Ingenious Ventures, a specialist manager of Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) and part of Ingenious, has launched its fourth Shelley Media Fund, providing a unique opportunity for investment in the fast-growing entertainment sector.   The fund will invest in companies producing film, television programmes and video games, which continue to exhibit

Hotbed, the private equity syndicator, has completed GBP29.6 million worth of investments during the year ending 31 March 2011. The total value of the deals, including borrowing, was GBP43.1 million, an increase of 62% on the total value of investments made by Hotbed last year. The value of deals made

JouleX has received USD17 million in investment capital from new investors Sigma Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners and Intel Capital, in addition to existing investors Target Partners and TechOperators. JouleX plans to use the capital to expand its development and sales footprint into growth markets around the world. "The widespread need

Investec Specialist Private Bank’s Structured Property Finance division (Investec) has provided senior debt development finance to Pace Investments (Pace) to fund the construction of Botanic House in Cambridge, the first speculative development in the city for over 20 years. The proposed 53,000 square foot office building, which is already under

FF&P Private Equity, the private equity business of Fleming Family & Partners, has announced the first close of its third Club fund, FF&P Investor 3 LP, giving the firm additional capital of over GBP47 million to invest. The funds have been raised from 56 private and a single institutional investor

Vision Capital has acquired a portfolio of three companies from Paragon Secondary Partners LP (Paragon); the remaining investments in Paragon’s 2005 fund. This transaction marks Vision Capital’s first portfolio acquisition in Germany. For this transaction, Vision Capital has partnered with Rubicon Partners (Rubicon), an industrial management and holding company with

Apex Fund Services has secured a USD30 million commitment from FTV Capital for a minority interest in the Company. FTV Capital, the first institutional investor in Apex, is a growth equity investor with extensive experience and a global network in the financial services industry, and especially asset management. Apex has