Two of Scotland’s most successful entrepreneurs have launched a new investment arm for their diverse and growing portfolio of investments. Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl – co-founders of multiple award-winning games developer 4J Studios, best known for developing Minecraft for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo games consoles – have
Caton Technology (Asia) Limited, a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions announced has secured a USD50 million majority equity investment from Pasaca Capital Inc, a California-based private equity firm. This investment will support Caton’s expansion plans to reach more businesses, applications and people with its technology and solution to
Aldea Ventures has has held a EUR60 million first close of a target EUR100 million fund to invest in 700 technology-enabled startups across Europe. The firm takes a hybrid approach. Firstly, as a fund of funds Aldea invests in up to 20 early-stage micro VC funds across Europe and secondly,
Inflexion has sold its investment in Kynetec, a leader in agricultural and animal health market research, data and insights, to US-based Paine Schwartz Partners. The transaction follows a nearly five-year partnership and delivers a strong return, marking the fourth exit for Inflexion funds over the past nine months. In
Charge Amps AB, a Swedish green-tech company and maker of EV charging solutions, today announces that it has raised GBP11 million (SEK130million) in a round led by Swedbank Robur via its equity funds, Microcap and Ny Teknik.
An affiliate of Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital)’s third fund, Cairngorm Capital LP III, has made a majority investment in Bromborough Paint & Building Supplies Limited (Bromborough), supporting a management buy-out by its executive team. Established in 1948, Bromborough is a family-owned, specialist independent paint distributor, headquartered in
By Chris Gauld, director at Equator – With an ageing population, pandemic weary societies, exponential growth in health and wellbeing spend, and an explosion of health data, it’s little wonder that healthcare is a key trend in private equity deal origination. In fact, according to Pitchbook, in 2020, healthcare was
Pollinate, a global software business that partners with banks to help them deepen and extend relationships with business customers, has closed a USD50 million Series C funding round, led by Insight Partners, a global venture capital and private equity firm.
Private equity investor NewSpring’s latest strategy, NewSpring Franchise, has invested in Blo Blow Dry Bar (Blo), North America’s original blow dry bar franchise. “The investment in Blo Blow Dry Bar is a landmark for NewSpring as it represents the first deal in our newly formed franchise portfolio,” says Patrick Sugrue,
AMC Capital IV, advised by Mezzanine Management, has made an investmenmt in Plasta Group, which comprises Lithuanian recycled plastic rubbish bag producer Plasta and Swedish producer Rullpack. Plasta is a major recycled plastic processing and manufacturing company in Europe, making over 500 million bags per year. The company boasts
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