Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investment business, has exchanged on the sale of multiple award-winning UK online temporary insurance platform Tempcover to RVU, owner of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk. The sale (subject to Financial Conduct Authority regulatory clearance) will deliver a highly-profitable gross return of >5x money to
Icelandic technology provider Dohop has raised an undisclosed additional growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). This investment will enable Dohop to further accelerate growth and develop its innovative virtual interlining offering, allowing airlines and scheduled transport providers to sell complex itineraries without the need for codesharing or traditional
Ropes & Gray has appointed Alexandra Chauvin as a London-based counsel in its asset management team.
Pembroke VCT, a venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses with exceptional founders and management teams, has sold its investment in ME+EM – the British direct-to-consumer fashion brand – achieving a return of 16x its original investment. ME+EM is Pembroke’s third successful exit in the space of fourteen months,
Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), a listed global infrastructure fund, has agreed to invest approximately GBP40 million alongside a Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium, which has agreed to acquire a 60 per cent stake in the UK gas transmission and metering business of National Grid. The business owns and operates the UK’s regulated
Genetics, a healthtech start-up co-founded by three University of Cambridge genomics postgraduates, has raised USD11 million in a Series A funding round led by MMC Ventures, with further funding from Episode 1, Seedcamp and several angel investors. These include Paul Forster, a co-founder and former CEO of Indeed, Paul Wicks,
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), a global alternative asset manager, has completed fundraising for its debut Infrastructure fund, ICG Infrastructure Equity 1 (ICG Infra), with total commitments of EUR1.5 billion, surpassing its target of EUR1 billion due to strong demand from a global client base. The Fund attracted commitments from over
Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and services sectors, has invested GBP5 million in retailtech specialist Proximity Insight (PI). Using the PI app, retail teams can instantly get to know each customer through their profile, displaying their preferences,
OnePlanetCapital has invested in eco-friendly e-Bike conversion kit company Swytch through its flagship Environmental EIS Fund. Swytch has raised a total of GBP3.1 million at a GBP35 million pre money valuation. The OnePlanetCapital EIS fund focuses on companies and projects that will genuinely benefit the environmental prospects of the
Pemberton, an alternative credit specialist, has formed a strategic partnership with iCapital to expand its Wealth Management Solutions initiative. Through this partnership, Pemberton will leverage iCapital’s end-to-end technology solutions and have access to iCapital’s distribution partnerships to expand the offering of Pemberton’s private debt strategies to wealth managers globally.
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