RiverRidge Recycling has become the second company in Northern Ireland to secure a major equity investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund), securing GBP10 million which will be used to support future growth. RiverRidge Recycling treats over 400,000 mt of waste each year on behalf of local authorities, commercial businesses and individual households.

Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners (SFW) has made an investment in DaySmart Software, a provider of business management software and workflow solutions to consumer facing small and medium sized enterprises. SFW is partnering in this investment with DaySmart’s co-founders Mark and Chris Jackson, who currently serve as the president

NS1, a domain name system and traffic management provider, has raised more than USD20 million in a Series B round led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures and existing investors Flybridge Capital Partners and Sigma Prime Ventures. As part of the funding, Deutsche Telekom Capital

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance and Silicon Valley Bank have partnered to support Marlin Equity Partners in the primary buyout of software testing and business assurance company QualiTest. QualiTest is the second largest pure play software testing and business assurance services company in the world, with operations in the US,

SME-focused private equity firm Ambit Pragma has invested in Vidal Healthcare Services, an Indian health and wellness solution provider. Ambit Pragma is a small cap growth and buyout fund with approximately USD150 million under management.   Girish Rao, chairman and managing director, Vidal Health, says: “Vidal Health group provides superior

Screach, an interactive broadcast technology company providing a data-driven digital marketing platform for venues, has completed a GBP1.13 million funding round involving existing investors Northstar Ventures and Hotspur Capital, as well as Max Capital Partners, the Angel CoFund and a small group of high net worth individuals. Brewing and technology

FreshDirect, a US online food retailer, has closed a USD189 million investment round led by JP Morgan Asset Management on behalf of its PEG Digital Growth Fund II, returning investor W Capital and other investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management, including the AARP Innovation Fund. “We are thrilled to

Skyhigh Networks, a cloud access security broker (CASB), has secured a USD40 million Series D financing round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to USD105.5 million. Thomvest Ventures led the round, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners.   In conjunction with the financing, Umesh Padval, venture partner at

Encompass Corporation, a technology company that provides analytic aggregation software for lawyers and insolvency practitioners, has secured investments totalling GBP3.6 million. The Scottish Government’s development arm and Australia’s Adcok Private Equity Group have each invested GBP1.8 million in the company.   Founded in 2012 in Australia, Encompass provides analytics software

Tata Power International and ICICI Venture have created a platform company, Resurgent Power Ventures, to facilitate investment in power projects in India in the coming two to three years. The projects are in advanced stages and near operational readiness or operating.   The platform is co-sponsored by Tata Power and