Hammersmith and Fulham is taking on the likes of Old Street, King’s Cross and Croydon as it establishes itself as London’s leading hub for tech, science and creative industries.

SEI has announced the newest group of start-ups joining Codify, its London-based RegTech incubator.

Nuggets, the blockchain-powered payments and ID platform, has announced Steve Lau as the company’s Chairman. Lau is charged with building a market-leading team to drive Nuggets’ growth in China and Asia.

Idinvest Partners, a leading investor in SMEs across Europe, today announces the appointment of Guillaume Santamaria as Investment Director for Idinvest’s Growth Capital team, which held its first closing at €250 million in November 2016.

Origami Energy, a technology company building a real-time marketplace for the evolving distributed energy world, was crowned the overall winner of the second annual Future Planet Awards (“The Awards”), hosted by Future Planet Capital (“FPC”), on Tuesday 22 May at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.  The Future Planet Awards, in partnership with Global University Venturing, aim to raise the profile of new and growing firms that will profitably impact global challenges.

CoInvestor, the platform digitising alternative asset transactions for fund managers, investors and advisers, has appointed Rob Ferguson as its Chief Operating Officer amid increasing demand for its innovative digital solutions. The role will strengthen the focus on innovation and delivering the best service to CoInvestor’s customers.

Strabens Hall, the award winning independent wealth advisory boutique, has appointed Adam Benskin as CEO, John Halley as Head of Legal, Financial and Compliance and Alistair Peel as Head of Investor Services as part of a reorganisation of the senior management team. This gives the firm a stronger structure to further scale the business, accelerate Strabens Hall’s ambitious growth strategy as well as enhance the services it offers to its expanding international client base.

Morgan Lewis has appointed finance partner Paul Denham, who advises clients on a wide range of leveraged finance and banking matters. Mr. Denham, who arrives from another global law firm, will be resident in Morgan Lewis’s London office.

Following its recent funding round and investment by Mayfair Private Equity, converged ICT Services Provider GCI has announced the appointment of Patrick De Smedt as Non-Executive Chairman.

The winners of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) Shareholder Communication Awards were announced last night at the AIC’s Annual London Dinner at The Savoy. The awards recognise exceptional shareholder communication by AIC member investment companies and their managers. 

Mercia Fund Managers is expanding its equity team with the appointment of a new investment director, following the announcement of the closing of the £45.1million EV Growth II fund in December 2017.

Ian Macleod has joined the board of Archangels, the prominent business angel investment syndicate, succeeding Geoff Ball, who has retired after seven years.