Foresight Group has invested GBP3 million from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund into the Merseyside-based healthcare business Med Imaging Healthcare. This is the third investment made by the fund following the recent investments in UDP and Euxton Group.   Established in 1995 by Tim Dickinson, ex-Siemens healthcare engineer, Med Imaging

After quarterly fintech investment to venture capital-backed companies peaked as high as USD5 billion-plus in 2015, investors are continuing to take a much more cautious approach to fintech investments this year. That’s according to Pulse of Fintech, a quarterly report on global fintech VC trends by KPMG International and CB

Funds managed by Inflexion Private Equity have completed a partnership capital, minority investment in Outdoor Plus, a provider of digital advertising sites in the UK. Founded in 2006 by its managing director Jonathan Lewis, Outdoor Plus is a provider of large format digital advertising screens and banners at iconic London

Quantopian has raised USD25 million in a Series C financing round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The company, which offers a free online platform for education and creation of institutional-quality investment algorithms, will use the funds to continue expansion, including improved platform tools, education materials, and the acquisition

BGF has passed GBP1 billion in committed investments to businesses across Britain following a GBP11 million investment in holiday park operator Coppergreen Developments. The firm is on track to invest more than GBP370 million this year, compared to GBP250 million in 2015.   More than 150 small and mid-sized companies

Finnish Industry Investment (FII) and EOC Capital have led a EUR3.6 million investment round in Midaxo. Both have invested EUR1.5 million with existing investors adding an additional EUR950 000.   Additionally, Finnvera and a group of business angels have invested in the company.   Midaxo’s cloud software helps acquirers succeed

Certain Fortress Investment Group managed funds and accounts have acquired a limited partner interest in Red Rocks Energy Partners to own and develop oil and gas assets in over 7,200 acres in the SCOOP play in Grady, McClain and Garvin Counties, Oklahoma. Over the last five years, funds within Fortress’

ReferWell, creator of an online platform for medical generalist-to-specialist patient referrals, has complete a private equity financing round led by Manhattan-based Health Catalyst Capital Management (HCCM). The growth capital will be used to ramp up sales activity and to expand the feature set of the ReferWell platform.   The company’s

Foresight Group has invested GBP3 million into Manchester-based Utilities Design & Planning (UDP) from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund. UDP, a provider of civil engineering and traffic management services, offers inspections, planning works and project management of utilities, sewer connections and highways and rail projects.   The investment will allow

Riordan, Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners (RLH) has invested in Utegration, a provider of consulting, customisation and implementation solutions to the utility industry.  The company helps its clients to upgrade their systems for customer billing and service and to improve the software infrastructure that manages the utility's network of