BGF (Business Growth Fund) has invested GBP6.5 million in private-owned, Scottish catering company Entier. The Westhill-based company in the North East of Scotland plans to expand its overseas operations, building on its existing work at 38 remote locations in 23 countries. The business already has a presence in Australia, Canada,

Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has invested inthe Isoclima Group (Isoclima) as part of a management buyout co-led by Isoclima co-founder Alberto Bertolini and industry veteran Bill O’Gara. Isoclima is the global solutions leader in transparent armour and high-performance glass products. It is headquartered in Este, Italy and

Flybits has raised USD6.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Information Venture Partners. New investor Portag3 Ventures LP and existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Trellis Capital also participated. Robert Antoniades and David Unsworth, Co-founders and General Partners at Information Venture Partners, will join Flybits’ board of directors.   Flybits has

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP3.5 million investment in Contego Fraud Solutions (Contego), to support the continued growth of the business. The transaction is being jointly funded by Maven and NVM Private Equity (NVM) which are investing GBP1.8 million and GBP1.5 million respectively. The

Privacy engineering software company, Privitar, has raised USD16 million in a Series A funding round led by Partech Ventures with participation from CME Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors IQ Capital, 24Haymarket and Illuminate Financial have reinvested. Privitar will use the funds to accelerate the delivery of its product roadmap

Form3, a cloud-based, end-to-end, secure platform for global payments processing, has secured a strategic investment from Barclays, the Angel CoFund and several individual investors who have joined the existing shareholders in raising USD5 million. This latest funding will be used to continue building on Form3’s momentum in the UK and

Synerlab has raised an additional EUR160 million in debt from its current partner ICG and Goldman Sachs. 21 Centrale Partners took over Synerlab in December 2013, with the support of Ardian, to create a pan-European CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation).   Over the past four years, Synerlab Group’s sales

Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of senior secured credit facilities to support the acquisition of UK insurance brokerage Lark Group by Bowmark Capital-backed Aston Scott. The combination of Aston Scott, a leading provider of commercial insurance products to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK market, and Lark’s

Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has invested GBP3 million in Friska Limited (Friska), a Bristol based chain of food-to-go restaurants offering ‘feel good food’ throughout the day.  The funding will be used to support the roll out of the brand into new cities across the UK.  

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed a growth investment in Pleatco, a family-owned specialist in the pool and spa filtration industry.   Pleatco designs and manufactures the most advanced, scientifically engineered filtration products for pools and spas. Pleatco provides over 700 unique, aftermarket filtration products for pool and spa retailers, distributors,