstone to establish a substantial battery-production project in Germany. The aim is to manufacture
JZ Capital Partners Limited (JZCP), a London listed fund that invests in US and European microcap companies and US real estate, has sold Petrocorner, a network of petrol stations throughout Spain, to a Spanish subsidiary of British Petroleum (BP). JZCP owns Petrocorner through its 18.75 per cent stake in JZI
Metropolitan Partners Group Management (Metropolitan), a direct-lending fund manager that provides senior-secured, transitional capital to small and mid-sized businesses in the US, has closed an investment in US Home Aggregation (US Home), an acquirer and manager of single-family rental homes across targeted markets in the US. US Home will use
Refinitiv has launched BRI Connect, part of a suite of tools enabling the global investment community to identify investment opportunities around China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) through access to trusted, holistic information including macroeconomic, project, market, financing, geopolitical and operational risk data. The Belt and Road Initiative focuses on
Venture capital investor Beringea has led a GBP9 million investment in AccessPay, a Manchester-based fintech firm. The funding round, also backed by US investors True Ventures and Route 66, is one of the largest ever investments in a financial technology company in the North. Maria Wagner, Investment Director at Beringea,
Vectis, a private equity firm long active in Nigeria, has concluded a restructuring investment transaction of USD12 million into Leventis Foods Ltd, an established Nigerian FMCG manufacturing company with leading brands of bread and snacks. The transaction is pending regulatory approvals. Upon completion Vectis will control a majority stake and
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