Business lending platform Growth Street has raised a GBP7.5 million scale-up investment round led by the Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited (Merian Chrysalis). Asset manager Merian Global Investors has joined forces with leading individual investors including Rob Rankin, former co-Head of Corporate Banking & Securities at Deutsche Bank, and Peter
Värde Partners has appointed Elena Lieskovska and Haseeb Malik to Partner, and promoted Brad Bauer to Deputy Chief Investment Officer. “It gives me great pleasure to announce the promotions of three individuals who have been instrumental in the success of our firm through their investing expertise, leadership and integrity,” says
Israeli startup Hailo, developer of a proprietary processing architecture for deep learning on edge devices, has expanded its Series A funding round to USD21 million. Chinese venture capital firm, Glory Ventures, led the investment-round expansion and was joined by existing and other new investors. The investment will enable the company
Oak Hill Capital Partners has made three promotions across its investor relations and private equity investment teams. Andy Burdick has been promoted to Partner, Jake Shulman has been promoted to Vice President, and Adam Hahn and Jeff Mettam have been promoted to Principal. Tyler Wolfram, Chief Executive Officer, says:
Venture capital firm Par Equity has closed five investments worth GBP4.85 million in just two days. The firm was lead investor and partnered with the Scottish Investment Bank on all five deals. The trades included one new investment and four follow-ons. New to Par Equity’s portfolio is Amiqus, a software
Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has appointed Risana Zitha as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renaissance Capital (South Africa) and Head of Investment Banking, Africa. In the capacity of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renaissance Capital (South Africa), Zitha will coordinate the
VCT funding so far in January 2019 totals GBP91.3 million, up 245 per cent compared with the same time last January (GBP26.4 million), according to data released by Wealth Club. Over GBP313 million has been raised so far this tax year. A total of GBP745 million was invested for the
BGF has completed a further investment in The Prezola Group to deploy new technology platforms and prepare for targeted international expansion. Through the brands Prezola and GettingMarried, The Prezola Group is focussed on digitising the experience of wedding guests, from invitations and RSVP to registry purchases, accommodation booking and memory
Sphera, a provider of integrated risk management software and information services with a focus on operational risk, environmental health & safety and product stewardship, has acquired Petrotechnics, a provider of operational risk software for hazardous industries. Petrotechnics is based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Established in 1989, Petrotechnics has helped keep people
Chaucer has merged with Virtrium Consulting in a transaction that creates one of the largest independent end-to-end digital transformation consultancies in the UK. The deal was structured and executed with support from private equity firm GCP. Virtrium was established in 2006 and specialises in IT strategy, architecture and
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