Foresight Group has made a GBP2.25 million growth capital investment in Cinelabs International on behalf of Foresight VCT. Cinelabs is a leading post-production service provider to content creators and owners, with special expertise in film. Led by industry veterans Adrian Bull and John Mahtani, Cinelabs offers a full suite of

Palatine Private Equity has invested in The Bunker, a provider of ultra-secure managed IT services to mid-market UK companies. The transaction sees Palatine back the current management team, led by Phil Bindley, with Andy Hague joining the business as Group CEO. The deal is the fifth deal out of Palatine’s

Yamibuy, an e-commerce site for Americans to purchase the best Asian snacks, beauty products, health supplements and home appliances, has closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by GGV Capital, with participation from New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: EDU) and K2VC. The investment, the company’s

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Fortune Venture Capital (one of the funds collectively known as UMC Capital) in Taiwan have jointly invested JPY800 million in CerebrEX through a third-party allocation of shares, to develop the technology and business needed for the next-generation semiconductor products. CerebrEX is a fab-less

Pamlico Capital has made a substantial investment in Becker’s Healthcare. Founder Scott Becker, along with President and CEO Jessica Cole, will maintain significant ownership in Becker’s and Cole will continue to lead the Company. Headquartered in Chicago, Becker’s is an information and media platform that has established a thought leadership

International law firm Proskauer is advising client GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on its acquisition of around a 30 per cent stake in Mergermarket Group from BC Partners. The transaction is subject to standard regulatory approvals. Mergermarket is a global financial information company specialising in corporate financial news and analysis

Locum’s Nest, a mobile first platform founded by doctors to address the way staffing shortages are dealt with in the NHS, has completed a GBP1.1m funding round led by Albion Capital, and Oman-based IDO Investments. The investment will be used to expand Locum’s Nest nationally and add additional functionality to

AxiomSL, a provider of risk data management and regulatory reporting technology for the financial services industry, has secured a strategic investment from growth equity firm TCV. This investment represents AxiomSL’s first institutional financing, having bootstrapped to scale since its founding in 1991. TCV’s investment will enable the company to accelerate

Exiting shareholders Golden Partner and its affiliates have subscribed to an additional CHF3.5 million shares in energy storage solutions specialist Leclanché. At the same time key shareholders Bruellan and Trialford have converted their respective CHF1 million and CHF0.5 million convertible notes into equity.   Leclanché says it is now working