Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organisation, is making new investments totalling more than USD38 million in 12 technology start-ups. The companies joining Intel Capital’s portfolio include IoT solutions for seniors and disabled individuals, advanced audio for 360-degree virtual reality systems, and human-like vision systems for connected cars.   “Innovation

Capitalflow Commercial Finance has announced GBP40 million in finance facilities to support the transport and distribution sector in Northern Ireland as it continues to face mounting economic challenges. The company, which has already advanced GBP45 million in facilities to a wide range of SMEs, has decided to focus a tranche

TV and video advertising management platform Honeycomb has secured a GBP3 million Series A funding round, led by venture and growth investor Beringea.  Honeycomb, which was founded and launched by the team behind global advertising delivering platform Adstream, has secured additional backing from heavy hitters in the advertising and production

PaySimple, a service commerce platform for businesses, has secured a growth investment of USD115 million from Providence Strategic Growth (PSG). The investment is expected to accelerate PaySimple’s strategy to market services online, automate payment acceptance, and deliver one end-to-end solution to its customers.   PaySimple’s cloud-based platform allows service-based business owners

The Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) is attracting new investors to peer-to-peer (P2P) investing, and potentially opening up access to billions of pounds of financing for UK SMEs, according to Crowdstacker. The data is taken from a six-month summary of Crowdstacker, one of the few P2P platforms authorised to offer an

Asian healthcare provider Columbia Pacific Management is partnering with Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, on a joint venture that will provide China’s growing middle-class population with affordable, patient-centred care across healthcare and senior services. Temasek is investing about USD250 million in Columbia China, the China healthcare arm of Seattle’s

Qube Financing, a portfolio company of Principal Company, has launched a programme to provide EUR300 million in receivables finance for the SME market segment. The initiative is part of a broader Euro mandate providing working capital finance to the SME sector as well as to multinationals.   It is supported

YFM Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager, has invested GBP2.5 million into Biz2Mobile (B2M), a provider of software for rugged and industrial enterprise mobile devices. The investment was made by the British Smaller Companies venture capital trusts and leads total funding of GBP3.6 million alongside existing investors.   The

Cyprium Partners, a non-control private equity firm, has made a subordinated debt and equity investment in Irvin Automotive Products. The investment was used to facilitate an acquisition of the business by Detroit entrepreneur Vinnie Johnson from Takata Corporation.   Irvin will operate separately from Piston Group, another automotive business owned

Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners has invested GBP5.3 million in TravelTek, a Scottish technology business which provides packaging technology to travel agents, tour operators and wholesalers worldwide. The investment has been made by the VCT and LP funds managed and advised by YFM.   Founded in 2002, TravelTek