23 February 

Maven Capital Partners has been appointed by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (“NPIF”) to manage the £57.5m NPIF Maven Equity Finance fund as part of NPIF’s £400m of capital available to support growing SMEs.

14 February 

Perfect Channel, a leader in marketplace transformation technology has secured £2m in funding from its long-term investor Beringea, and new partner UIL Limited, an investment company jointly managed by ICM Limited and ICM Investment Management Limited.

25 January

Data published today by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) demonstrates continued confidence in the VCT sector.  Fundraising for the 2016/17 tax year to 31 December 2016 was 53% up on fundraising to 31 December in the 2015/16 tax year.

26 January 

My 1st Years, the children’s gifts personalisation site, has secured £5m in growth funding led by venture and growth investor Beringea, and supported with funds managed by Hargreave Hale. The investment will be used to drive developments in operations, marketing and international expansion into the US.

24 January

Beringea has put $4.6 million into Whistle Sports, a digital entertainment media company. The investment is part of Whistle Sports’ recently-concluded Series C, with Beringea joining leading names in sports broadcasting and digital media in a round worth $27.5 million in total. 

12 January 

Mobeus Equity Partners has provided £2.5 million of growth capital to Tapas Revolution, a UK restaurant chain offering Spanish tapas cuisine that was founded by celebrity chef Omar Allibhoy.

11 January 

Maven Capital Partners has led a £2.7 million (US$3.4 million) investment in QikServe Limited (“QikServe”), which has developed a patented B2B cloud-based platform aimed at hospitality operators, enabling customers to order and pay for items from a smartphone, tablet or self-service terminal.

5 January 

Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has invested £3m in cleantech firm Weedingtech, which is focused on replacing toxic herbicides.

4 January 

NVM has completed a significant investment to support the management buy-out of Cheshire based Thyson Technology (“Thyson” or the “Business”) from a private investor group.