Delio has raised a further $8.3m to enable financial institutions of all sizes to create greater investor access to alternative assets such as private equity, private debt, and real estate. The fintech, which digitises the private markets strategies of leading banks, wealth managers and other financial firms, received the backing from Octopus Ventures, one of […]
Praetura Ventures has invested £1.5m into a Manchester-based start-up that uses AI and in-depth data to help big brand merchandising teams make better stock buying and pricing decisions. Sparkbox’s solution, which is trusted by River Island and Matchesfashion.com, enables retailers to forecast demand, optimise their pricing and promotions and plan inventory to reduce waste and […]
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced its Q4 2021 MidCapMonitor analysis of pan-European private equity (PE) sponsored debt financing activity across the UK, Germany, France, Benelux, and the Alpine and Nordic regions. The survey covers new financings (primary and secondary), refinancings/recapitalisations, and add-ons. Pan-European unitranche financing activity during Q4 2021 continued […]
BREAL Zeta has structured an AUD$97m senior debt facility to support European investment company Aurelius with its acquisition of Minova. The comprehensive hybrid funding package, which comprised asset-based lending and cashflow term loan facilities, is also being used to partially finance the purchase price. This was a complex global carve-out transaction, with the business being […]
Following a £250,000 investment in June 2021 from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, filtration and separation technology business, Evove, has expanded into new markets. Since the investment, the company has opened a further facility at Sci-Tech Daresbury and expanded its team and […]
GC Business Finance and MSIF have secured £5m in additional funding from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) to continue delivering loans from the NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance Fund across the North West. The NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance Fund provides loans of between £25,000 and £100,000 to businesses located in the […]
finova Payment and Mortgage Services has today announced its partnership with equity loan provider, Even, as it continues to expand and diversify its offering for brokers. Through the new partnership, finova Payment and Mortgage Service members will have access to Even’s unique services as the only interest-free equity loan provider, aimed at supporting first-time buyers […]
BKwai, a construction data company that helps engineers develop smarter, more sustainable built infrastructure, has today announced it has received £2.2m in Seed funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s largest and most active early-stage investors, with participation from Deeptech Labs and Cambridge Enterprise (the investment arm of the University of […]
Wave power specialists Mocean Energy have secured major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of their ground-breaking wave energy technology. The Edinburgh firm has raised £730,000 equity funding from existing funders, led by angel syndicate Equity Gap, together with Old College Capital, the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture investment fund, and Scottish Enterprise. The […]
ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized SMEs, has supported South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire based independent veterinary group, The Pet Vet, with £3.1m in growth funding. Founded in 2011, The Pet Vet remains a vet-owned, independent practice, bucking the trend of corporatisation in this sector. The organisation is successfully led by managing director, Dr Mel Fuller; and through the expertise […]
