FirstPort, a UK residential property services company, is being acquired by Emeria, a European specialist in residential real estate services, from the company’s previous majority shareholder, the mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited (Equistone). FirstPort will operate as a subsidiary of Emeria, with its existing management team remaining

Integra Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that creates next- generation gene writing tools, has closed an additional EUR1.5-million investment from venture capital firm Columbus Venture Partners. This investment comes on top of the EUR4.5 million Integra Therapeutics raised last December from AdBio Partners, Invivo Capital and Takeda Ventures and completes its

Charme Capital Partners (Charme), a pan-European mid-market private equity firm, and Amadeus Capital Partners (Amadeus), are to sell 100 per cent of Veritas Intercontinental to LetsGetChecked, a global healthcare solutions company. LetsGetChecked, which is based in Dublin and New-York, the tools to manage health from home through direct access to

Arowana Impact Capital (AIC), the impact investing arm of global B Corp investment group, Arowana, has completed a cornerstone investment in Green Antz, producer of eco-friendly construction materials operating in Southeast Asia. Green Antz converts plastic waste from commercial establishments and communities into value-added construction materials, such as bricks and

IntelleWings Private Limited, an AI-powered and SaaS enabled AML/CFT (Combating the Financing of Terrorism) Compliance company, has raised USD650 thousand in pre-Series A round from Dallas Venture Capital (DVC), a cross-border venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage companies in cloud infrastructure, B2B SaaS, AI/ML, mobile, XR and

Blue Horizon, a pure play impact investor in the future of food, has made a seed investment in Core Biogenesis which uses plants as biofactories to scale the production of high-value bioproducts like growth factors. Blue Horizon invested in Core Biogenesis, a French startup focusing on the production of growth

Yokoy Group, a European all-in-one enterprise spend management platform, has raised USD80 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Speedinvest, Visionaries Club and Zinal Growth, existing investors Balderton Capital, Six FinTech Ventures, Left Lane, Swisscom Ventures and well-known business angels also participated in the round.  Powered

Relative Insight, a fast-growing text analytics platform, plans to expand its operations in the US and strengthen new product development following a GBP5 million growth capital investment by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) through its managed British Smaller Companies VCTs. With offices in London, New York and Lancaster, Relative Insight has