Souter Investments has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Stone Group, an ICT services provider, in an equity and debt refinancing of the business led by CEO Simon Harbridge and the existing management team. Founded in 1991, Stone Group has assisted thousands of organisations in adapting and thriving

Foresight Group (Foresight) and Williams Advanced Engineering (Williams) have a made a GBP1.6 million investment into Oxford University spin-out Mixergy Limited (Mixergy), a specialist in smart hot water tanks. Mixergy was founded in 2014 by Peter Armstrong, CEO, and Ren Kang, Head of R&D, following the completion of their PhD

Cyan Forensics – an Edinburgh-based start-up producing technology to help police investigators find evidence faster – has secured a further GBP1.3m from a consortium of investors. The funding, which has come from Triple Point Investment Management, Mercia, SIS Ventures, the Scottish Investment Bank and private investors, will support the company’s expansion

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested in Autotech Ventures – an American venture capital fund focuses on start-ups in the ground transportation sector. Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley managing over $200 million that focuses on the USD3 trillion ground transportation sector.  Connected, autonomous,

Aviva Investors is to provide over GBP200 million of debt-financing, on behalf of Aviva UK Life and other third-party clients, towards a fleet of new rolling stock for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise, which will operate under the new ‘Avanti West Coast’ rail service, on one of the UK’s

Jersey Hemp, which in August became the first licensed operator in the British Isles for the EU-certified cultivation, extraction and production of cannabidiol (CBD) based products, has attracted GBP2 million of venture capital funding. The funding will be used to establish extraction facilities at Jersey Hemp and provide working capital for

Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, has arranged the unitranche financing of Keensight Capital’s acquisition of 3P Biopharmaceuticals. It is the 8th deal closed this year by Idinvest’s Private Debt team in the Iberian Peninsula. 3P Biopharmaceuticals is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) specialized in

WestBridge has invested GBP12.8 million in Aptus Utilities, a UK provider of multi-utility services with OakNorth Bank providing additional finance. Established in 2010, Aptus is fully accredited to design, build, install and connect gas, electricity and water networks, as well as street lighting, on residential, commercial and industrial developments. By

EBRD is making a USD4 million equity investment in oBilet, an online service focusing on intercity bus travel in Turkey. The investment is part of a USD5 million financing round alongside Earlybird Venture Capital, an investor focused on European technology innovators. Over the past year, oBilet has raised a total

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has granted approval of Quinbrook’ Infrastructure Partner’s 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with NV Energy for the 690 megawatt (MW) AC Gemini Solar + Battery Storage Project (Gemini) in Clark County, Nevada. Gemini is believed to be one of the largest projects of its