New Fortress Energy (NFE) and Apollo have entered into a definitive Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement to sell 11 LNG infrastructure vessels owned by NFE to a newly formed joint venture (JV) between funds managed by Apollo and NFE in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. The JV will

SymTerra, a communications platform for the construction project supply chain, has closed its first seed round at $1.7m, led by Samaipata, with participation from Nemetschek, Pi Labs and Accel. The ‘Slack for construction’ platform is designed to eliminate construction uncertainty through its communication, collaboration and visibility tool. Over 30% of

Zeed, an investment platform that uses short-form video to empower Gen-Z investors in Europe, has secured £205,000 in pre-seed funding led by SFC Capital. The London-based FinTech startup makes investing more accessible to Gen-Z by pairing in-house finance content with trade execution. The funding will be used to continue building

Verdane has led a $21 million growth equity investment in Danish IoT network Onomondo. The round also included participation from existing investors Maersk Growth, People Ventures and The Danish Growth Fund. The new funding will be used to scale Onomondo’s team and internationalise by accelerating growth in Europe. The company

Integral Venture Partners (Integral) has made an investment in Econic One, a technology company focused on the design and manufacturing of smart electric bicycles. Integral’s investment is structured to come in two phases: in the first phase (already executed in the second quarter of 2022), Integral is leading an investment

Dunas Capital, an independent real estate and asset management platform, has invested 100% of the €104 million raised by its Dunas Aviation I FCR and Dunas Capital Aviation SCR vehicles, with which it has created a diversified portfolio of 12 commercial aircraft with a value of approximately USD400 million. This

Konsileo, a commercial insurance broker and risk management adviser, has completed a £4.7 million Series A funding round led by growth tech VC Committed Capital. Committed Capital first invested in Konsileo in 2018, and provided £3.23m of the current funding round. New investors include a £900,000 investment from ACF Investors,

Bluewater-backed Varel Energy Solutions (VES) as acquired Sledgehammer Oil Tools (Sledgehammer), an international leader in the supply of oilfield casing, cementing and completion products.

European private equity house Triton’s €5.2 billion Fund V is to acquire OCU Group, the holding company of O’Connor Utilities and Instalcom, a UK multi-utility services specialist operating within regulated infrastructure.

NPIF Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), has invested £2 million in Ideiio, a Salford based software as a service (SaaS) cyber security business. Ideiio specialises in Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). Its software enables organisations to manage