SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robots and drones, has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners. Existing investors Mirai Creation Fund and Toyota AI Ventures joined the round alongside newcomers MMC Ventures and Octopus Ventures.  

Värde Partners is to make a strategic GBP60 million equity investment in UK specialist bank Masthaven. The equity investment, along with Masthaven’s existing capital base, will enable the bank to significantly increase lending to consumers and SMEs over the next three to five years as well as provide innovative deposit

Rockpool has acquired a majority stake in Primrose, a European online-only garden products retailer. Founded in 2003, Primrose offers consumers a range of over 10,000 garden and outdoor leisure products from ranges including water features, awnings, sail shades, pest control products, planters and screening. Primrose primarily sources its products from

Trading, risk and analytics technology provider LightPoint Financial Technology (LightPoint) has completed a Series A funding round led by The Citco Group of Companies, and Ares Management.   TAP Advisors advised LightPoint on the transaction and will take a Board Observer seat.   Michael Arougheti, Chief Executive Officer and President

Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has invested in Recycling Lives Limited (Recycling Lives), a leading UK recycling and waste management solutions provider. The company operates a fully- integrated business model and provides total waste management for corporates and local authorities and is capable of processing a range of material including

Digital wealth manager LIQID has closed a EUR33 million Series C financing round led by Toscafund Asset Management. Existing investors, including Project A, HQ Trust and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, also participated in the round. Following the transaction, Toscafund, through Tosca Private Investments Fund (TPIF), a new specialist vehicle targeting

EO Charging, one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging manufacturers, has secured GBP13 million funding from London-based infrastructure investor Zouk Capital, also investors in rapid EV charging business InstaVolt. Founded by Charlie Jardine in 2015, EO designs and manufactures EV charging stations for homes, fleets and destinations. Having

Talis Capital (Talis), a London-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies, has led a USD3 million seed funding round into Edge Intelligence (Edge), developer of the first geographically distributed analytics platform built for both edge computing and hybrid cloud environments. Existing investors in Edge Intelligence include Jerry Yang,