Pembroke VCT plc, a venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses led by founders and management teams, has invested £2.5 million in ethical glasses company Bloobloom as part of a £3.7 million fundraise. Investing alongside Pembroke VCT are DMG Ventures and several angel investors.  Established in 2018 by brothers Abbas

Babcock International has signed a legally binding agreement with UK-based investment firm, Inspirit Capital to divest part of its Civil Training business, a leading provider of apprenticeships and adult education in the UK.  The transaction is expected to complete later this calendar year once certain completion conditions have been satisfied,

Tech24, backed by HCI Equity Partners, has acquired Allied Service Group (Allied), a provider of repair services, preventative maintenance and installation for foodservice and HVAC equipment, servicing restaurants, grocery stores and institutions in Southwest Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. Tech24 is a provider of repair and maintenance services for foodservice and

abrdn’s Core Infrastructure team has agreed to make a major equity investment in Wessex Internet. The investment will help to accelerate the deployment of Wessex Internet’s full fibre-to-the-home network across rural parts of the South West of England.  abrdn will work together with Wessex Internet’s founders to support their vision

Blackstone’s growth fund has bought a majority stake in sunscreen brand Supergoop at a $600 million to $700 million valuation, according to a report by Private Equity Insights. The senior management of Supergoop, including founder Holly Thaggard and Chief Executive Officer Amanda Baldwin, will retain significant equity ownership after the

Yorkshire-based Private Equity House, Traditum has made a £1.75 million investment in Halifax-based Sniffers Pet Care. The funding will allow Sniffers to build on its established relationships, support the rollout of new brands and product ranges and will enable them to invest in new manufacturing and distribution roles at its

One of Turkey’s leading tech-enabled fulfilment companies, Istanbul-based OPLOG, has raised €11 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Esas Private Equity, The funding will be used to fuel the company’s expansion plans including plans to open its first fulfilment centre in the UK by the end of

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a growth-focused private equity firm based in St Louis, and Endicott Capital (Endicott), an investment fund focused exclusively on the information services sector, have made a strategic investment in MediaRadar. TSCP will serve as the control investor, while former majority investor Frontier Growth, will remain

PlanetWatchers, a revolutionary crop monitoring company that can provide detailed crop insights, at any time, regardless of weather and lighting conditions, has raised $11m as part of its series A funding round as part of the Company’s ambitious growth plans. PlanetWatchers is a technology company that uses advanced machine learning

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, is to acquire the core operating assets of Muehlhan AG , a global provider of surface protection solutions catering to the marine, infrastructure and offshore wind energy industries.  Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.    Founded