2014 was one of business angel syndicate Archangels’ most active years for investment in Scottish-based early stage and established technology and life sciences businesses and provided strong levels of returns for investors. Archangels arranged funding of GBP12.2m for 14 companies, comprising GBP7.5m of investment from Archangels’ investors, with a further
DriverUp, the first online marketplace for automotive financing, has launched giving accredited investors an opportunity to directly enter the USD379 billion auto lending industry. DriverUp is the exclusive brand of Sierra Auto Finance, an auto finance company launched with USD50 million Series A financing, led by Emerald Development Managers and
ProHatch, the alternative capital formation and advisory services platform, has added regulated securities issues to the platform, expanding their online marketplace to Accredited Investors and Issuers focused on financial investing in growth oriented businesses, real estate as well as nonprofit programs. “We are differentiating ourselves in the burgeoning market of
Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of a 40% stake in MVF to Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC), a private equity firm focused on mid-market buyouts and growth capital investments. Founded in 2009 by five British entrepreneurs, MVF is a tech firm specialising in online customer acquisition and lead
Property Innovation Labs (Pi Labs), Europe's first property-focused accelerator, has announced its inaugural intake of start-up companies and the launch of a crowdfunding campaign. Pi Labs was created in October 2014 through a strategic partnership between global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield and venture capitalists Spire Ventures. Entrepreneur Faisal
Mid-market private equity firm Duke Street has appointed Stuart McMinnies as a Partner. McMinnies joins from 3i where he was a senior partner. McMinnies spent 19 years at 3i, the last 10 as a Partner. He played a leading role in some of the firm’s most successful deals, including ABX,
Kemp Little advised Moravia IT on the sale of a majority interest in the company to Clarion Capital Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm. Moravia’s 2014 revenues exceeded USD 100 million, making the translation and localisation company the first in the language services industry to achieve the
ContaAzul, a provider of SaaS accounting and invoicing solutions to SMBs in Brazil has raised a Series C round of financing led by existing investor venture capital firm Ribbit Capital. Tiger Global Management also participated along with existing investors 500 Startups, Monashees Capital and Valar Ventures. ContaAzul will use the
Investindustrial Advisors, investment manager to the Investindustrial private equity funds, has chosen SunGard’s Investran private equity software solution to provide a centralised accounting and reporting solution. Investindustrial, which has more than EUR3 billion in assets under management, will use SunGard’s Investran to act as the foundation for a new operating
Automated investing service Betterment has closed a USD60 million round of growth funding led by private equity firm Francisco Partners. Previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, and Northwestern Mutual Capital alos particpated. “Our growth has continued to accelerate,” says Jon Stein, Betterment Founder and CEO. “More people are becoming
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