Palatine Impact has completed a significant investment into e-days, a provider of employee absentee management software. This is the second deal from Palatine Private Equity’s Impact Fund, a GBP100 million investment vehicle targeting growth companies that also deliver a positive social and/or environmental impact. It also marks the third successful

Natural Cycles, the first app to be certified as a contraceptive in the EU, has closed a USD30 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), with participation from existing investors Sunstone, E-ventures and Bonnier Growth Media. The investment will aid clinical research, product development, recruitment from

IGF, the leading commercial finance provider for SMEs, has reported a 180 per cent increase in funds out year-on-year in the first half of 2017, with a total of GBP53 million invested in businesses across the UK. The sales volume within IGF’s clients was 87 per cent higher in H1

Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Investments, has acquired WightFibre and will invest a further GBP35 million to fund the expansion of the company’s infrastructure with a full-fibre, ultrafast broadband network across the Isle of Wight. This is the first investment by Digital Infrastructure Investment Partners, a platform

Unigestion has made an investment in cyber insurance company Ascent Underwriting, the company’s third direct private equity investment this year – and the sixth in total – from Unigestion’s Direct Opportunities 2015 (UDO 2015) fund. Ascent is a cyber insurance and specialty focused Managing General Agent in the Lloyds of

Legal & General’s Venture Capital and SME investment programme, which also includes its “SE-Assist” product for social enterprises, has now made investments in over 100 UK-based companies, and is on track to double that number during 2018. Early-stage companies which have benefited from Legal & General’s VC funding now have

Middle market private equity firm Quad-C Management has closed an investment in Galleher Corporation (Galleher), one of the oldest, largest and fastest growing value-added floor covering distributors in the United States. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1937, Galleher currently operates 23 locations in California, Nevada

Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.2m in Brighton-based Every1Mobile, the developer of a mobile communications platform that is helping to deliver measurable socio-economic inclusion programmes at scale across Africa. Every1Mobile provides digital communication solutions and online community management to large corporates and international development agencies. The funding from