SteamaCo, a specialist in technology for managing off-grid renewable energy networks in emerging markets, has completed a GBP640,000 seed capital round with the help of European impact investment bank ClearlySo. SteamaCo, winner of the 2015 Ashden Gold Award, plans to use the funding to expand access to its smart metering
Less than a quarter of UK technology companies plan to list on AIM, despite growing demand from AIM investors for technology stocks, says new report from Nabarro An AIM listing is the planned exit strategy for less than a quarter (23 per cent) of UK technology entrepreneurs, according to new
Propellr, whose alternative investment platform caters to institutions, family offices and accredited investors, has closed its first round of outside financing, and its wholly owned subsidiary has successfully obtained a broker-dealer license from FINRA. Propellr, LLC raised USD1.6 million through a convertible debt offering that was limited to a
Balance Point Capital, in conjunction with its affiliated funds, Balance Point Capital Partners II, and Connecticut Growth Capital, LLC, has made a strategic investment in Clarus Commerce (Clarus). Balance Point provided preferred and common equity capital to facilitate the acquisition of the Company alongside Landon Capital Partners, Falcon Investment Advisors,
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a GBP 700 million loan for the GBP 4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry. Often dubbed the ‘super sewer’, the project is urgently needed to help tackle overflows of untreated sewage into
The Venture Capital Catalyst Fund of British Business Bank Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has invested EUR9 million in Frog Capital II, a EUR90 million European Growth Capital Fund. The Fund will invest in up to eight ambitious high-growth technology businesses across the UK and Europe.
Guernsey’s new Manager Led Product (MLP) was warmly received by a London funds audience when it was launched at the Guernsey Funds Forum last week [12 May]. Nearly 500 delegates attended the annual funds conference, which this year saw Luke Johnson, Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners and
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ADM Capital, a leading investor in stressed companies in Asia and Europe, have launched a repeat lending platform to support sound, but financially stressed companies in Asia. The platform will act as a safety net allowing small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
EZBob Ltd, which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, has secured a three-year GBP25 million debt funding facility from Shawbrook Bank and Honeycomb Investment Trust (Pollen Street Capital Limited – Investment Manager). This latest funding follows the close of the FinTech start-up’s Series C investment round in March, with
Global marketing services and secure & essential communications provider, Adare Group, has acquired Banner Managed Communication (BMC), another supplier of business marketing and essential communication services, for an undisclosed sum. The landmark deal is one of the most significant transactions in the marcomms services space in recent years. It creates
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