Luxury homeware wholesaler, Fifty One Percent Limited, has secured a GBP250k finance package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.The funding will allow the Leicestershire-based business to hire four additional staff, while expanding its product line and sales and marketing function. Fifty One Percent

British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a cornerstone commitment to Kennet’s fifth fund as it announces its EUR223 million (USD250 million) close.

Inflexion has supported the expansion of its portfolio company Alcumus via two acquisitions in the UK and North America. 

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growth businesses, has invested in Juriba, an migration software provider, to accelerate product development and drive international scale.

Following the completion of a voluntary tender offer period, Valorous Asia Holdings, an entity owned by KKR investment funds, has accepted all of the 427,041,291 common shares of First Gen Corporation that were tendered by shareholders at the close of the tender offer, representing approximately 11.9 per cent of First

BGF has invested in Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists. The investment will be used to support the independent opticians and audiologists group’s organic growth – including further roll-out of its audiology services – as well as its acquisition strategy to double the number of sites over the next four years.Royston Bayfield,

GCA Altium, the European arm of global investment bank GCA, has seen significant appetite for cross-border deals since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March, challenging uncertainty surrounding global M&A markets during the Covid-19 pandemic.Globally, the business has signed 41 deals, more than half (21) of which have been

IW Capital has completed a GBP10 million investment round for Transcend Packaging, a specialist in sustainable packaging which is targeting the replacement of single-use plastics by making in demand paper and fibre-based alternatives. Transcend utilises state of the art digital printing and specialty coating technology allowing paper straws, cups, and food containers to