Pembroke VCT, a venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses with exceptional founders and management teams, has made an initial investment of GBP3 million in Cydar Medical (Cydar), a surgical augmented intelligence company using software to revolutionise every stage of image-guided minimally invasive surgery. Cydar was launched in 2012

Naqla, Egypt’s trucking technology platform and marketplace connecting truck owners with cargo companies, has raised USD10.5 million in a Pre-Series A round led by major investors El Sewedy Capital Holding (SCH), Hassan Allam Holding (HAH), and the Sallam Family. Naqla’s core mission is to modernise and expand Egypt’s supply chain

Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holdings (Vantage), am portfolio company of alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG), has acquired JEEN International Corporation and Botanicals Plus, Inc (collectively, JEEN). JEEN is highly complementary to Vantage Personal Care’s existing comprehensive portfolio of naturally derived ingredients, including active ingredients, natural oils, and bio-based chassis ingredients.

Arrowpoint Advisory’s Industrial team has advised the shareholders of Coryton Advanced Fuels Limited, a specialist in the market for sustainable fuels, on its sale to Lantmannen AB, a Swedish agricultural co-operative group. Coryton is a provider of advanced, bespoke fuel solutions to an established customer base operating across a range

Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity investment manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), have invested in Zero Point Motion Limited (ZPM), an early-stage semi-conductor company which is developing a chip-scale inertial measurement unit (IMU) for ultra-precise motion-tracking and indoor navigation.   The

Barings has acted as sole lender of secured credit facilities in the merger of Westbridge Advisory (Westbridge) with Argentus (Argentus), a portfolio company of GENUI. GENUI acquired a significant stake in Argentus in 2021, subsequently merging it with Westbridge in 2022, Argentus’ largest peer in Germany. The merger will create

Inflexion has led the buyout of Astrak Group, a European specialist distributor of parts for construction equipment, with the founding family continuing to be involved with the business. The investment is being made from the Inflexion Buyout Fund VI, which recently closed at GBP2.5 billion. Fife-based Astrak was founded in

Eurazeo has reached an agreement with Macquarie Asset Management, in a consortium with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and MEAG, to sell its 47 per cent stake in Reden Solar, a European independent solar power producer, based on a EUR2.5 billion Enterprise Value. Reden Solar is active across eight

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Norit Activated Carbon (Norit), a global manufacturer of activated carbon for purification solutions, from corporate parent Cabot Corporation. Norit manufactures a broad portfolio of activated carbon products used for purification needs in growing sectors including

nSure.ai, a fully automated chargeback guarantee platform, has raised USD18 million in a Series A funding round led by MoreTech Ventures. Seed-round participants including DisruptiveAI, Gryffin Ventures, and Moneta Seeds also made additional investments. The funding will allow the company to extend anti-fraud, chargeback-free guarantees while meeting the growing demand