Global digital learning platform HowNow, which lets users learn anything from anywhere in the world over live interactive video, has secured GBP1.2 million in investment from a number of private investors and investment fund Fuel.Ventures. HowNow is a global marketplace that connects experts and learners from around the world over

Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners has completed a majority investment in Global Financial Credit, a commercial and consumer finance company that provides specialised working capital solutions to healthcare providers and pre-settlement funding to consumers. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   Through its MedChex and ChiroCapital

Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager of OMERS, is to acquire a 34.6 per cent stake in GNL Quintero (GNLQ), the company’s first direct infrastructure investment in South Africa. Remaining shareholders include Enagás, one of the largest builders and operators of regasification plants and pipeline systems in the world, and Empresa

International law firm Ropes & Gray has advised US private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners on its acquisition of a 22.3 per cent stake – worth GBP213 million – in Scottish craft beer company BrewDog. The deal – which values the company at GBP1 billion – will facilitate further growth

Future Energy Solutions Lighting Group has closed a financial partnership with Orion Energy Partners. The USD75 million credit facility from Orion Energy will supplement FES’s existing financial backing from UK-based Matterhorn Capital and Stonegate Bank, providing additional capital to support the company’s expansion programme.   FES delivers Lighting as a

Tenzo, a data-driven hospitality tech platform, has closed a seed investment of GBP600,000 led by Acequia Capital, Force Over Mass and angel investors Charlie Songhurst, Michael Orland and Getti Restaurants.   The financing will be used to fund Tenzo’s continued international expansion, new hires and for further investment in its

Holiday Crowd, a holiday property investment service, has raised a total of GBP290,000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors. The amount will be used to further develop the online platform and to launch new properties for investment in some of the UK’s booming tourist hotspots.   Launched

HR Path, an HR solutions specialist, has raised EUR30 million in new money from Activa Capital, Ardian and Société Générale Capital Partenaires. This latest funding round will help HR Path boost its international growth strategy.   Co-founded in 2001 by François Boulet and Cyril Courtin, HR Path draws on its

Middle market private equity and mezzanine investment firm Graycliff Partners has provided subordinated debt and equity financing to Oberfields, a manufacturer and distributor of concrete masonry and hardscape products. Graycliff’s investment in Oberfields supports the recapitalisation of the business to support growth opportunities and the buyout of The Anderson Group.