Edtech startup BibliU has raised GBP500,000 as part of a Series A extension funding round, supported by Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform. London-based BibliU is a digital education platform that provides students with digital access to their textbooks and libraries across all their devices. The
Gaming quality assurance and testing firm Testronic, part of the Catalis Group, has acquired Whyttest, a games QA and customer support business headquartered in Romania – a move set to increase headcount by 15 per cent. Testronic provides services to the global games publishing and film and TV markets, including Quality
A Corby care service for adults with learning disabilities has secured a GBP200k loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.The funding will enable BDC Healthcare & Education to purchase a new care facility in Northamptonshire while also creating several employment opportunities.
As the second quarter showed the worst quarterly fall in output ever recorded in the UK, investors point to how the recovery of the UK economy as a whole may rely on the prosperity of SMEs, start-ups and high-growth firms.
Lisya Bahar Manoah (pictured) recently joined Catalyst Investments as a partner, based in Tel Aviv in Israel. The firm was founded in 1999 by Edouard Cukierman, Yair Shamir and Boaz Harel.
Venture capital firm Advent Life Sciences has sold its portfolio company, KaNDy Therapeutics (KaNDy), to Bayer AG for an upfront consideration of USD425 million plus potential milestone payments of up to USD 450 million until launch followed by potential additional triple digit million sales milestones payments.KaNDy recently completed the Phase
Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal), a specialised private equity firm investing in healthcare and industrials companies, has completed the acquisition of Cello Health, a global healthcare-focused advisory firm, for a total enterprise value of GBP181.8 million.The acquisition of Cello Health provides the foundation for a new enterprise to enable healthcare and
BTIG has hired Michael Papazis, an aerospace, defence and government services specialist, as a Director within its Investment Banking division. Papazis will be based in the firm’s New York office, and will report to JT Herman, Managing Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, at BTIG. In his new role at
The Insights People, a Manchester-based company which specialises in kids, parents and family market intelligence, has secured a GBP500k investment from DSW Angels, a business angel network focused on UK regional scale-up companies.The investment will allow The Insights People to boost its international growth and follows its expansion into Brazil,
LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose investment firm whose companies now reach 200 million people, has appointed Bharat Narotam Doshi to its Global Leadership Council.Doshi’s expertise will guide LeapFrog’s leadership team as it makes further investments in companies across India and other emerging markets. LeapFrog aims for its companies to
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