Darwin Group (Darwin), a Shropshire-based provider of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) buildings for the healthcare and education sector, has secured significant funding from Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for mid-sized companies. Darwin is one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist offsite modular construction projects. Its
OakNorth Bank has provided Harwood Private Capital with a GBP20 million funding package to facilitate the management buyout (MBO) of family-run horticulture firm, Mr Fothergill’s Seeds Limited. The deal enables the managed exit of the founding Carey and Fothergill families. A member of the Harwood Capital Management family of
Mediobanca Private Banking has expanded its illiquid investments offering for Private Banking clients in Italy with the launch of the Mediobanca Venture Capital Fund, a sub-fund of Russell Investments Alternative Investment ICAV. It will invest in technology start-ups primarily based in the United States. This represents a further step on
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP4.25 million funding round for Mypura.com Group Limited (Pura), a baby care brand which specialises in eco-friendly baby wipes and nappies. The transaction includes GBP4 million of funding split evenly across the Maven VCTs, NPIF Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse
Glasgow-based contact lens technology pioneers Ocutec Limited have secured GBP1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Deepbridge Capital. The funding round, which includes provision of GBP1 million of funding via the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS fund, GBP360k from Intuitive Investments Group (IIG) and a GBP100k SMART grant to
Fast growing Edtech startup Vygo has raised GBP1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round supported by online age investment platform Angel Investment Network. Vygo is a Saas platform reinventing the conventional social support ecosystem in higher education. The round was led by Edtech VC Sparkmind and supported by Angel Investment
Value Partners Group Limited has appointed David Wong as Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, effective 28 February 2022.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has made a capital commitment to a new fund in support of minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs). The fund, led in partnership between Advantage Capital and the NMSDC Business Consortium Fund (BCF), brings together BCF’s 30-year history of providing access to capital to entrepreneurs
MidEuropa, a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has appointed Vesna Sipp as partner, Head of Investor Relations and member of the Investment Committee. Sipp, who will be based in MidEuropa’s London office and will also lead the firm’s ESG and diversity efforts, was previously Head of
Shaken Udder, a husband-and-wife founded milkshake company that supplies to major UK supermarkets, has secured a minority investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC to support the next stage of its growth journey. Headquartered in Tiptree, Essex, Shaken Udder blends fresh milk with real ingredients to create a variety of
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