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Lindsay Goldberg backs Summit Interconnect

Affiliates of Lindsay Goldberg – a private investment firm that focuses on partnering with families, founders and management teams – have completed a majority investment in Summit Interconnect (Summit), a provider of high performance, complex printed circuit boards serving the aerospace, defence, and other highly demanding commercial sectors, along with

LDC exits Aker Systems

Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its minority investment in cloud technology company Aker Systems to Abry Partners. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2017, Aker Systems designs, builds and operates ground-breaking ultra-secure public cloud environments and advanced data infrastructure platforms.   LDC

Imperial fund leads GBP1m funding round in energy storage startup Cheesecake Energy

The Imperial College Innovation Fund (ICIF) has led a GBP1 million seed investment round for UK energy storage startup, Cheesecake Energy Ltd (CEL).  The round, which includes Perivoli Innovations, and prominent business angels, will fund the development of CEL’s’s manufacturing capabilities and its lead eTanker storage system. ICIF, which invested

Hercules Capital surpasses USD1.5bn of annual gross debt and equity commitments

Hercules Capital (Hercules), a specialty financing provider to innovative venture, growth and established stage companies backed by venture capital and private equity firms, together with external funds managed by its adviser subsidiary, has originated more than USD1.5 billion year-to-date in annual total gross debt and equity commitments, breaking its previous

CBRE Investment Management to acquire one of Norway’s largest bus operators

CBRE Investment Management, through its Private Infrastructure team, is to acquire  the bus division of Torghatten AS (Torghatten Land), which comprises Norgesbuss AS, Trønderbilene AS, Torghatten Buss AS, Sørlandsruta AS, Fosen Verkstedservice AS and TTS Bil-og, Dekksenter AS. This investment is in keeping with the firm’s commitment to delivering sustainable

Bestport invests in Energy Saving Lighting

Bestport and ThinCats have provided debt and equity funding of GBP19 million to help support continued growth of Energy Saving Lighting (ESL).   David Hall, previously CEO of Polypipe and non-executive Chairman of Aspen Pumps, will join the board as Chairman.   Paul Daly, Founder and CEO of ESL, says:

Amro Partners invests in equity loan provider Proportunity

Amro Partners has invested in Proportunity, an equity loan provider enabling buyers to purchase homes with a 5 per cent deposit, as part of a Series A funding round. The fintech start-up, launched in 2016 by founders Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea, helps homebuyers afford homes worth up to GBP150

Aglaia Therapeutics raises EUR4m in seed funding

Aglaia Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing new therapies that can overcome resistance to current targeted therapies in cancer patients, has completed  a EUR4 million (USD4.7 million) seed funding round.  Advent France Biotechnology (AFB) led the round, with the participation of Crédit Mutuel Innovation and Pierre Fabre. AFB also acted as

Waterland-backed Enreach acquires OSS Networks

Enreach, a pan-European unified communications (UC) brand and portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity (Waterland), is acquiring OSS Networks.  The new partnership will enable Enreach to further expand its international market presence: OSS Networks is regarded as one of the leading established providers in the cloud-based UC services sector in

Cyberdyne Tech Exchange launches Carbon Neutrality Token

The Cyberdyne Tech Exchange (CTX) has released and sold the first tranche of a new asset-backed Carbon Neutrality Token (CNT) which resolves one of the most challenging aspects of the Paris Agreement (COP21) – the ability to properly account for and track carbon credits using its proprietary protocols and blockchain

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