The Abellio East Anglia rail franchise has closed a GBP600 million financing for a fleet of new Stadler trains led by Rock Rail and SL Capital, part of Standard Life Investments. Additional co-investment equity was provided by GLIL, the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and London Pensions Fund Authority infrastructure investment joint

Amadeus Capital Partners has made an early-stage investment in Healx, a British healthcare company that seeks new uses for existing drugs in the fight against rare diseases. Amadeus Capital is investing in a GBP1.5 million Series A round, alongside healthcare entrepreneur Jonathan Milner.   Board members include bio-tech entrepreneur Darrin

SME lender iwoca has closed a GBP21 million Series C equity financing round led by Prime Ventures, a growth capital firm dedicated to investing in technology. The new round brings iwoca’s total equity funding to GBP38 million.   All series A and B investors participated in the round including Acton

Scottish-based business angel syndicate Archangels and the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), along with members of the company’s management team, have invested a further GBP630,000 in Scottish microchip testing company ATEEDA. Archangels, based in Edinburgh, has been at the forefront of early stage investing in Scotland for more than two decades,

Beechbrook Capital has completed its UK SME Credit Fund’s fourth investment, a unitranche facility for Hotcha Group, a branded Chinese food takeaway and delivery chain in the UK. Hotcha was founded in 2011 by James Liang, its chief executive and majority shareholder, and currently has 10 outlets in the west

Noerr has advised Linio Holding on a Series D financing round for EUR50 million. The financing round was led by Mexican investors LIV Capital and Northgate together with Swedish investor Kinnevik.   Launched in 2012, Linio is e-commerce platform in Latin America with operations in Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Chile, Peru,

WorldQuant Ventures, an angel investment firm focused on disruptive companies in technology, with a particular focus on data and finance, has invested in Benzinga, an originator of actionable financial insights and data. WorldQuant Ventures' investment will fuel an expansion of Benzinga's original market-moving content and data service infrastructure, allowing Benzinga

NewAlpha Asset Management’s French venture capital fund has made its fourth investment, participating in the EUR7 million fundraising held by Lydia Solutions, a French mobile payments company. For Lydia’s third financing round, NewAlpha and Oddo et Cie invested alongside a solid existing shareholder base that includes XAnge, Duval Fintech and

Catapult Ventures, manager of the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, has made a GBP500,000 investment in Manchester-based SwabTech to further develop and commercialise its automated Surgical Swab-Washer, enhancing blood recovery and reuse during high blood loss surgical procedures. The investment will enable SwabTech to finalise the product design, secure a CE