GP Bullhound has acted as exclusive financial advisor to EDITED on a USD29 million growth investment from Wavecrest Growth and Beringea.

Igloo Vision, a Shropshire-based immersive technology company, has raised an additional GBP435,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).Igloo (www.igloovision.com) creates immersive projection spaces, such as domes, cylinders, cubes, and immersive workspaces. Igloo’s technology can display any 360° or Virtual Reality (VR) content. And, because entire teams can get inside the immersive spaces and engage with the content, the technology is well-suited to training, simulation, and visualisation, as well as events and experiences. The latest fundraising round, which closed on 5 April 2020, secured investment from several sources. The largest proportion, at GBP200,000, came from the London-headquartered

YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist. The deal represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the launch of its GBP80 million second fund last week. ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and the business has grown rapidly in recent years through its commitment to product innovation, exceptional customer service and expertise in the waste management sector where it is a market leader. Based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people and is dedicated to creating products that improve safety for

Capital Constellation (Constellation), a provider of investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, has closed a strategic partnership with Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), an independent asset manager focused on the financial and business services sectors in the UK and Europe.Constellation has acquired a minority ownership interest in Pollen Street and will provide significant investment capital to support the continued growth of Pollen Street’s private equity and credit businesses. “We are thrilled to announce this exciting partnership between Constellation and Pollen Street,” says Lindsey McMurray, Managing Partner of Pollen Street. “We believe that we have built a differentiated franchise and team with

Knight Enterprises (Knight), a provider of critical communications infrastructure services, has been acquired by an affiliate of Mill Point Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on control investments in North America.The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the communications and business services sectors. Knight’s talented management team, including CEO Jason Welz, will continue to lead the Company and build upon its strong track record of growth and reliable customer service. Knight is a leader in communications infrastructure services focused on engineering, construction, and maintenance in connection with the deployment,

Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has invested in SpotLight, a French geoscience start-up that provides dynamic detection of subsurface movements. The deal marks Phaze’s seventh investment since the firm was established in 2018, building on its mission to transform traditional industries with disruptive technology.  SpotLight’s proprietary single source, single receiver seismic monitoring technology is currently being piloted by Petroleum Development Oman, a leading explorer and producer of crude oil and natural gas in the Sultanate of Oman. With 4D seismic monitoring having proven prohibitively expensive in most use cases, Spotlight’s technology reduces the cost of effective real-time monitoring, and unlocks