ACF Investors, a UK venture capital fund that works alongside sector expert business angels to invest in high potential businesses, has passed its 100th company investment. The angel-partnership investment model has been highly successful, funding businesses through multiple investment rounds and is validated by the fact that the funds investments
China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited, the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd (2318 HK, 601318 SH), together with its subsidiaries (Ping An Overseas Holdings), has successfully closed Ping An Global Equity Selection Fund II (the Selection Fund II),
Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has made a follow-on investment by Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) in its existing portfolio company, Spark EV Technology. The investment is part of the company’s GBP250,000 capital raising round involving both existing and new shareholders. Spark EV
Global investment bank GCA Altium has strengthened its London team with the appointment of consumer M&A expert, Tom Barnard as Director. Barnard joins GCA Altium as part of its leisure M&A team having spent more than a decade working in the sector, the majority of which was spent at
Derbyshire-based manufacturer Denby Pottery is reinforcing its UK and international footprint as it partners with Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance through a GBP10 million combined facility which replaces a similar arrangement. Denby has been crafting pottery for more than 200 years in the Derbyshire village after which it is named,
A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a GBP1.5 million investment to build its global presence. CitizenMe has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development
Ampla Finance, the legal finance provider, has appointed Natalie Player and Deborah Ward, both qualified lawyers, as Commercial Director and Partnership Director respectively. Player takes up the role of Commercial Director, heading up the business’ partnerships team, along with taking responsibility for developing new and existing products for the market.
Vopak Solar Park Eemshaven in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands is now operational. The new solar park has a capacity of approximately 25 megawatts, which is equivalent to an average consumption of approximately 8,000 Dutch households. The project is a joint venture between Vopak, an independent tank storage
swissfillon, a specialist in sterile filling of complex pharmaceuticals, is joining 31 Group-backed ten23 health, a pure-play, patient-centric and sustainable biologics drug product contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Founded in 2013 by Daniel Kehl and based in Visp Switzerland, swissfillon is a FDA and Swissmedic approved drug product-focused CDMO.
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc (Nasdaq: SSNC) has been chosen by Gordian Capital, an Asian institutional fund management platform, with AUM of USD7 billion, to expand its relationship with SS&C Technologies Holdings in Singapore and Japan.
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