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Angel CoFund and Finance Wales back Creo Medical

Creo Medical has closed a GBP3.5m funding round, led by Finance Wales, angel investors and the Angel CoFund. The Government-backed Angel CoFund joins existing investors Finance Wales, the Arete Angel syndicate and individual business angels, including lead angel Mark Farmer, bringing the total Creo investment received to date to GBP7.9m.

ATADATA Solutions recapitalised by Private Equity Group

ATADATA Solutions has reached an agreement has been made with its capital stakeholders to recapitalise the Company.  The Company will rebrand itself as ATADATA, which represents “Any to Any” for Enterprise-class application migration between any Data Centre, or Cloud Platform, for true Workload Portability. Furthermore, additional capital will be invested

Bowside Capital closes Bowside Capital Fund III

Bowside Capital has held the final closing of Bowside Capital Fund III, with USD37.25 million in capital commitments. “The offering was well received by our existing limited partners and other new investors, allowing us to exceed our target of USD35 million in under 12 months,” says Christian Albert, managing partner.

Bain Capital combines portfolio companies to form Fresh Direct

Bain Capital is combining three of its fresh food portfolio businesses – M&J Seafood, Pauleys and Wild Harvest – to form a new company, Fresh Direct.  The new company will be jointly owned by Bain Capital & Nigel Harris. Current Fresh Direct owners, Nigel & Colin Harris will continue to

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ArchOver addresses FCA sector liquidity concerns with Asset Match partnership

ArchOver, a FinTech company offering secured and insured loans to investors, has formed a partnership with online private shares marketplace, Asset Match to provide a secondary marketplace for its loans.  This is the first time Asset Match has partnered with a crowdlender.   ArchOver’s CEO, Angus Dent, says: “We believe

Convex Capital advises PhD Nutrition on sale

Corporate finance house Convex Capital structured and led the multi million pound sale of the UK’s largest independent brands in sports nutrition, PhD Nutrition, to UK based B&B Investment Partners (B&B). Neil Worsley, Andrew Clarke and Gareth Lewis who structured the deal that valued the business at 10x EBITDA and

Howard Kennedy advises 31 VCTs in seven months

Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised 31 venture capital trusts (VCTs) in the past seven months. The firm’s VCT team has advised on 20 completed offers, with a further 11 offers ongoing, with a combined market value of GBP443m. The firm has advised 14 VCTs as both sponsor and legal adviser,

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Clearwater International advises on recruitment MBO

Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International has advised recruitment agency GatenbySanderson on its management buyout (MBO), backed by private equity house Primary Capital. GatenbySanderson provides permanent and interim executives across public services and the not for profit sector. The business has a particular expertise in headhunting chief executives, senior management teams

Zolfo Cooper advises on the sale of iNTERTAIN Limited to Better Capital

Zolfo Cooper has advised the shareholders of iNTERTAIN Limited, best known for its chain of Walkabout bars, on its management buy-out led by chairman David Myers and CEO John Leslie. The purchaser, Better Capital LLP, is a private equity investment vehicle founded by Jon Moulton, former managing partner of Alchemy. 

Shore Capital Partners invests in veterinary services platform

Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Oak View Animal Hospital, Patton Chapel Animal Clinic and Williams Animal Hospital to form Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP). The company provides general practice veterinary services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery, wellness exams, oncology, ophthalmology, allergy treatment and dermatology.   Headquartered in

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