C5 Capital Limited (C5), a venture capital firm focused on investing in cyber security, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, has led an USD18 million investment round in US and European identity-focussed cyber intelligence company 4iQ. Around 80 per cent of cybercrime begins with stolen credentials and 4iQ has indexed billions

Design-led SME housebuilder Backhouse has secured a GBP50 million investment from alternative asset manager Cheyne Capital to support major growth plans for the company in 2019 and beyond. This new investment by Cheyne Real Estate Credit (CRECH) Fund V – Opportunistic takes the form of a joint venture, giving Backhouse

Moneypenny, the UK’s leading outsourced communications provider delivering telephone answering, live chat, switchboard and multichannel customer services, is partnering with private equity investor ECI Partners to help drive the next stage of the company’s growth. ECI’s significant investment will support Moneypenny’s ambitious plans to substantially grow its turnover by expanding

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund has completed its first transaction in the Benelux by acquiring 2Connect, a leading manufacturer of specialised cables and connectors, from the van der Put family.   Financial terms of the transaction, which sees the firm’s founder reinvest alongside the fund, have

FreeOx Biotech, a spin-out of Hospital Clinic Barcelona-IDIBAPS which is developing a new class of neuroprotective drugs, has closed its first round of funding with EUR500,000 from private investors Montserrat Esteve and Francisco Javier Alsina. The biotechnology firm has two highly promising molecules in its pipeline to treat stroke and

MEIF Maven Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has agreed a six-figure loan funding solution to Tienda Limited (TL), a ‘turnkey’ interior service provider. The capital will be used to finance a new contract, which runs over five years, to refit up to 700 outlets including a Building

Private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund has acquired a majority stake in Infradata Group (Infradata) from Waterland Private Equity Fund V (Waterland). Infradata is a provider of cybersecurity and secure networking solutions across Europe. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Infradata was

Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in SAFE Security (SAFE). Ironwood served as lead investor in a subordinated debt investment made in October 2016. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Ramon, California, SAFE is one of the largest providers of security alarm systems in the United States.   SAFE

Wynnchurch Capital has completed the acquisition of Midland Metal Mfg (Midland) and will combine the business with Anderson Metals (Anderson). Midland is a distributor of fittings, valves, clamps and related products/accessories to a variety of industrial end-markets. Vince Hodes, the CEO of Midland, is investing alongside Wynnchurch and will become