Victory Park Capital (VPC), an investment firm focused on private middle market debt and equity investments, has provided a USD25 million senior secured credit facility to West Creek Financial, a point-of-sale lease-to-own provider. The credit facility, along with the accompanying equity raise, will help support the company’s growth and its

Seed-stage venture fund Peak Ventures has led a USD2 million seed round investment in accounting software startup ZipBooks, with participation from Pelion Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures and existing angel investors. Peak Ventures led a USD300,000 micro investment raise in 2015.   "We are really impressed with the team at ZipBooks. They

Affiliates of private equity firm Hellman & Friedman are to make a USD900 million investment to acquire a substantial equity stake in Genesys, a specialist in omnichannel customer experience and contact centre solutions, from existing equity holders. The investment represents an enterprise value of approximately USD3.8 billion. Following the investment,

Online retirement planning start-up Guideline has completed a USD7 million series A round of financing led by Propel Venture Partners, with participation by existing investors including NEA and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. "The employer based retirement plans market is immense, having grown from USD4.4 trillion in 2014 to over USD6 trillion

Bpifrance is making a EUR95 million investment in MédiPôle Partenaires to support the company’s growth strategy. Bpifrance is now a major shareholder in the company alongside Bridgepoint, which will remain the group's majority shareholder.   MédiPôle Partenaires was created in 2014 following the combination of MédiPôle Sud Santé and Médi‑Partenaires, and

British Business Bank Investments has announced the first facility under its new expansion capital initiative, which supports finance providers who lend to smaller businesses. The first transaction is a GBP16.5 million revolving credit facility for Kingsway, a Cheshire-based asset finance specialist. It is expected to increase Kingsway’s leasing capacity by

NorthEdge Capital, a private equity firm focused on the North of England, has backed the management buyout of home furnishings group Belfield Furnishings. Founded in 2002, Belfield is the UK’s largest white label manufacturer of home furnishings and one of Europe’s largest manufacturers specialising in the wholesale and distribution of

Hermes Investment Management’s infrastructure team has acquired a 25.6 per cent stake in Energy Assets Group on behalf of clients in consortium with investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners. The Alinda funds acquired the remaining 74.4 per cent stake in Energy Assets. Prior to this Energy Assets shares were listed

Santander InnoVentures, the London based fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, has secured a further USD100 million in funding from the group’s balance sheet. Launched in 2014, the fund is now set to deploy a total of USD 200 million (up from the USD100 million originally allocated) in minority

Maven Capital Partners and NVM Private Equity have made a joint GBP5 million investment in Rockar, a technology-based motor retailer. The investment, which is split equally between Maven and NVM, will enable Rockar to partner with more major automotive manufacturers following its initial success with Hyundai, launch more digital stores