Newcastle-based, Luminous Group, a mixed-reality company, has raised over GBP400,000 to support the launch of a new software to reduce hygiene risks in food processing plants. The investment round was led by the North Eat Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by
Alpha Private Equity (Alpha), an investor in the European mid-market segment, has entered in exclusive negotiations with Naxicap Partners to acquire a majority stake in Vervent Audio Group, the holding company of Focal JMLab and Naim Audio, two providers working in high-end acoustics and electronics markets. Vervent Audio Group is
Speechmatics, a specialist in machine learning and automatic speech recognition, has raised GBP6.35m in Series A funding led by AlbionVC; IQ Capital followed on in this round along with several angel investors. Speechmatics has built one of the most accurate speech recognition technology engines in the world. The technology
London-based asset management consultancy MJ Hudson is to acquire the Jersey administrator, Anglo Saxon Trust (AST), subject to Jersey Financial Services Commission regulatory approval and certain other conditions. AST is an established provider of company and trust formation, registrar and administration services and is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led a GBP5.3 million funding round in E-Fundamentals, a leading eCommerce insights platform. London and Edinburgh-based e.fundamentals is a market-leading ecommerce analytics platform that helps many of the world’s largest brand owners rigorously improve the sales
Mubadala Capital has launched its first MENA-focused tech investment funds. With a total of USD250 million (AED 918 million), the Mubadala MENA tech funds will capitalise on the growing startup scene in in the region while empowering tech talent in the Emirates and across the wider region. The funds will
Global investment manager AMP Capital has agreed to acquire Expedient (Continental Broadband,), a leading US provider of cloud computing and data centre services, from Landmark Media. Expedient offers an integrated suite of colocation, cloud, managed services and network access products to a highly diverse base of over 1,200 customers. The
Middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the acquisition of ORS MEDCO, a wholesaler of maintenance and repair focused non-discretionary and consumable industrial and automotive aftermarket products, from Essendant. in a corporate carve-out transaction. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Deerfield,
Pan-European payment processor, Lemon Way has secured a EUR25 million investment from London-based specialist financial services investor, Toscafund Asset Management (Toscafund). The transaction is Toscafund’s first private equity investment in France. Lemon Way is a Paris-based regulated payment institution focusing on marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms and e-comerce websites that require
Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB), a portfolio company of HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with over USD34 billion of equity capital under management, has acquired BRTRC Federal Solutions (BRTRC). Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, BRTRC is a provider of support services across the Army and other US
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