Black Swan Data has closed its Series B funding, raising a total of GBP6.2 million. The round sees Albion Ventures join initial institutional investors Blackstone and Mitsui, to help further accelerate Black Swan’s international growth and expansion of its product platform, ‘The Nest’. Founded in 2011 by Steve King (CEO)
BGF’s (Business Growth Fund) South West team, based in Reading and Bristol, has invested GBP12 million in Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (SSW) to support the acquisition of Bristol based Avonline Satellite Services Holdings (ASSH). Following the acquisition, SSW, which is headquartered in Bicester, will become the largest satellite broadband operator
LeapFrog Investments’ portfolio companies now employ 102,438 people in Asia, Africa and Latin America. “Nothing sustains a family more than a secure job. Each job typically supports a family of five in our focus countries, while benefiting the wider community,” says Dr Andrew Kuper, LeapFrog’s CEO and founder. “For the
Grenke Bank, in conjunction with existing shareholders Target Partners, HW Capital and Mercura Capital, has led a EUR4 million financing round for Finanzchef24 GmbH. Finanzchef24 is the first digital insurance broker for entrepreneurs and companies in Germany. “The target groups addressed by Finanzchef24 and Grenke Bank are very similar,
Midlands-based eTech, which provides an end-to-end software solution to customers in the energy assessment and mortgage valuation sectors, has secured GBP1.25 million in funding from Finance Birmingham. The investment will allow the firm to further develop its existing product offering and generate additional traction in the surveying and lending sector.
The EMEA region has lost ground on its US and Asia-Pacific counterparts in sponsor-backed tech investments over the last five years, according to a report released by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Despite the growth of EMEA tech hubs like London, Berlin and Tel Aviv over the last five years, interest
Innova Capital, a Central European private equity firm, together with its partner OPTeam, which is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has invested in Polskie ePłatności (PeP). PeP will become a platform for the consolidation of the electronic payments sector in Poland. The transaction is another investment by Innova in new
Tikehau Capital has completed two share capital increases of EUR510 million along with two new institutional investors becoming shareholders of Tikehau’s holding company. These transactions provide the group with additional resources to pursue its organic and external growth, to develop its global strategy and to accelerate its international expansion.
YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager, has invested GBP2.75 million to support the growth of Sipsynergy, a cloud collaboration solutions provider to SMEs. The funding will be used to accelerate the growth in the customer base through expansion of the sales and support teams. The Hertfordshire-based
BGF (Business Growth Fund) is participating in a GBP55m fundraising round alongside new senior debt facilities of GBP20 million to support the acquisition of Tax Computer Systems by AIM-listed Eco City Vehicle (AIM: ECV) for an enterprise value of GBP73 million. BGF is providing a GBP10 million structured investment to
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