Foresight Group has invested in Postworks Limited (Postworks) on behalf of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). This marks Foresight’s third MEIF investment since its launch in February.   Postworks is an online franking company providing small and medium sized businesses with a software-based alternative to franked business post.  Using

Bregal Milestone, a private capital firm, has completed an investment in Arkphire Group, a leading IT solutions and networking company. The investment by Bregal Milestone is out of their new EUR400m fund dedicated to investing in high-growth European companies, and is their first deal to be closed, three months after the

Capagro is investing SEK15.6 million in Malmö, Sweden-based BoMill AB, which has developed high-speed grain sorting equipment. The previous owners are also participating in the share issue, totalling SEK20 million. BoMill’s unique High Precision Quality sorting of Single Kernel technology can be used to sort Durum wheat, Soft wheat, Malting

Mayfair-based alternative finance house IW Capital has invested GBP2 million in Eos Leisure, which manufactures and sells its own branded eliquid products (Vapemate, Soda Steam, Directors Cut) into the UK vaping market and provides manufacturing and scientific testing services for other suppliers in vaping and other markets. The EIS qualifying

Private equity firm Advent International has invested in Manjushree Technopack Ltd, India’s largest rigid plastic packaging solution provider, in partnership with the founding Kedia family. As part of the transaction, Advent purchased all the shares owned by Kedaara Capital and a portion of the Kedia family’s stake in Manjushree Technopack.

New York-based private investment firm Greenbriar Equity Grouphas invested in vehicle intelligence company Spireon. With over USD3.5 billion in capital and investments in the global transportation and logistics industries, Greenbriar becomes the primary investor in Spireon as a result of the transaction.   “Spireon is the leader in vehicle analytics

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has invested GBP1.3m in a rapidly growing stem-cell research company that is helping pharmaceutical giants to develop new treatments for diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Censo Biotechnologies, which employs teams in Edinburgh and Cambridge, provides drug discovery services to some of the best known

Sky and Edge Investments have both made a further investment in TRX, a B2B online licensing platform for TV rights. The investment round of GBP2.9 million (which was also supported by other existing private investors) brings the total funds raised by TRX to GBP14 million. TRX will use this latest

Halcyon Capital Management (Halcyon) has sold minority stakes to TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP), the global credit and credit-related investment platform, and to Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman Group. TSSP has made a new minority investment in the firm, while Dyal has invested additional capital to

Accordion, a private equity-focussed financial consulting and technology firm, has received a significant minority investment from FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies. The investment will be used to expand Accordion’s service offerings for private equity-backed CFOs and their finance teams, attract and