FoodDocs – an specialist in the food safety industry – has raised GBP1.8 million in a funding round led by Bonnier Ventures. Forward Venture Capital, and Spring Capital also joined the round along with existing investor United Angels VC.  The funds will be used to continue FoodDocs’ strategic growth, drive further

Xeinadin Group Limited, a professional services group in the UK and Ireland, has agreed a strategic partnership with Exponent, a private equity firm with a proven track record in professional services. This partnership will involve Exponent making a significant minority investment in Xeinadin to support the business’s ambitious growth plans.

FloodFlash, a parametric insurance technology company that pays catastrophic flood claims within 48 hours, has announced a Series A raise of USD15 million. The round was led by Chicago-based Buoyant Ventures with San Francisco-based fund Munich Re Ventures also featuring as an investor. Sony Financial Ventures/Global Brain (Tokyo), MS&AD Ventures

Apex Group has acquired BEST Alternative Advisory Services (BEST), an India-based, specialised financial services provider. The acquisition of BEST will add assets under administration (AuA) of USD30 billionn to the Apex Group, and an additional 35 employees based in Mumbai. BEST delivers fund services tailored to both open and closed-ended

Blue Horizon, a pure-play impact investor accelerating the transition to a new Sustainable Food System, has made a seed financing round investment in Tomorrow Foods, a specialist developer of plant-based protein systems and solutions for the food and beverage industry. This marks Blue Horizon’s very first seed investment in South

Headmade Materials, the inventor of the metal 3D printing process ColdMetalFusion (Metal SLS), has closed a EUR2.5 million Series A financing round with additive manufacturing specialist AM Ventures as lead investor. The btov Industrial Technologies Fund also participated in the funding round as an existing shareholder.  Additionally, the 3D printing

Gamma Technologies, a specialist in integrated multi-physics system simulation software, has secured a strategic investment from New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm, Insight Partners. Insight Partners joins existing investors TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, and Cove Hill Partners, a long-term oriented private equity

Orthox Limited, a clinical stage company developing medical implants to repair damaged knee articular cartilage and other orthopaedic injuries, has secured a further USD4.3 million (GBP3.2 million) investment to close its USD12.5 million (GBP9.2 million) Series A financing round. The financing will support further clinical trials of its lead product,