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JML acquires consumer goods start-up in GBP2.3m deal

Consumer product brand JML has acquired health and beauty goods start-up Brand Evangelists in a deal worth GBP2.3 million. JML, which was founded in 1986, is a UK-based company specialising in retail promotions, TV home shopping and e-commerce. A spokesperson said today that it had acquired a 51 per cent

Satori Capital invests in The Lovesac Company

Satori Capital has made a USD10 million investment in The Lovesac Company. Satori, a Dallas/Fort Worth multi-strategy investment firm committed to the principles of conscious capitalism, served as the anchor investor in the current bridge round of financing. Mistral Equity Partners, which has provided growth capital to Lovesac since 2010,

LetsVenture and OurCrowd form strategic India-Israel partnership

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with LetsVenture, India’s largest marketplace for startup funding. As part of this partnership, OurCrowd will offer curated deals to Indian investor syndicates managed by LetsVenture, as well as showcase Indian startups on OurCrowd’s platform, giving selected Indian

Trend Micro launches new USD100m venture fund

Cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro Incorporated has launched a corporate venture fund to explore emerging technology markets. With an initial investment of USD100 million, this venture fund will allow Trend Micro to nurture a portfolio of startups that are incubating ideas and living at the epicenter of hyper growth markets, such

Disruptive big data company Quantexa furthers global expansion

Quantexa, a big data and analytics company backed by HSBC and Albion Ventures, has furthered its international expansion by opening a new office in Sydney, Australia. This follows the opening of a Brussels office in April and the doubling in size of the firm’s Global Headquarters in London.   Following

Rabobank names Global Head of M&A

Rabobank has appointed Donald Meltzer, currently Vice Chairman, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions North America will assume the role of Global Head of M&A. In addition to his global responsibilities, Meltzer will continue to lead the North American M&A business, a critical component of Rabobank’s global M&A strategy. In his new

TechSee secures USD 7.5m in Series A funding

TechSee, a specialist in Intelligent Visual Support powered by AI for corporates’ customer support departments, has successfully completed a USD 7.5 million Series A round of financing led by Planven Investments with participation of existing investors OurCrowd and strategic investors innogy, Comdata Group and other investors. “The new investment will help

Dominic Wheatley, Guernsey Finance

Guernsey funds sector sees largest growth in four years

The Guernsey funds sector enjoyed its largest growth in four years during the first quarter of 2017. The latest figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission show that the net asset value of funds under management and administration in the island grew by GBP10.6 billion (4.1 per cent) over the

Forterra to sell water pipe and products business to Thompson Pipe Group

Forterra, a manufacturer of water infrastructure pipe and products in the United States and Eastern Canada, is to sell the US concrete and steel pressure pipe assets of its Water Pipe and Products business segment to Thompson Pipe Group. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected

M2i secures EUR12m funding from Idinvest Partners

Idinvest Partners has secured EUR12 million in funding for life sciences company M2i as part of the firm’s continued support of high-growth European SMEs. The funds raised will enable biocontrol producer M2i to finance the approval process of its Biocontrol products, pursue its R&D investment strategy and accelerate its international

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