Private equity firm Blackford Capital has invested in Indiana-based Ellison Bakery, a manufacturer of cookie, snack bar, crunch and inclusion product, and other products for the industrial market, food service industry, and retail and private label space. Generational Capital Markets served as the exclusive financial adviser to Ellison on the

Omnes Capital had made its first investment in a Portuguese start-up by participating in a EUR4 million financing round for 360imprimir alongside local venture capital firm Pathena. The funds raised will mainly be used to accelerate the start-up’s international expansion and to further enrich the product offering.   360imprimir is

BGF has provided GBP5 million of long-term funding for Renegade, a London headquartered business which is developing a major whiskey project on Ireland’s south-eastern coast. The funding will be used for continued development and production of single malt whiskey at Renegade’s Waterford distillery in Ireland.   Renegade’s founders – Mark

Microvast Power System (MPS) has secured USD400 million in a funding round led by CITIC Securities. Additional investors included CDH Investment and National Venture Capital.   MPS is a vertically integrated developer and manufacturer of advanced Electric Vehicle Power System solutions, based on the company's fast charging, long-life, and non-flammable

Cera, a technology-enabled homecare start-up, has secured an additional GBP1.4 million in seed funding, closing a total of GBP2.7 million in six months.  Existing investor Credo Ventures, headquartered in Prague, led the round, alongside several new institutional investors including Paris-based Kima Ventures.   Co-founded a year ago by Dr Ben

Vanuatu coffee producer Tanna Coffee has secured a AUD656,000 investment from impact investors. Facilitated by The Difference Incubator (TDi), the private capital injection will help grow Tanna Coffee’s output five-fold, supporting more than 750 farmers and their families on the remote island.   The investment was made possible by the

AUA Private Equity Partners has selected its 2017 Class of AUAccelerate, the firm’s accelerator programme formed in March 2016 in partnership with the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which advises and mentors emerging minority or woman-owned businesses in the US. This year’s class, the programme’s second, will include Nut Burgers,

UK private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of Hill Biscuits. Following the transaction, the 150-year-old business plans to kick-start a multi-million-pound capital investment programme to expand its production capacity and develop new products in order to take advantage of rising demand from current and new customers.