AMP Capital has originated and closed a significant investment in a junior HoldCo facility secured against Peel Group’s 37.6 per cent stake in Peel Ports, one of the largest port operators in the UK, on behalf of AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV). In 2019 Peel Ports handled just under 70 million tonnes of cargo with a 14 per cent market share of the UK’s total port traffic, making it the second largest port group in the UK. Its seven ports serve a broad variety of customers and handle a diversified range of cargoes, from locations in Liverpool,

Private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of Altia-ABM, a specialist investigation and covert operation software business. Nottingham and Glasgow based Altia-ABM develops specialist investigation software for government departments and law enforcement agencies in the UK, Canada and Australia. The firm, which predominantly works with customers in the public sector, allows police forces and investigation teams to automate processes using technology, which reduces time and money spent on investigations and improves prosecution rates.    Altia-ABM’s investigation solutions include digital casefile and business workflow management software, toolkits to analyse data in financial investigations as well as enterprise application

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialised in scaling businesses driven by technology, customer insight or service excellence, and Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity managers, have invested in growing e-commerce deals business RevLifter. RevLifter operates a sophisticated deals personalisation platform powered by artificial intelligence technology. The business has already acquired high-profile customers in the retail and telecoms space, including Harvey Nichols, Very, Currys PC World, AT&T, BT Broadband and EE. The GBP3.3 million Series A funding round will see Gresham House and Maven each invest GBP1.5 million, alongside a commitment from existing investors.

Flexstone Partners (Flexstone), an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has completed its 100th co-investment as it continues to expand its global, mid-market co-investment practice. Flexstone has committed EUR6.3 million and reserved a significant amount of additional capital to support the next phase of growth of Pastas Gallo, alongside ProA Capital.   Pastas Gallo was founded by a Spanish entrepreneur and has become the market leader for dry pasta sales in Spain. It also sells pasta sauces, flours and breadcrumbs and is currently expanding into the ethnic dry chilled food market to tap growing demand for chilled ready meals.   Zélie

An award-winning electric vehicle charging company is set to step up the roll-out of charging points across the country after securing a GBP1.5 million investment. Elmtronics, an independent provider of charging points, has raised the funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, and the Ingenious Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service. The investment, which follows the announcement that the government is to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, will allow Elmtronics to step up its work in underserved UK regions.   Based in

ADM Capital Europe’s Cibus Enterprise Fund acted as one of eight cornerstone investors in The Kingfish Company’s equivalent EUR50 million private placement, which successfully completed on 9 November 2020. Kingfish is a company based in the Netherlands producing the Dutch Yellowtail, a high-quality, high value marine finfish, using technologically advanced methods to grow the fish in a Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS). Seafood is the most efficient and sustainable way to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and an increasing demand for protein. It is estimated that it takes around 1.2kg of feed to grow 1kg of fish or

Vanti Analytics has closed a USD4.5 million seed funding round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures and Israel’s More VC.  The round includes participation from Israel’s i3 Equity Partners, who invested in 2019 alongside Ariel Maislos.  The manufacturing AI company is developing a self-service platform that helps manufacturing operations teams increase yields and throughput for electronic products. As part of the raise, Vanti has welcomed Rohit Sharma, partner at True Ventures, to the company’s board, along with Meir Ukeles, partner at More VC. Including this round of funding, Vanti has raised $6 million total since Co-founders Smadar

DataLink Software (DataLink), a provider of integrated population health applications for healthcare providers and payors, has received a significant growth investment from an investor group led by DWS’s global private equity business.  DWS joins existing investor Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke). With this investment, DataLink will bolster its provider engagement services and pursue strategic M&A initiatives, focused on acquisitions that enhance product functionality to benefit new and existing customers.   “DataLink is pleased by the addition of such accomplished investors to our team as we enter our next phase of transformative growth,” says Kevin Steele, Chief Executive Officer, DataLink. “Since Revelstoke’s