LoopingOne, a flexible KYC and payments platform for marketplaces and platforms, has raised £800,000 in a seed funding round led by Ebury. The investment aims to further develop the LoopingOne product and start the Electronic Money Instiitution (EMI) application process at the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). An integration with Ebury

LiquidX, a global fintech platform for digitisation, monetisation, and risk mitigation for working capital, trade finance, and insurance asset, has secured a strategic investment from Citi, one of the largest trade finance banks in the world. The funding round was led by Broadridge, LiquidX’s largest strategic investor.   The investments

Wickham Micro, a portfolio company of Limerston Capital has completed the acquisition of Medical Engineering Technologies (MET), a medical device testing laboratory based in Dover, Kent. Founded 25 years ago, MET provides design validation testing and comprehensive medical and combination device batch release testing. The business is recognised as a

Rainier Partners, a Seattle-based, lower-middle-market private equity firm, has invested in Pet Food Express (PFE), a fast-growing, omnichannel pet retailer that sells healthy pet foods, goods, and services from over 60 retail locations throughout California. Rainier’s investment will support PFE in expanding its reach to help pets and their owners

Listed Japanese conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation, is to divest Spaldings to UK-based investment firm, Inspirit Capital. Established in 1956, Spaldings has grown to be one of the UK and Ireland’s largest distributors of tillage aftermarket equipment, as well as an emerging player in professional groundcare, forestry and industrial products. Inspirit Capital

OptiGroup, a portfolio company of private equity firm FSN Capital has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of MaskeGruppen AS from Maske Holding AS. As a leading full-service distributor of facility supplies, healthcare products and industrial packaging, MaskeGruppen will complement and further strengthen OptiGroup’s service offering for B2B customers. 

Oakley Capital’s (Oakley) Oakley Capital Fund IV (Fund IV) is to sell its stake in Contabo, a cloud hosting platform. The exit will generate a gross return in excess of 10x MM and over 100% IRR to Fund IV. As part of the transaction, Oakley Capital Fund V (Fund V)