PFR Ventures has extended its PFR Private Equity programme. The investing arm of Polish Development Fund will invest over EUR110 million in new private equity funds, growing the overall budget of the programme to EUR240 million. PFR Ventures has already invested capital from the newest pool closing on a new
Livingbridge, a UK mid-market private equity investors, has invested in Venatus, a global advertising technology platform targeting video gaming and entertainment audiences. Co-founded in 2010 by CEO Rob Gay and COO Matt Cannon, Venatus is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, and Seoul. The firm
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Marmalade Game Studio (Marmalade), a UK market leading games developer and publisher, to support the management team’s ambitious organic growth strategy and future game launches. Marmalade is the UK’s leading developer of mobile, console and PC board games. Its
CGE Partners (CGE) has invested in Inspera, a high growth end-to-end e-assessment SaaS provider sold into universities, schools and professional awarding bodies. CGE is partnering with Bjørn Rustberggaard (CEO) and Håkon Thaulow (CFO) to help Inspera’s international expansion. Inspera launched in the Nordics where the higher education (HE) market was
Affiliates of Lindsay Goldberg – a private investment firm that focuses on partnering with families, founders and management teams – have completed a majority investment in Summit Interconnect (Summit), a provider of high performance, complex printed circuit boards serving the aerospace, defence, and other highly demanding commercial sectors, along with
The Imperial College Innovation Fund (ICIF) has led a GBP1 million seed investment round for UK energy storage startup, Cheesecake Energy Ltd (CEL). The round, which includes Perivoli Innovations, and prominent business angels, will fund the development of CEL’s’s manufacturing capabilities and its lead eTanker storage system. ICIF, which invested
CBRE Investment Management, through its Private Infrastructure team, is to acquire the bus division of Torghatten AS (Torghatten Land), which comprises Norgesbuss AS, Trønderbilene AS, Torghatten Buss AS, Sørlandsruta AS, Fosen Verkstedservice AS and TTS Bil-og, Dekksenter AS. This investment is in keeping with the firm’s commitment to delivering sustainable
Bestport and ThinCats have provided debt and equity funding of GBP19 million to help support continued growth of Energy Saving Lighting (ESL). David Hall, previously CEO of Polypipe and non-executive Chairman of Aspen Pumps, will join the board as Chairman. Paul Daly, Founder and CEO of ESL, says:
Amro Partners has invested in Proportunity, an equity loan provider enabling buyers to purchase homes with a 5 per cent deposit, as part of a Series A funding round. The fintech start-up, launched in 2016 by founders Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea, helps homebuyers afford homes worth up to GBP150
Aglaia Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing new therapies that can overcome resistance to current targeted therapies in cancer patients, has completed a EUR4 million (USD4.7 million) seed funding round. Advent France Biotechnology (AFB) led the round, with the participation of Crédit Mutuel Innovation and Pierre Fabre. AFB also acted as
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