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Digital intelligence firm set for growth after GBP1m investment

Neotas, a ‘digital intelligence’ business which provides enhanced due diligence and HR screening, has closed a funding round of over GBP1 million backed by Symvan Capital, Force Over Mass and a number of private investors. The London-based company analyses individuals’ ‘digital trails’ to provide deeper insights into their background, behaviour

IBEX Innovations secures GBP1m NEVF investment

A business which has developed a better and safer X-ray technology has completed a GBP1 million funding round which will allow it to bring its systems to market. IBEX Innovations, which is based in Sedgefield, County Durham, has secured investment from the new North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by

Innova Capital invests in OSHEE

Innova Capital, a CEE private equity fund, is to acquire 33 per cent of the shares in OSHEE, a provider of isotonic and functional drinks in the Polish market. In the last 10 years, OSHEE became the indisputable leader on the Polish sports and vitamin functional beverage market, selling its

Hogan Lovells advises Monzo on GB20m Series E crowdfunding round

Hogan Lovells has advised Monzo, a UK digital, mobile-only bank, on its biggest ever crowdfunding round. Monzo has just published a prospectus in connection with a GBP20 million raise from its existing customers. This follows the close of GBP85 million of funding in October this year from General Catalyst, Accel

Atar Capital acquires Microcel

Private investment firm Atar Capital has completed the acquisition of Microcel Corporation, a distributor of technology products in Canada, partnering with Rick Henry, Founder of Microcel. Henry will remain a shareholder and will continue as Microcel’s President and CEO. The transaction was officially closed on Monday 19 November 2018.  

Lotus Clinical Research secures private equity backing

Lotus Clinical Research (Lotus) of Pasadena, California, has entered into a private equity partnership with DFW Capital Partners and has added Jeffrey Kinell and Kurt Brykman to its board of directors in conjunction with the investment. Kinell was previously the CEO of Bracket Global, a leader in the clinical trials technology space,

Palatine completes CET acquisition

Palatine Private Equity has completed the secondary buyout of CET UK, a specialist provider of infrastructure and property assurance services. Palatine has taken a majority stake in the company, which employs over 470 staff and was established in 1989 in Castle Donington. The deal was supported by debt and working

Matt Smith, SteelEye

Steeleye completes seed round fundraise of GBP5.7m led by Illuminate Financial

SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has completed a GBP2.9 million fundraise extension led by capital markets venture capital firm, Illuminate Financial, bringing the total seed funds raised to GBP5.7 million.   The funding will help drive the expansion of SteelEye’s products and services and its ability to

EmergeVest creates EV Cargo logistics business

Private equity investor EmergeVest has consolidated ownership of six of the UK’s leading logistics companies to create EV Cargo, one of the UK’s largest providers of transport, logistics and freight-forwarding services and logistics technology, and a global supply chain company operating in more than 120 countries.    With GBP850 million

Livingstone advises on Vespa Capital-backed Feefo buy-out

Livingstone has advised the management team of Feefo and London-based private equity house Vespa Capital on the management buy-out of the reviews and customer insights technology provider. The transaction will see the acquisition of the shareholdings of the two co-founders CEO Andrew Mabbutt and CSO Matt Eames, along with that

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