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London-based investment fund Fuel Ventures has raised GBP20 million in its third fund since launching in 2014, having grown to a portfolio of more than 20 companies.
Founded by Mark Pearson, who is best known for founding several high profile online ventures including MyVoucherCodes, and with a team of experienced entrepreneurs in its principal team, Fuel Ventures was created by ‘founders for founders’. It’s one of the rare funds that gives 100 per cent EIS tax relief to UK investors, with others investing alongside.
Taking a hands-on approach, Fuel Ventures’ community of founders, investors and advisors focus on investing,
Gen Cap America has sponsored a buyout of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Products (OPTP) in partnership with management.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
OPTP, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a leading provider of innovative physical therapy, fitness and wellness products, including exclusive tools and publications developed by renowned experts. OPTP’s diverse range of products, including products such as foam rollers, lumbar rolls, and exercise balls, are sold directly to healthcare professionals, clinics, personal trainers, and individuals, as well as through distributors and resellers. OPTP also provides complementary educational materials, such as books and DVDs, that help consumers
Preservica has secured a GBP7.5 million (USD10 million) Series B investment from Mobeus Equity Partners to meet accelerating demand for its Active Digital Preservation software technology.
The investment provides an initial GBP4 million with a facility for a further GBP3.5 million to support Preservica’s continued global expansion plans.
Preservica’s software aims to future-proof all types of digital content against technology obsolescence, ensuring it remains accessible and trustworthy over decades to meet legal, compliance, governance and brand value needs.
Available as a cloud-hosted (SaaS) or on-premise solution, Preservica’s software is already trusted by a growing global client base –
Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has taken a strategic minority stake in ACT Group, a specialist in environmental energy products and certificates, investing over EUR60 million to finance the firm in its five year growth plan.
ACT was founded in 2009 by Bram Bastiaansen and Jaap Janssen. From inception, ACT has been a global trading house, identifying for itself the role of market maker in both obligatory and voluntary environmental energy products. As a result, it has helped catalyse the emergence of a market in environmental energy goods bringing speed, dependability, volume and ever keener pricing to the industries that
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has closed its acquisition of PowerTeam Services including the appointment of Brian C Palmer as Chief Executive Officer.
PowerTeam provides services to maintain, repair, upgrade, and install natural gas and electric distribution and transmission systems. These services are critical to maintaining the safety, reliability and integrity of aging gas and electric infrastructure. The company’s customer base includes leading regulated utilities in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States, which it serves through a network of 42 locations in 21 states with approximately 4,200 employees. Approximately two-thirds of PowerTeam’s revenue is related to natural gas systems, and
Axminster Carpets Ltd has secured GBP3.375 million of funding from Independent Growth Finance (IGF) as it continues to develop a strategy both in the UK and Internationally.
Axminster Carpets are the inventors of world-renowned Axminster weave and the company has been a byword for quality and craftsmanship for over 250 years. The company continues to weave luxury carpets in Devon and combine thoughtful design with experience and innovation to deliver high performance natural floor covering for the Royal Household, stately homes and luxury hotels.
As the retail and contract markets evolve, the senior management team at Axminster Carpets recognised
Peer-to-peer business lender, Assetz Capital, has extended its Christmas Crackers and Summer Holidays cashback promotion until 31 October 2018, enabling more investors to benefit from a seasonal 1 per cent or 2 per cent cashback bonus.
The promotion has seen a flurry of activity on the platform, with over GBP15 million invested in the ten days since it was first announced.
To take advantage of the promotion, investors must simply invest new cash into any of Assetz Capital’s investment accounts – with both ISA and non-ISA accounts qualifying for the bonus. If the money remains invested on the platform
Nicola Wealth Management has launched the Nicola Infrastructure and Renewable Resources Fund; a new fund with a mandate that includes investments that hold other ‘real assets’, such as a wider universe of global infrastructure (bridges, highways), renewable resources (farmland, timberland) and more.
“Regardless of whether the economy is doing well or doing poorly, people will continue to require food, clean water, electricity, and roads,” says Nicola Wealth president, David Sung. “We believe that these additional asset classes will offer our clients a more diverse portfolio, better risk-adjusted returns, and faster deployment of capital.”
Nicola Wealth is constantly developing their
A fund managed by Horizon Capital is to acquire a minority stake in Intellias, an IT Services provider with operations in Ukraine.
“We are delighted to attract Horizon Capital’s backing as we broaden our delivery footprint in Ukraine and beyond” stated Vitaly Sedler, Intellias Co-founder and CEO. “Intellias is the fastest-growing IT Services provider with operations in Ukraine, having expanded from circa 150 employees in 2013 to over 1,100 now. It is a testament to the success of our clients, who found in Intellias a trusted R&D partner and whom we will continue supporting in their most challenging software
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has acquired kSARIA Corporation (kSARIA), a producer and supplier of connectivity solutions for the aerospace and defence end markets. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2000, kSARIA brings extensive process technology and engineering expertise to the high-reliability connectivity industry, offering interconnect products and services with superior performance, quality and value. The Company’s product offering includes high-reliability optical fiber, expanded beam fiber optic, copper, and RF cable assemblies and harnesses. Additionally, the Company offers custom fiber optic flex circuits for avionic and backplane
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