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European VC shakes off effects of Covid-19

Invest Europe, in partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), has published ‘The VC Factor – Pandemic Edition’, a new report illustrating European venture capital’s continued strong support for innovative and fast-growing start-ups in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The study is the second edition of

21 Invest France acquires Edukea group

21 Invest France has acquired a majority stake in Edukea group alongside Christophe Caporossi, Chairman of the group. Edukea is a training platform made up of three schools: ESO – a pioneer school for osteopathy training in France, founded in 1991; IFOA – a school dedicated to animal osteopathy, acquired

Maven manages GBP250k funding package for AIM-listed nanotech developer

AIM-listed Hardide (Hardide) has secured a GBP250,000 funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands Debt Finance fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). The business intends to use the funding, which it secured

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners teams with management to acquire In-Place Machining

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired In-Place Machining Company in partnership with management. IPM is a leading provider of high-acuity field machining, metrology and diamond wire-cutting services for mission-critical infrastructure and equipment. The Company’s services are an essential part of the maintenance, repair

GroVenitve completes GBP1.4m funding into Coastr

GroVentive has completed a successful investment in Coastr, a Scottish technology startup, which enables car hire firms to become fully digitalised via a cloud-based “all-in-one” vehicle rental management platform delivering keyless entry, remote vehicle immobilisation, and real-time fleet monitoring.  The Edinburgh-based company plans to launch additional products into the market

Eagle Merchant Partners completes acquisition of Code Ninjas

Atlanta-based private equity firm Eagle Merchant Partners (Eagle) has acquired Code Ninjas, a global coding franchise system for children. The announcement follows a minority investment made last year. Code Ninjas was founded in 2016 and currently has 345 locations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. “We are

Doconomy announces largest ever climate fintech investment round in Europe

Doconomy has announced a USD17 million investment round bringing the total invested in the firm since the start of 2018 to USD24 million. This funding will accelerate Doconomy’s continued expansion and support the further development of its impact applied portfolio; enabling impact calculations on transactions, lifestyle, products and companies of

Digital ID start-up cheqd raises USD2.6m

cheqd – a start-up providing technology that could drive widespread uptake of digital IDs – has secured a USD2.6 million (GBP1.9 million) investment to support the launch of its product later this year. The latest funding round was backed by Outlier Ventures, Evernym, TitanBlock, Torque, 3GR and a consortium of

Abris-backed Global Technical Group acquires Lummetry.AI

Global Technical Group (GTS), a Romanian developer of software for the security industry, backed by Abris Capital Partners (Abris), has acquired Lummetry.AI, a Romanian artificial intelligence business.  The transaction will further strengthen GTS’s position as a market leader in software solutions for physical security automation.    GTS was founded in

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