Genius Group, the world’s leading entrepreneur education group, has completed the acquisition of New Zealand-based teaching and childcare company Education Angels in Home Childcare. With this acquisition, Genius Group’s innovative curriculum now extends to provide discovery-based learning to children at preschool age, as well as helping parents to prepare their young children for the 21st century. 

A healthtech platform has raised £825,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to support its continued growth.

C-Link, a property procurement start-up founded in 2015 by Paul Heming and Chris Barber, has successfully raised a six figure investment from private investors through investment non-profit, NorthInvest.

The AngelNews team is having a short break over Christmas after a busy and news-filled year.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of the AngelNews community and we look forward to seeing you again on 4th January 2021.  Meanwhile, we hope that you are able to enjoy a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

The call for nominations has officially opened for this year’s prestigious awards, celebrating incredible British female entrepreneurs. Created in 1972, The Bold Woman Award by Veuve Clicquot is the first and longest-running international award of its kind, with this year marking its 49th year. The award has so far honoured 350 women worldwide. The winners will be announced in 2021.

David Mott, Founder Partner at Oxford Capital reflects on the themes that have shaped this year. 

IgniteNI, the leading accelerator in Northern Ireland, is now welcoming applications to its annual Accelerator Programme, supported by Invest Northern Ireland. The intensive programme, which provides start-ups with crucial funding and invaluable mentorship opportunities, is seeking applicants both internationally and from within Northern Ireland. 

Marcus Rashford MBE and the Child Food Poverty Taskforce have launched a new website (www.endchildfoodpoverty.org) 

Maven Capital Partners has led the £17 million management buyout of Envitia Group plc, an established data and geospatial technology and services provider to the defence and public sectors. The transaction has been fully funded by Maven’s maiden institutional fund - Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund L.P.

Texthelp Ltd, the global leader in literacy and accessibility technology, thas raised significant investment from Five Arrows, the private equity arm of Rothschild & Co,  as LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group exits. Five Arrows is investing in Texthelp through its European fund (Five Arrows Principal Investments) and its US fund (Five Arrows Capital Partners). Five Arrows targets investments in category-leading B2B data and software companies across healthcare, education, and other vertical end-markets.

eXate, a London-based data software firm has announced a £2.3 million seed round led by Outward VC, with additional backing from ING Ventures and Triple Point Ventures, to accelerate the growth of its DataSecOps platform. eXate is democratising data privacy for organisations by providing a simple embedded platform that automates the technical enforcement of data policies, solving the large-scale challenges created by evolving and complex global data privacy regulations.

The Zero Carbon Fund has made an investment in the pre-seed funding round of Phycobloom, a UK-based bio-technology company engineering algae that will enable cheap, carbon-neutral biofuels that can power future air travel and more.