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Cherry, a portfolio company of a New York- and San Francisco Bay Area-based industrials private equity firm Argand Partners has Active Key, a Germany-based leading manufacturer of hygienic, washable keyboards and mice for medical and industrial end-markets.
Active Key is a leading brand in the development and engineering of specialist keyboards and mice that are used in medical, industrial, point-of-sale and office applications. Its product range includes keyboards that are resistant to dust and moisture, fully sealed keyboards that can be easily sanitised, programmable keyboards, and keyboards with integrated card readers. This acquisition strengthens Cherry’s position as a leading provider
A medtech start-up whose sensor technology could improve outcomes for patients having knee replacement operations has raised GBP1.4 million to bring its device to market.
Eventum Orthopaedics has secured funding from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Mercia’s EIS funds and private investors including several world-leading orthopaedic surgeons.
Based in Ilkley, Yorkshire, the company was founded by John Naybour and Paul Atherton, who between them have almost 50 years’ experience in the field of orthopaedics and previously held senior roles with Johnson & Johnson.
Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its eighth deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2). The investment in geo is part of a first close of a round co-led by LCIF2 and Schneider Electric Ventures (SEV), with the participation of Consensus Business Group, West Coast Capital and GWD Enterprises.
Green Energy Options (geo) is at the heart of the home energy revolution. The company, based near Cambridge, UK, designs and manufactures devices that give homeowners better information and control over their electricity, gas and water usage, typically resulting in reduction
UK impact investor Fortunis Capital has reported a 373 per cent increase in the value of their science and tech-based fund over the last 18 months.
The Fortunis UK Impact Investment VC Fund, which invests in innovative science and tech companies that are solving global problems, surged from GBP56.5million in September 2019 to GBP211.2million at the end of February 2021, according to independent valuations conducted by one of the world’s leading accountancy firms.
This achievement puts the Fortunis UK Impact Investment VC Fund into the top 5 per cent of VCs according to statistics from 2020 (TechCrunch): 50
EkkoSense Limited (EkkoSense), an advanced software and technology provider, has received a seven-figure cash injection from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), East & South East Midlands Debt Finance fund managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).
EkkoSense will use the funding to support its rapid international expansion across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa. To aid this new level of growth, the business is adding a high number of resources to its sales, development and operational departments.
Based at the University of Nottingham Innovation Park, EkkoSense is recognised as a global leader in the provision of
By Purva Aggarwal – Aiming to defy the current downturn in the travel industry, a UK fintech company looking to offer consumers a more flexible way to finance travel post Covid-19 has raised GBP10 million in Series A funding, bringing its total received in investments to GBP45 million.
Asset management firms Revenio Capital and Taurus Wealth Advisors co-led the investment round, which will be aimed at expanding operations in Germany and UK, as well as in the US, the world’s largest travel market.
The commercial travel sector is recording an unprecedented slow down due to the pandemic. According to Fly
Sixty8 Capital, an Indianapolis-based, seed-stage venture capital (VC) firm supporting Black, Latinx, women and LGBTQ+ led startups, has held the first close of its new USD20 million venture fund.
Investors include The Indiana Next Level Fund, 50 South Capital, Bank of America, Eli Lilly and Company, First Internet Bank and the Central Indiana Community Foundation. Led by Managing Director Kelli Jones, Sixty8 Capital is industry-agnostic and will focus initially on seed investments between the coasts, with an emphasis on the Midwest. Sixty8 Capital is powered by Allos Ventures, one of Indiana’s most active VC firms, with Allos’ Paul Ehlinger serving
Shore Capital portfolio company EyeSouth Partners (EyeSouth) has completed an affiliation with Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons (GEPS).
The affiliation represents EyeSouth’s tenth in the state of Georgia and twenty-third affiliation overall. EyeSouth is an eye care-focused management services organisation backed by Shore Capital Partners, committed to partnering with leading physicians to build a premier network of eye care services in the US. EyeSouth’s affiliate network consists of 23 practices with nearly 200 doctors providing medical and surgical eye care services at over 110 locations, including 13 surgery centers, throughout Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and Alabama.
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Growth capital investor, BGF has announced a successful exit from Telford-headquartered ReBOUND, a technology platform which supports retailers — such as ASOS, Gymshark, Missguided, JD Sports and Sweaty Betty — to manage their returns sustainably.
BGF backed ReBOUND in October 2018 to accelerate the company’s growth. In this period, annual sales increased by 130 per cent and the returns management platform secured many of the UK’s most successful fashion brands as customers. The business has been ranked in Sunday Times Fast Track leagues three times with its first entry into the Tech Track 100 as the tenth fastest growing tech business in
Nautic Partners has sold portfolio company Spartech LLC to The Jordan Company (TJC). Nautic Partners will remain a minority shareholder.
Headquartered in Maryland Heights, MO, Spartech is a leading custom manufacturer of specialised acrylics and other engineered extruded plastics used in a variety of applications and end markets including healthcare, aerospace and defence, industrial, automotive, consumer goods, and packaging. Through its network of 14 manufacturing plants and a unique innovation centre, Spartech provides acrylic products, plastic sheet and rollstock, specialty film laminates, and packaging solutions to over 1,000 customers in North America, many of whom have partnered with Spartech for
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