On-demand staffing platform, Rota, has closed a GBP3 million funding round, which was led by Puffin Point, a Family Office, with significant experience in staffing and marketplace apps. This was followed by current shareholders who continue to support Rota’s high growth technology and solutions-based staffing marketplace business. 

“The funding round will

The UK Creative Content EIS Fund has invested in Raindog Films, a UK-based production company co-founded by Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth and music industry veteran Ged Doherty, it has been announced by the Fund’s manager, Calculus Capital, and Stargrove Pictures.  Writer and producer, Trish D Chetty joins the new look company

Property technology company Goodlord, which provides software and services to transform how people rent, has been backed by some of the UK’s most respected investors in a  GBP10 million Series B round.Goodlord has raised GBP10 million from investors including Latitude Ventures, the Series B+ sister fund to LocalGlobe known for backing

Five, a UK-based, self-driving company, has raised USD41 million in a Series B round of equity funding. New investors are Trustbridge Partners, Direct Line Group and Sistema VC. Existing investors Lakestar, Amadeus Capital Partners, Kindred Capital and Notion Capital also participated in the round, which makes Five one of Europe’s best-funded self-driving startups, with USD77

Activa Capital and Arkéa Capital have acquired minority stakes in the capital of Ingeliance. On the occasion of this primary MBO, Activa Capital becomes the reference shareholder of the company alongside its founder Jean-François Clédel, its CEO Marc Poullin and the management team. Arkéa Capital, the group’s historical minority financial

Prospect Hill Growth Partners, a private equity firm focused on operational value creation in middle-market growth companies, has acquired a majority interest in Fitness Ventures. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Fitness Ventures is one of the fastest growing franchisees in the Crunch Fitness system. Founded in 2016, the Company currently owns and

Montane, a UK outdoor clothing and accessories company founded over 25 years ago, has secured investment from Edinburgh-based specialist consumer brand investor Inverleith LLP, which has secured a majority stake in the company.Montane has established itself as the leading European specialist brand of lightweight, breathable outdoor clothing and equipment for

Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management (Sverica) has made an investment in Cytracom, a provider of cloud-based unified communications (UCaaS) software and solutions built exclusively for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) channel.Based in Dallas, TX, Cytracom has over two thousand MSP partners throughout North America. As the move to

HS Orka, an Icelandic renewable energy and utility company 50 per cent owned by Ancala Partners, has secured a USD210 million financing package with a group of leading European commercial lenders.HS Orka has also made three senior management appointments, with Tómas Már Sigurdsson joining as Chief Executive Officer, Björk Þórarinsdóttir