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Kare Plus secures GBP910,000 loan from Maven to expand care network

Kare Plus National Limited has received a GBP910,000 loan from MEIF Maven WM Debt Finance, part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. Kare Plus delivers care and support services through residential establishments including large private hospitals, local councils and to private clients within their own homes, providing them with medical

Foresight launches GBP100 million East of England Fund

Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and small cap private equity investment manager, has launched its fifth regional private equity fund, which will focus on companies in the thriving SME sector in the East of England. Cornerstoned by the Cambridgeshire Pension Fund, the Fund will target long term value growth

Beringea leads USD5.5m investment in Arctic Shores

Arctic Shores, a Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider, has secured a USD5.5 million Series A investment to accelerate its international expansion.  Beringea, the transatlantic venture capital investor, led the transaction with participation from existing shareholders including Candy Ventures.   Arctic Shores was founded in Manchester by Robert Newry and Safe Hammad,

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Tikehau Capital and T&D Insurance Group form strategic partnership in Japan

Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, and T&D Insurance Group, a major Japanese insurance company, have agreed to enter into a business and capital alliance. T&D Insurance Group is one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan in terms of market shares and operates three life

MGB Biopharma completes funding round

MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of anti-infectives to address antibiotic resistance, has completed its latest funding round. which was supported by new and existing investors, led by Archangel Investors and including Scottish Investment Bank (the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic development agency), Barwell

Ropes & Gray Represents Ambridge Hospitality in merger with Interstate Hotels & Resorts

Ropes & Gray has represented Dallas-based Ambridge Hospitality, an independent hotel management firm and a portfolio company of Advent International, in its entry into a definitive merger agreement with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a leading independent multinational hotel operator.  The combined company will create a global leader in third-party hotel

O’Melveny represents Honeywell in strategic investment in Theatro

O’Melveny has represented Honeywell International Inc in its equity investment in Theatro Labs, an in-store, mobile workforce communication and management solutions company. Texas-based Theatro brings IoT, AI and workforce-optimised apps together in a “hardware-enabled” SaaS offering to provide companies in gaming, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing mobile solutions for hourly employees.

HeleCloud acquires open source specialist OlinData

HeleCloud, an AWS Advanced Consulting and Managed Services Partner, has acquired OlinData, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner based in the Netherlands, specialised in Open Source Infrastructure.  Financial details of the deal, which completed this week, have not been disclosed. OlinData is HeleCloud’s first acquisition as part of its ongoing growth

Aurelius acquires Belgian building materials merchants YouBuild & MPRO from Grafton

Aurelius Equity Opportunities (Aurelius) is to acquire the Belgium-based MPRO and YouBuild building materials merchants from Grafton Group (Grafton).  The combined business of MPRO and YouBuild achieves revenues of close to EUR100 million across its network of 16 outlets employing circa 240 full-time employees. The transaction is expected to complete

L&G invests GBP57m in UK solar portfolios

Legal & General has provided GBP57.5 million of long-term debt financing to support Hermes Infrastructure in its recapitalisation of two solar photovoltaic (solar PV) portfolios in England and Wales.  The two portfolios consist of fully operational solar PV systems installed on the roofs of more than 9,000 residential homes. The

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