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Scotland-based HV Systems (HVS) has secured a GBP5 million capital injection from Beehive Equity Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EG Group (EG).
HVS will now take its innovative hydrogen vehicle designs through prototyping and demonstration, allowing manufacturing to commence.
There has been much said about impending bans on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles around the world, but despite the significant home-grown talent in the automotive sector, there are very few UK-based businesses focussed on decarbonising commercial vehicles. Having secured the investment from EG, HVS aims to take a vital step towards a net-zero future for all, creating
Valtech, a specialist in digital services and business transformation, has secured new investment by funds advised by BC Partners, in a transaction which values Valtech at USD1.4 billion and is subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals.
Former reference shareholder investment group Verlinvest and new Valtech management will also reinvest into the company.
Valtech designs, builds and delivers transformative digital solutions for the world’s leading brands. Recognising that industries and sectors globally are facing significant economic shifts, Valtech helps its clients innovate digitally at pace to address this, meet changing customer needs and ultimately position their companies to gain
FastForward Innovations has officially rebranded as SEED Innovations Limited, a move approved by shareholders which reflects increasing investor appetite for the cannabinoid wellness and medical cannabis arenas.
As the only AIM quoted investor with direct exposure to pharmaceutical and medical cannabis, SEED will continue to demonstrate its expertise in the sector, notably following two of its portfolio assets selling for a combined value of over USD1 billion.
SEED are focused on investing in a balance of early-stage opportunities that have an upcoming investment catalyst, and more mature investments that offer liquidity in the near term. With many high growth
Sanne Group plc (Sanne) has entered into an agreement to acquire STRAIT, a Dallas-based fund solutions company for alternative investment firms.
Founded by John Relton in 2006, STRAIT specialises in providing fund administration, financial oversight and regulatory compliance services for private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, fund of funds, SPVs and other investment vehicles. The business is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with more than 50 highly skilled professionals, servicing USD20 billion of assets under administration.
STRAIT is a strategically important acquisition which will further expand Sanne’s US footprint into the world’s largest alternatives market. The acquisition will also help
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has co-led a GBP1.1 million funding round, together with the Cass Enterprise Fund, in Bamboo Auctions (Bamboo), a provider of online auction technology to estate agents and auction houses.
The round was supported by follow on capital from existing investors and new angel investors.
Launched in 2015, Bamboo Auctions’ technology allows properties to be sold with immediate and legally binding contracts. Its marketplace makes transactions faster, more certain, and more transparent. The business has continued to grow quickly since inception with over 1,000 properties, representing a total value of over GBP200
Permira, a global private equity firm focused on growth at scale, has made a strategic investment in Adevinta ASA (Adevinta).
Funds advised by Permira have agreed to acquire approximately 125 million shares in Adevinta from eBay Inc (eBay), representing a 10.2 per cent ownership. Upon closing of the transaction, Permira Partner and Head of Consumer, Dipan Patel, will join the Board of Directors of Adevinta.
Adevinta represents a unique platform in online classifieds. Its global portfolio includes leading marketplaces such as Leboncoin in France, mobile.de and eBay Kleinanzeigen in Germany, Marktplaats in the Netherlands and OLX in Brazil. The Company
Mammoth Scientific, a health science and technology venture capital firm, has launched a new USD100 million venture capital fund.
Co-founders Dr Jay Yadav, Tommy Martin, Kim Mackrill, Dr Matthew McGirt and Jud Mackrill provide venture capital for health science and technology companies who are maturing beyond seed rounds. The Mammoth team includes seasoned physician entrepreneurs and highly successful operational managers, representing a twenty-year track record of creating and investing in multiple successful startups with large exits to major global companies (eg, Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson) or to the public markets.
Mammoth’s competitive edge comes from its creation
The Edinburgh-based business investment group, Archangels, has led investment of GBP12.4 million in innovative Scottish tech and life sciences companies in the first half of 2021 (H1 2020: GBP9.5 million).
Archangels’ H1 2021 deals data, released today (14th July 2021), reveals that Archangels itself invested GBP7.3 million during the first six months of 2021, with co-investment of GBP3.1 million from Scottish Enterprise and GBP2.0 million from a range of other co-investors. Archangels’ investment of GBP7.3 million is a record for any six month period.
During the period, Archangels invested in one new business and provided follow on growth capital
Envestnet and iCapital Network1 (iCapital) have announced a strategic relationship to deliver access to curated UBS and iCapital alternative investment products through Envestnet’s platform. To power the initiative, Envestnet will launch the Alternatives Exchange, a new solution designed to provide these products to the firm’s clients, leveraging iCapital’s turnkey technology through single-sign-on access.
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Investec acted as sole financial adviser on two strategic acquisitions for Halo Technology, an Inflexion backed portfolio asset.
The two strategic acquisitions consisted of both Aria Technologies, a designer, manufacturer and provider of optical connectivity solutions in the USA and Solid Optics, a Dutch based provider of fibre optic transceivers, high-speed cabling and networking technology.
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