UK-listed fintech venture capital investor Augmentum Fintech has announced GBP7 million of new investments in three leading European fintech companies – Tide, Previse and DueDil. Augmentum has invested a GBP3 million convertible note as part of a GBP8 million funding round alongside existing investors, in Tide, an SME challenger bank.

VividGro, a portfolio company of private equity firm Pegasus Capital Advisors (Pegasus), has secured investment firm Merida Capital Partners (Merida) as its strategic partner. VividGro, a spinout from Pegasus-funded Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSG), offers products based on LSG’s origins in developing lighting for NASA and the International Space Station

Atheon Analytics, a provider of visual analytics products and services to UK’s leading grocery retailers and suppliers, has secured a seven-figure investment from international private equity investor, EmergeVest, in exchange for a minority shareholding. Atheon will use the additional capital to accelerate its rapid growth plans, applying leading edge technology to

On the dot, a machine learning-driven last mile delivery start-up, and part of CitySprint Group, has secured an additional investment of GBP8 million from its parent company, which is itself private equity-funded. This new round will help fund On the dot’s further growth: product development, senior hires and international expansion,

Deposit Solutions, a specialist in Open Banking and provider of a platform for savings deposits, has closed a new funding round led by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. Vitruvian was joined by Kinnevik and existing shareholders including Deposit Solutions’ first institutional shareholder e.ventures in a transaction worth a total of

Eagle Merchant Partners and JLM Financial Partners have closed their investment in the Recreational Group, a leading provider of residential and commercial recreational surfacing products across the country. The move capitalises on the rapidly-growing artificial turf and sports surfacing industry, with products used across a wide range of markets and

Edinburgh-based private equity fund, Inverleith, has made a seven figure, multi-million GBP investment in Braham and Murray Good Hemp, a plant based food and drink brand which manufactures products from hemp seed. Inverleith invests in consumer brand companies within the health & wellbeing, lifestyle and heritage sectors. It specialises in

Triple Point, which provides innovative and compelling investment solutions for private and institutional investors, has made the first investment of its Impact EIS managed service, of up to GBP250,000 in MWS Technology (MWS), provider of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, and thus helping to develop Aptem, for companies delivering apprenticeship training. The

YFM Equity Partners has backed the MBO of DSP Database Managed Services (DSP), a provider of database and data platform managed services, and invested GBP4.5 million from its managed funds into Collaborative Project Management Services (CPMS), to support the continued growth of the business through ongoing new product and market development.  CPMS provides

Artios Pharma Limited (Artios), a DNA Damage Response (DDR) company developing innovative treatments for cancer, has completed a USD84 million (GBP65 million) Series B financing following high interest from investors.  The financing, which was significantly oversubscribed, was led by Andera Partners (formerly EdRIP) and LSP (Life Sciences Partners), with participation