Baker and Bellfield, a supplier of specialist interiors solutions based in Telford, Shropshire, has secured a GBP1.5 million invoice discounting funding line through Cynergy Business Finance. A family-owned business trading since 1993, its special processes include design engineering, metalwork, specialised joinery, and injection moulding. By investing strategically in advanced manufacturing

Inflexion Private has agreed to sell its investment in Marley Group (Marley), a UK manufacturer of pitched roof systems to the construction market, to FTSE250 listed Marshalls plc for GBP533 million. The sale of Marley, will generate a return of 3.5x and an IRR of 58 per cent for Inflexion

Alternative investment platform CAIS has secured a USD100 million investment from Reverence Capital Partners. The raise is a continuation of the company’s USD225 million round in January, led by Apollo, Motive Partners, and Franklin Templeton which resulted in CAIS’ enterprise valuation exceeding USD1 billion.  Milton Berlinski, Managing Partner at Reverence

IntelyCare, s tech-enabled nurse staffing platform for healthcare organisations in the United States, has secured USD115 million in a Series C financing round led by Janus Henderson Investors. The funding, valuing IntelyCare at USD1.1 billion, also includes investments by prominent new and existing investors, including Longitude Capital, Leeds Illuminate, Endeavour

Healthcare Linen Services Group (HLSG), a provider of healthcare laundry services in the Midwest and Central United States, has secured a strategic growth investment from York Capital Management’s private equity group (York Private Equity). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1915, HLSG is an outsourced provider

StepEx, an FCA-regulated fintech that provides the infrastructure for universities, business schools, and technical and professional/vocational course providers to offer qualifications in exchange for a share of students’ future earnings, has agreed a world-first deal for a financial institution to buy the receivable assets. Barclays Anthemis will invest an initial

Climate change investor, Climate VC, has announced its three newest investments, after launching last week. Offgrid.Finance, Treeconomy and Deep.Meta are the latest UK-founded start-ups being supported to achieve Climate VC’s aim of removing a gigatonne of CO2e from global emissions through investments in high-potential, high-impact, climate-focused businesses.

Brook + Whittle, a provider of pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Genstar, is to acquire the Custom Labels Group within Cenveo Worldwide Limited (Cenveo).

BaltCap, together with lead investor Novator Ventures, General Catalyst and Burda Principal Investments, has participated in a USD100 million financing round in Nord Security, a global specialist in internet privacy and security solutions.

Fidel API, a global financial infrastructure platform, has raised USD65 million in a Series B funding. Existing investors NYCA Partners, QED Investors and others also participated in the round which brings Fidel API’s total funding to USD88 million since inception. The Series B financing will allow the company to continue