FoodDocs – an specialist in the food safety industry – has raised GBP1.8 million in a funding round led by Bonnier Ventures. Forward Venture Capital, and Spring Capital also joined the round along with existing investor United Angels VC.  The funds will be used to continue FoodDocs’ strategic growth, drive further expansion in the US and the UK to reach more clients and partners, and further improve AI capabilities.    The solutions that FoodDocs has developed are already valued by over 15,000 customers including Huboo, Smart Lunches, The Oxford Food Co., and Bolt Market. The latter company has used FoodDocs solution

Xeinadin Group Limited, a professional services group in the UK and Ireland, has agreed a strategic partnership with Exponent, a private equity firm with a proven track record in professional services. This partnership will involve Exponent making a significant minority investment in Xeinadin to support the business’s ambitious growth plans. Subject to regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to complete in Q1 2022.   Xeinadin is a group of business advisory and accountancy practices in over 100 locations across the UK and Ireland that provides over 40 service lines to over 50,000 clients, predominantly small and medium sized businesses and

FloodFlash, a parametric insurance technology company that pays catastrophic flood claims within 48 hours, has announced a Series A raise of USD15 million. The round was led by Chicago-based Buoyant Ventures with San Francisco-based fund Munich Re Ventures also featuring as an investor. Sony Financial Ventures/Global Brain (Tokyo), MS&AD Ventures (San Francisco) and PropTech1 (Berlin) all participated in the round alongside existing investors Pentech, Local Globe and Insurtech Gateway. The investment comes three months after FloodFlash announced a new insurance capacity partnership with Munich Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions.

Apex Group has acquired BEST Alternative Advisory Services (BEST), an India-based, specialised financial services provider. The acquisition of BEST will add assets under administration (AuA) of USD30 billionn to the Apex Group, and an additional 35 employees based in Mumbai. BEST delivers fund services tailored to both open and closed-ended fund client profiles including Private Equity, Fund of Funds, Mutual Funds, Managed Accounts and Hedge Funds.   The addition of BEST will support current and future Apex clients looking to enter the Indian market, and for Indian domiciled funds to operate and invest internationally.   Terms of the transaction are

Blue Horizon, a pure-play impact investor accelerating the transition to a new Sustainable Food System, has made a seed financing round investment in Tomorrow Foods, a specialist developer of plant-based protein systems and solutions for the food and beverage industry. This marks Blue Horizon’s very first seed investment in South America.  Tomorrow Foods is a regional expert in the development of plant-based protein systems for the Latin-American food and beverage industry. The new funding will allow the company to accelerate its business expansion across the region.  To date, Blue Horizon has raised funds of over USD850 million and invested in

Headmade Materials, the inventor of the metal 3D printing process ColdMetalFusion (Metal SLS), has closed a EUR2.5 million Series A financing round with additive manufacturing specialist AM Ventures as lead investor. The btov Industrial Technologies Fund also participated in the funding round as an existing shareholder.  Additionally, the 3D printing company will receive a funding of up to EUR5.8 million under the European Union Innovation Council’s Accelerator Program. Headmade Materials will use the funds for the extensive expansion of production capacities, the product portfolio and international sales.

Gamma Technologies, a specialist in integrated multi-physics system simulation software, has secured a strategic investment from New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm, Insight Partners. Insight Partners joins existing investors TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, and Cove Hill Partners, a long-term oriented private equity firm. At the same time, TA is also making a significant new investment in the business. TA, which first invested in GT in 2015, remains the company’s largest shareholder; Insight Partners and Cove Hill, an investor since 2018, will each be significant minority shareholders.

Orthox Limited, a clinical stage company developing medical implants to repair damaged knee articular cartilage and other orthopaedic injuries, has secured a further USD4.3 million (GBP3.2 million) investment to close its USD12.5 million (GBP9.2 million) Series A financing round. The financing will support further clinical trials of its lead product, FibroFix, at Southmead Hospital Bristol, UK and in Budapest, Hungary. The current financing was led by Parkwalk, a UK active investor in the university spin-out sector, joined by existing shareholders including Oxford Technology & Innovations EIS Fund (OTIF), advised by Oxford Investment Consultants LLP, and Perivoli Innovations. New investors participating