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SFW Capital Partners makes strategic investment in Greenshades Software

SFW Capital Partners (SFW), a specialised private equity firm that invests in leading Information, Software, Industrial and Healthcare Technology companies, has made a strategic investment in Greenshades Software (Greenshades), in partnership with Greenshades’ co-founders, David Rosas and Matt Kane. SFW’s principals have supported a number of highly regarded companies in

EIS fund to invest all raised capital before tax year ends

UK venture capital firm Vala Capital expects to invest all the capital raised by the Vala EIS Portfolio before the end of this current tax year on 5 April. This will grant investors income tax relief of 30 per cent of the investment value for the current tax year or

StrongBlock closes USD4m seed round

StrongBlock, a Magnetic Capital incubated startup founded by four former technology executives from EOSIO-creator Block.one, has secured USD4 million in a seed funding round led byPangea Blockchain Fund and its limited partners including Copernicus Asset Management SA (Copernicus). The raise will support the company’s plans to be the blockchain standard

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust makes first US acquisition

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc (LSE ticker: SEIT), managed by Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL), has acquired a 71 per cent interest in a high-quality Combined Heat and Power (CHP) portfolio of eight operating CHP projects on the east coast of the USA for a total cash consideration of USD5.0

Luminous Ventures portfolio company Hadean secures GBP7million funding

Luminous Ventures’ existing portfolio company, Hadean – creator of the cloud-based operating system (HadeanOS) and distributed simulation engine (Aether Engine) – has secured a further GBP7 million investment in a third round of funding. Luminous Ventures – a venture fund which focuses on supporting early stage deep-tech companies – was

One Equity partners to acquire Walterscheid Powertrain Group

One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, is to acquire Walterscheid Powertrain Group, (Walterscheid), a provider of original equipment and aftermarket parts and services for off-highway powertrain applications, from GKN Limited. Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Lohmar, Germany, Walterscheid manufactures, distributes and services shafts, gearboxes, attachment

Quinbrook holds final closing at USD1.6bn of investor commitments

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Quinbrook), a specialist global investment manager focussed exclusively on lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management in the US, the UK and Australia, has held the closing of its Low Carbon Power Fund, raising a total of over USD1.6 billion in investor commitments

Varengold Bank AG joins Assetz Capital loan funding platform

Assetz Capital has partnered with Varengold Bank AG to provide funding, alongside its retail investors, to UK SME borrowers through the Assetz Capital platform. Varengold is a German private bank which is active in deploying funds through marketplace lending platforms across Europe.   The partnership with Varengold brings additional institutional funding to

Maven leads GBP7 million investment in electric vehicle specialist AVID Technology

Private equity investor Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP7 million investment in Northumberland-based AVID Technology Group (AVID), a specialist in the manufacture and design of components for electric and hybrid vehicles. The transaction is led by Maven’s Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) together with the North East Development Capital

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