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UK eCargo bike brand Eskuta Limited, has received a total of GBP1 million worth of funding from The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), West Mids Debt Finance Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS).
The business, which has headquarters in Nuneaton, had already received funding from MEIF to support the business’s ambitious growth plans, but has now received a second funding round of GBP500,000, bringing the total to GBP1 million.
The capital injection will support several growth opportunities for the business as it seeks to expand into new markets and enhance its current
ENGIE has acquired Abengoa’s indirect stake in Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd. Following completion of the transaction, ENGIE will now hold a 40 per cent equity stake in the 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, as well as a 46 per cent of the Xina Operations & Maintenance Company (Pty) Ltd.
The Xina Solar One plant, located at Pofadder in the Northern Cape, provides approximately 400 GWh of clean, sustainable and dispatchable electrical energy to 95,000 South African households and prevents the emission into the atmosphere of approximately 348,000 tons of CO2 each year. The plant uses parabolic trough
ACA Group (ACA) and Foreside Financial Group, LLC (Foreside), two providers of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions to clients in the financial services industry, are to combine their two companies.
Genstar Capital (Genstar), a leading private equity firm, invested in Foreside earlier this year. Genstar will be the majority owner of the combined business as a result of acquiring a controlling interest in ACA from Starr Investment Holdings, LLC upon completion of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2022.
The combination of ACA and Foreside will bring together the industry’s most
3i Group (3i) is to invest in Mepal, a Dutch lifestyle consumer brand that is known for its sustainable products for storing and serving food and drink.
Headquartered in Lochem, the Netherlands, Mepal offers food storage boxes, tableware and on-thego items (eg lunchboxes, bottles and flasks) for adults and children which are sold through mass and specialty retail channels, e-commerce partners and Mepal’s own online channels. 3i is investing to support further growth in Mepal’s existing core markets of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany as well as develop new markets in Europe. In addition, 3i will support Mepal in growing
Deep Detection has secured EUR1 million funding to launch its PhotoAI technology, which is a next-generation X-ray camera with deep learning capability for continuous inspection across high-speed manufacturing and detailed security scans.
A member of The Collider, the tech accelerator of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Deep Detection has secured investment from specialist photonics VC Vigo Ventures, Clave Capital (through Tech Transfer Agrifood), ESOM and public financing.
Founded in July 2020, Barcelona-based Deep Detection´s mission is to protect consumer safety by significantly enhancing the capabilities of inspection machine systems, where its technology can be used to simultaneously detect issues and measure
ESG criteria are ‘important’ or ‘very important’ for investment decisions for nearly 70 per cent of institutional investors, according to a survey by Empire. Article 8 and Article 9 funds are also attractive.
Bridge Alternatives, a specialist global alternative investment advisor, has launched Bridge Alternative Investment Solutions, an outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) business focused on meeting the institutional needs of investment management firms.
Kyle Fields, formerly of SS&C Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Bridge Alternatives and will lead this new business based in Evansville, Indiana and Lake Forest, Ilinois. He has over 15 years of extensive experience in accounting, finance, and technology, helping clients streamline processes, maximise performance, and increase profitability. At SS&C, he orchestrated and grew the Evansville, Indiana office
Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company serving the asset management industry, is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FDB Systems Limited, a specialist in the collection and structuring of financial market data for investors and other capital markets participants.
Integrating FDB Systems’ data ingestion and structuring technology with Insig AI’s storage, visualisation and machine learning optimisation capabilities will allow the Company to offer a complete end-to-end financial data solution to its customers. For more than 18 months, Insig AI has been a customer of FDB Systems and therefore has a close appreciation of its
Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has raised its USD10 million seed investment round, co-led by technology investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Parkwalk Advisors, and joined by University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC), MINT Venture Partners, and existing investors, including Crista Galli Ventures.
The financing is the largest European seed round in 2021 and the sixth largest globally for healthtech devices, according to Pitchbook.
Charco is a multi-award winning, Imperial College spinout. Its first therapeutic device, CUE1, provides life-changing neuromodulation therapy. Based on more than two years’ research with patients and clinicians,
Trilantic North America, a growth-focused private equity firm, has promoted Dan Siegman to Managing Director.
Siegman has played an integral role in expanding the firm’s business services practice, most recently leading an investment in digital marketing firm WebFX and launching Tercera, an IT services platform. He is currently a director of Asset Living, Outdoor Living Supply, Tercera and WebFX.
“Dan has contributed tremendous value to our business services team over the years, helping to lead recent investments this year in WebFx and Tercera,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Beyond his involvement in sourcing
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