Amberjack, a UK specialist in designing and delivering Early Careers and large scale recruitment programmes for blue chip organisations, has secured a GBP17.6million investment from mid-market private equity investor LDC. Based in Berkshire, Amberjack provides its specialist services and software products to many of the UK’s largest employers, with a

BlackFin has taken a stake in Consultim Group, an independent distribution platform of managed properties for retail investors in France, which was founded by founded Benjamin Nicaise in 1995. Having distributed more than 57,000 real-estate properties since inception, Consultim saw activity volume of EUR605 million in 2018.   Consultim covers

Kurly, a provider of online premium grocery service Market Kurly, has completed a KRW100 billion Series D fundraising round led by existing investors and new participant Global Venture Partners. Market Kurly, launched in May 2015, has disrupted the online grocery industry through logistics innovation. Its ‘Morning Star Delivery’ service is

UK SME finance provider Maven has completed a GBP450,000 debt funding package to Reed Thermoformed Packaging Ltd (trading as “iPac”) via the North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund.  The funding will enable the company to continue to invest in its state-of-the-art facility to deliver

Intechnica – a Manchester-based technology business – has closed a GBP2.85million funding round led by investment group Mercia. The lead investment of GBP2.0million came from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. An additional GBP750,000 was invested

Simudyne, a simulation technology company, has closed a USD6 million Series A fundraise, led by Barclays alongside a distinguished set of institutions. The new funding round includes Graphene Ventures, an early investor in Snap and Lyft, and Gauss Ventures, whose team were early investors in Revolut and Tandem, bringing total

London-based software and accreditation specialist, Accredit Solutions, has raised a significant sum of funding from angel investor Andy Center, ex-CEO of CloserStill Holdings Ltd. Accredit Solutions will use the financing to continue expanding its global reach into Australasia and the USA, accelerate product innovation, development of a client resource centre,

Prestige Funds, a provider of private finance to the UK’s agriculture, clean energy and SME markets, has agreed to a GBP23.2 million funding deal to finance the construction of a 2.5MWe (700 nm3/h biomethane) ‘gas to grid’ anaerobic digestion plant in Kent. The plant will take approximately 20 months to

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing up to USD100 million in financing to the Middle East Glass Manufacturing Company (MEG), Egypt’s leading maker of glass containers. The partnership is designed to support the firm’s capital expenditure programme, create new jobs, and boost Egypt’s manufacturing sector.  IFC’s