Natural Cycles, the first app to be certified as a contraceptive in the EU, has closed a USD30 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), with participation from existing investors Sunstone, E-ventures and Bonnier Growth Media. The investment will aid clinical research, product development, recruitment from
IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has reported a 180 per cent increase in funds out year-on-year in the first half of 2017, with a total of GBP53 million invested in businesses across the UK. The sales volume within IGF’s clients was 87 per cent higher in H1
Crux Informatics has closed a USD10 million Series A financing, led by Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments (PSI) and other institutional investors. Crux helps companies reduce the effort and money spent acquiring, exploring and processing large amounts of data. The company implements and operates the data processing pipelines they create for
Capzanine, an independent European company specialised in private investment, is selling its stake in Taliance, following the latter’s reorganisation of its capital and its reacquisition by management. Taliance creates, develops and distributes the first software solution for modelling alternative investment portfolios, combining the flexibility and the security that these specific
Alpha Private Equity Fund 7 has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Waterland and its co- shareholders for the acquisition of 100 per cent of the share capital of IPCOM. Founded by Waterland in 2010 and headquartered in Belgium, IPCOM is the leading European insulation solutions provider with sales
Catapult Ventures has appointed Chris Spencer as a Venture Partner with the firm’s GM&C Life Sciences Fund. Spencer, who becomes the Fund’s fourth Venture Partner, will assess investment opportunities and work with the Fund’s smaller investments to help companies successfully grow, with a particular focus on digital health. Catapult
Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Investments, has acquired WightFibre and will invest a further GBP35 million to fund the expansion of the company’s infrastructure with a full-fibre, ultrafast broadband network across the Isle of Wight. This is the first investment by Digital Infrastructure Investment Partners, a platform
OFI SteelPath, an OppenheimerFunds company, has launched the Oppenheimer SteelPath MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund, which will primarily invest in the equity securities of North American midstream energy infrastructure companies while adhering to a 25 per cent limit on master limited partnership (MLP) holdings. The Fund will focus on US
Pomanda PRO, an online platform which allows advisers and investors to evaluate business opportunities, connect discreetly with business owners and source mandates they would otherwise struggle to reach, has now launched. The platform links investors and professional advisers with business owners who are looking for investment, providing the tools to
qodeo, a company that monitors the global venture ecosystem, and is rolling out the first global service that automatically matches best fit investors with entrepreneurs, has announced a crowdfunding campaign on crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Qodeo is raising funds to roll out its next generation global venture matching service, which aims
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