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ProVen Legacy provides funding package for Edesix Ltd

Beringea has advised and arranged debt funding worth up to GBP2 million to Edesix Ltd, a manufacturer of Body Worn Camera solutions. The Edinburgh-based company will use the funding, provided through Beringea’s ProVen Legacy debt vehicle, to support the expansion of its sales operations as it targets growth in the

Inflexion completes minority investment in Huws Gray

Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in Huws Gray Limited (Huws Gray), one of the largest independent builders’ merchants in the UK. Huws Gray, founded in 1990 on Anglesey, Wales, with one location, now operates from 57 trading locations with almost 800 staff. Over recent years, the company

Renaissance VC fund attracts more than USD1.3bn of investment

Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Michigan’s venture capital fund-of-funds, has successfully attracted more than USD1.3 billion into the state’s startup ecosystem. Since Renaissance launched in 2008, it has invested in 30 venture capital funds around the United States, with the goal of attracting venture capital from those funds and their network

Semcon acquires German product information company

Semcon has acquired the German product information company HAAS-Publikationen. HAAS-Publikationen is based in Troisdorf, Dessau and Berlin and has more than 25 years of experience in technical documentation and product information primarily for the German railway industry. Presently, HAAS-Publikationen engages almost 50 employees. Turnover for 2017 totalled close to SEK50

SWORD Health secures USD4.6 million in seed funding

SWORD Health, the creator of the AI-powered digital physiotherapist SWORD Phoenix, has closed a USD4.6 million seed funding round. The investment, provided by Green Innovations and Vesalius Biocapital III and other investors from Europe and the US will be used to accelerate the development of new digital therapies and drive

Kids Planet secures GBP6.5m follow-on funding

Family-owned Kids Planet has received a further GBP6.5 million investment from BGF as it plans to double the number of nurseries within the group in the next five years.   Since BGF’s initial investment, the Greater Manchester-headquartered business has expanded from 17 to 23 sites across the North of England, including

VeloVixen gears up with further funding from Investor Club

Chelverton Asset Management Limited (Chelverton), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its first transaction of 2018 with an additional investment in VeloVixen. Having supported the company initially in 2016, Members of the Chelverton Investor Club – a syndicate of High Net Worth private

Magnus Almqvist, Aquis

Aquis to provide EIR with full suite of trading technology

Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, has been appointed to supply trading technology to Estates and Infrastructure Exchange (EIE). EIE will take Aquis’ complete suite of exchange technology including the Aquis Matching Engine (AMS), its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS), as well as operations

Investcorp acquires KSI Trading Corp

Investcorp has acquired KSI Trading Corp (KSI), a supplier of aftermarket auto body parts in the US. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1984, KSI is an industry-leading distributor of quality replacement auto body parts servicing over 10,000 collision repair shop customers across 25

Permira funds to acquire majority stake in cybersecurity and cloud distributor

A company backed by Private equity firm Permira has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Exclusive Group, a specialist in value-added services and technologies (VAST) for cybersecurity and cloud migration, for an undisclosed value. Selling equity holders include former majority owner Cobepa and Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment

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