Inflexion Private Equity has invested in managed IT and communication services business Ridgewall Group and backed the simultaneous acquisition of QDOS SBL, a specialist provider of managed IT and communications to the hospitality industry. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid‐market fund.  

NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment arm of the NEM blockchain ecosystem, has made a strategic investment in Cyclebit, a provider of tools for retailers to accept cryptocurrencies and fiat for in-store, online and on-the-go purchases. Dave Hodgson, Director and Co-founder of NEM Ventures, says: “Cyclebit is already an

Digital marketing agency Croud has secured a GBP30 million minority investment from mid-market private equity house LDC. The deal will support Croud to further accelerate global growth via its innovative service delivery that combines its proprietary technology with Croud’s worldwide network of on-demand digital experts.   The Croud model is

Shenzen-based DB Investment Management Ltd (DBI) has joined the Crayfish.io Accelerator as the second Anchor Investor opening up further opportunities for UK and European semiconductor and IoT companies to join the programme and get ‘China-ready’. Started in September 2019 with original anchor investor UK-China Enterprise Fund, DBI now add a

SurePrep, a provider of tax automation software and software-powered services to the professional tax return preparation market, has received a significant minority investment from Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private capital firm. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed.   SurePrep’s innovative, patented technology solutions automate critical tax preparation

Sports-betting and data technology start-up Mercurius is delighted to announce it has achieved its target of raising EUR500,000 in second fundraising round. The Milan-based company has now raised a total of EUR800,000 from two funding rounds and will use the money raised to enhance and develop its sports-trading product and

Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 (GV1O & GV1A) and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 (GV2O & GV2A) (the Gresham House VCTs) have made a new investment of GBP1.2 million into bio-bean, the world’s largest recycler of waste coffee grounds. This investment represents 30 per cent of the GBP4

Weatherford Capital, a family-owned private investment firm, has completed an investment in CloudFactory, a global leader in managed workforce solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Growth equity investment firm, FTV Capital, led the funding round. CloudFactory’s WorkStreams combine people and technology to deliver high-quality data to meet the needs of AI

Fintech company Capitolis has completed a USD40 million Series B funding round led by Spark Capital and SVB Capital. Existing investors, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and S Capital also participated in the round, bringing the total capital raised to date to USD70 million. The investment will support Capitolis’ next phase