Plexus Innovation, which is based in Durham, has secured £300,000 investment from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia; and £180,000 from the Finance Durham Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business

OWYN (Only What You Need), a provider of plant-based protein beverages and other functional nutrition products, has closed a growth investment round led by Purchase Capital with participation from Hammock Park Capital LLC and existing investor PowerPlant Ventures. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Today’s news follows the

Slate Asset Management (Slate), a global alternative investment platform targeting real assets, has acquired a majority stake in amperio, a specialist planner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Germany. Since 2012, amperio has been supporting companies, cities, and communities in developing tailored charging concepts, installing charging stations,

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, has acquired a majority stake in BYG4lab, an independent provider of data management software for medical laboratories specialised in both biology and microbiology. Keensight Capital will invest alongside the management team and IRDI Capital Investissement.   Founded in

Decentralised finance (DeFi) trading platform Hashflow, founded in 2021, has raised $25 million in new funding bringing its valuation to $400 million. The round included returning investors Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, LedgerPrime, and Balaji Srinivasan, along with crypto-native new investors and market participants including Jump Crypto, Wintermute Trading, GSR,

H2 Equity Partners (H2) has invested in Motive Offshore Group (Motive) alongside its Founders and management team. Headquartered in Banff, Scotland, Motive is a Founder-owned and managed business which rents, certifies, inspects and sells winches and other back-deck equipment used in offshore energy infrastructure. The business is growing rapidly supported

An affiliate of alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG)m has completed the acquisition of Family Entertainment Group Holdings. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, Family Entertainment Group is an industry leading designer, developer, and operator of amusement facilities. The Company provides turnkey outsourced facility management services of arcade

Enhesa, a provider of global regulatory and sustainability intelligence, backed by CGE Partners (CGE), has completed the acquisition of RegScan, a platform for regulatory assurance and operational compliance content, supporting multinational corporations to improve their EHS practices. RegScan further strengthens Enhesa’s operations compliance offering, and in particular will deepen the

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active investors in growing businesses, has made a profitable exit from Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provider ProspectSoft through a sale to trade acquirer The Access Group.

Global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III, is to acquire VLS Environmental Solutions (VLS) from Aurora Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm.