Fluidic Analytics, a University of Cambridge spinout specialising in the field of protein characterisation, has raised GBP5.3 million (USD7 million) in Series B financing. The round was led by IQ Capital Partners and included Amadeus Capital Partners, the Cambridge Enterprise Seed Fund, Parkwalk Advisors, Draper Esprit, and Cambridge Innovation Capital

Tikehau IM’s Novo 2 fund has underwritten EUR8.5 million of a EUR25 million private placement financing for homecare services provider Bastide, arranged by Société Générale. Bastide is a family-owned group founded in Nîmes, France in 1977 which is active in the homecare services market in France, Belgium and Switzerland through

BGF (Business Growth Fund) has made a GBP2 million investment in data analytics company, MyLife Digital. The investment enables MyLife Digital to accelerate the roll-out of its digital platform that connects organisations and individuals, allowing the consensual sharing of personal and professional data.   MyLife Digital currently operates two analytics

Equistone Partners Europe has invested in managed service provider Apogee, a manufacturer of print and document technology and services, in a transaction valuing the company at GBP185 million. The Maidstone-headquartered company employs in excess of 450 staff and operates from 14 office locations across the UK and Europe.   Apogee

Private equity firm CenterOak Partners has completed a majority investment in Wetzel’s Pretzels, the second largest owner and franchisor of soft pretzel stores.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Pasadena, California, Wetzel’s Pretzels has been serving premium freshly baked soft pretzels since Bill Phelps

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Inventis Investment Holdings have agreed to establish a joint investment platform in Russia. The platform will leverage the increasing cooperation between Russia and China from trade, economic, investment and technological standpoints.   Under the partnership agreement, the parties will jointly invest up to

Team17, a games developer and publisher best known for the popular Worms franchise, has secured a GBP16.5 million investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC to fund its expansion.  With a 25-year heritage in developing games, retailing and publishing, Team17 creates and sells a range of titles worldwide through major

GCA Altium has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Arrow Business Communications, a UK telecommunications provider, on an investment from Growth Capital Partners (GCP). The investment will help secure future M&A activity and fast track growth.   Arrow provides mobile, fixed line and IT support services to

Micrima, the Bristol-based breast imaging company and developer of a radiowave breast imaging system, has closed on a new financing round of GBP2.6 million. The new funding will support accelerated development of its patented MARIA technology, which aims to enable breast screening become safer, more comfortable and more accessible to