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A healthtech business with an app that helps patients communicate with clinicians remotely has raised a further GBP2 million to help expand its use.Advanced Digital Innovation (ADI) has raised funding from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, the UK government’s Future Fund and the company’s Chair and founder Bob Gomersall.
The Yorkshire-based company says the pandemic has boosted interest in its MyPathway app, which removes the need for appointment letters and calls, allowing patients to agree care plans with clinicians, who can then monitor their progress
UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired UK signage specialist, Blaze Signs Holdings Ltd (Blaze). Based in Broadstairs, Kent, and with a substantial manufacturing and service centre in Birmingham, Blaze designs, manufactures, installs and maintains high-quality signage for well-known brands, including Lloyds Bank, Vision Express, Tescos and Sainsburys. During the pandemic, Blaze has also been providing social distancing and signage solutions for its customers.
The acquisition includes Blaze’s trading subsidiaries Blaze Signs Ltd and Cygnia Maintenance Ltd. Cygnia is the UK’s largest, and leading provider of sign maintenance, sign repairs and image protection services.
In total, Blaze employs 250
British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made its fourth commitment through its GBP500 million Managed Funds Programme.The cornerstone commitment of up to EUR75 million is being made to manager Isomer Capital’s second fund, Isomer Capital II, which will be targeted at early stage venture capital managers across Europe, that invest primarily into early stage tech companies. Isomer II will also pursue a co-investment strategy, investing alongside its fund managers, with additional capital made available for the most promising, high-growth companies from the underlying portfolio.
By taking a cornerstone position, capital from British Business
Intertrust, a provider of tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, has appointed Nick Maton as Luxembourg Country Head and Managing Director.With nearly 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry covering both the buy and sell side, Nick will have responsibility for the leadership and growth of the Luxembourg team while continuing to build Intertrust’s reputation as an employer of choice.
Prior to joining Intertrust Maton was Managing Director and Head of Securities Services for HSBC Luxembourg and a member of the European Executive team responsible for leading and executing the business strategy. During his tenure he successfully grew the Luxembourg
The pandemic has made investors ask a different set of questions, and shown how a ‘hybrid-approach’ will increase efficiency in the new normal, according to Sebastian Junoy, speaking on the operational due diligence panel at the PEWlive event today (2 September).
BGF invested GBP15 million into Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) just before lockdown. Despite the well-documented challenges facing the business and wider sector, BGF has supported the Park and enabled the expansion development to continue.
Based on visitor reviews, YWP was recently ranked within the top 10 per cent of visitor attractions globally by the Travellers’ Choice Awards.
Set up in 2008 by founder directors Steve Minion, John Minion, Cheryl Williams and Neville Williams, Yorkshire Wildlife Park is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. YWP is a dynamic, interactive centre for animal conservation and welfare, home to more than 450 animals
CenterOak Partners’ (CenterOak) portfolio company Service Champions has acquired ASI Hastings (ASI), a provider of residential HVAC and plumbing services in San Diego, California.
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK-based sell-side mid-market M&A firm and part of the finnCap Group, as appointed technology M&A specialist Anthony Platt as a Partner in its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) team.
Platt brings 17 years’ corporate finance experience predominately in TMT, spanning venture capital fundraising, private equity growth financing, MBOs, IPOs, M&A, restructuring assignments and carve out transactions, completing an aggregate deal value in excess of GBP5 billion.
For the last 12 years he has focused specifically on M&A within the technology sector, including significant experience in SaaS software, on-premise software, vertical applications, ICT services, hosting, cyber security,
Climeworks has completed a CHF100 million funding round, in what the company says is the largest ever investment into direct air capture.
The funding will be used to further scale and optimise Climeworks’ direct air capture technology and make it accessible to even more stakeholders; individuals, businesses and organisations alike.
Climeworks is one of the global leaders in carbon dioxide removal. Its patented direct air capture technology removes carbon dioxide directly from the air. It uses clean, renewable energy, thereby providing a truly pure carbon dioxide removal solution.
Current customers include established businesses and organisations worldwide,
Inflexion has made a minority investment in Auxadi, a Spanish tech-enabled, corporate services business. Auxadi provides a range of outsourced services including accounting, tax, payroll and related administration. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II, and is Inflexion’s first investment in Spain following other successful investments in Europe.
Auxadi is the largest independent provider of corporate services operating in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin American markets. Headquartered in Madrid with a further 16 international subsidiaries, Auxadi has 500 customers across 50 countries, including leading real estate and private equity funds as well as major
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