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Robotics funder Britbots launches new equity crowdfunding platform

Britbots, the mentoring organisation devoted to supporting British-based robotics start-ups, has launched Britbots CROWD, the world’s first dedicated equity crowd-funding platform for high potential companies in field of robotics and associated technologies. Many of the companies listed will have already been backed by the British Robotics Seed Fund, which raised

Coinsilium reports positive income in H1

Coinsilium, an investor that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017.  The company has reported total comprehensive income, which includes fair value gain on available for sale financial assets, of GBP290,210 (H1 2016: loss

Sky9 Capital leads USD5m Series A+ round in China social e-commerce platform Home Inc

Home Inc, a social e-commerce platform for the home furnishing industry, has completed a USD5 million Series A+ round of financing led by Sky9 Capital with participation from existing investor Capital Today. Home Inc is a social e-commerce platform for furniture and home furnishings in China. The Hangzhou-based company provides

Actua to sell three majority-owned businesses for USD549m in cash

Actua Corporation has entered into separate agreements to sell its three majority-owned businesses – VelocityEHS, Bolt Solutions and FolioDynamix – for an aggregate of USD549 million in cash. The sales are the result of the Board’s comprehensive review of a range of strategic options to maximise stockholder value, which was

Pala Investments makes USD4m investment in RNC Minerals

RNC Minerals (RNC) has entered into a USD4 million 18-month Convertible Term Debt Facility with Pala Investments Limited (Pala). Mark Selby, President and CEO, says: “I am pleased to have this investment by Pala, one of the world’s leading mining private equity groups and an investment leader in the battery

Carey Olsen advises on USD122 million acquisition of African gold mining company

M&A specialists from Carey Olsen’s Guernsey corporate team have advised long-standing client and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)-listed Avnel Gold Mining Limited (Avnel) on its successful acquisition by TSX-listed Endeavour Mining Corporation (Endeavour) by way of a Guernsey scheme of arrangement. Endeavour, a premier intermediate gold producer focussed on assets in

Northern VCTs launch joint share offer to raise up to GBP60m

The three Northern VCTs – Northern Venture Trust PLC, Northern 2 VCT PLC and Northern 3 VCT PLC – have launched a new joint share offer, to raise an aggregate of up to GBP60 million (GBP20 million per fund) in the 2017/18 tax year.   Applications under the offer will

Maven launches VCT offers to raise GBP30 million for established VCTs

Maven Capital Partners has announced VCT offers to raise up to GBP30 million (with an over-allotment facility for up to a further GBP10 million). Maven is launching the offers to take advantage of the strong pipeline of new transactions which is in evidence across the Maven regional office network.  

Maven VCTs lead investment in ADC Biotechnology

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, is leading an investment in ADC Biotechnology (ADC Bio) to support the construction of a dedicated pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at a site in Deeside, North Wales, creating 50 new scientific jobs. The facility will cost GBP8 million

Littlejohn sells C&K Holdings

Littlejohn & Co, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, has sold C&K Holdings, a provider of function-critical, highly engineered electromechanical switch and interface technology solutions, to Sun European Partners, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Financials have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1928, C&K is one

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