Blue Bay Travel, the award-winning online travel agent specialising in long-haul holidays to the Caribbean, Mexico and Indian Ocean, has secured a GBP6.5million investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC. Founded in 2003 by Stuart and Angela Wilson, Blue Bay Travel provides holidays to more than 16,500 passengers per year

Kerogen Capital (Kerogen) has committed to invest an initial USUSD50 million in Energean Israel, a subsidiary of Energean Oil & Gas, ahead of the planned USD1.3 billion development of the Karish and Tanin gas fields, offshore Israel. Energean Israel is the operator of and holds a 100% interest in each

Private equity firm Bregal Sagemount has made a majority investment in Single Digits, a provider of High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) management software and managed services to the hospitality, healthcare, education, transportation, retail, and office verticals.  Sagemount made the investment alongside Single Digits’ founders, Chief Executive Officer Robert Goldstein and

Quad-C Management has closed an investment in Pharm-Olam International Ltd, a multinational, full-service clinical research organisation (CRO), serving the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Houston, Texas, Pharm-Olam has 27 offices worldwide and has supported clinical trials in over 60 countries.

Bloom & Wild, a UK-based online flower company, has secured GBP3.75 million in a new round of funding with Burda Principal Investments, Hubert Burda Media’s investment unit, leading the round, and previous investors MMC Ventures and the company’s other angel investors also participating. Founded in 2013, Bloom & Wild has redefined the flower delivery experience

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR15 million “quasi equity” financing with Skeleton Technologies, a producer of ultracapacitors and ultracapacitor-based energy storage solutions built with graphene-type materials. The EIB loan is guaranteed under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).   The EFSI-backed financing will allow the company

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has formed a consortium of investors to participate in the secondary public offering (SPO) of PhosAgro shares. Together with RDIF, the Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF), which was established by RDIF and the China Investment Corporation, and funds from the Middle East participated in the

Foresight Group has completed a GBP1.7 million investment into Midlands-based Online Poundshop as part of larger growth capital investment of more than GBP2 million. Poundshop.com is an online-only, single price retailer, which sells everyday consumer products at better value than available in high street chains and supermarkets.   Focused on