Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised Inflexion Private Equity on its successful buyout of Creative Car Park Limited (CCP), the UK’s foremost provider of car park management solutions for small businesses. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid-market fund.

Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has completed the take-private of AIM-listed Tax Systems Plc, the leading provider of corporation tax software and services in the UK and Ireland.  The transaction values Tax Systems at £114 million. 

WestBridge Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in and provided growth capital to Wilcomatic Limited, one of the UK’s leading providers of vehicle and rail wash systems.

G3 Comms, the business communications provider and network integrator, has secured investment from private equity firm Apiary Capital. Under the terms of the deal, Apiary will acquire a majority stake in G3 Comms and provide additional follow-on funding to enable the company to accelerate its growth both organically and through acquisition. 

Maven Capital Partners has completed the final close of the Maven UK Regional Buyout Fund LP, which has received total commitments (including from co-investment vehicles) of £100 million from a diverse range of investors, including Scottish Enterprise - Scotland’s national economic development agency, family offices, high net-worth syndicates, pension funds, fund of funds and asset managers.

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners, the specialist private equity fund manager have backed a significant investment into Frescobol Carioca Limited.

Beauhurst has released a new series exploring regional trends in the UK's high-growth ecosystem. Starting with London, which is home to a staggering 30% of ambitious companies in the country and 43% of equity backed businesses.

Luminous Ventures has appointed John Spindler as a Venture Partner.  The highly regarded entrepreneur, investor and venture capitalist has a distinguished career spanning more than 15 years.

The innogy Innovation Hub, which identifies, funds, and mentors game-changing technologies and ideas, has closed a seed investment round in FirstPoint Mobile Guard, global innovators in cellular Cybersecurity-as-a-Service.

Beauhurst has released a new series exploring regional trends in the UK's high-growth ecosystem. Starting with London, which is home to a staggering 30% of ambitious companies in the country and 43% of equity backed businesses.

BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has today announced the closing of a £1.5 M funding round, led by Pan-European VC Nauta Capital.

Founded in 2016, BlackCurve’s pricing optimisation platform helps retailers manage and optimise the price of every item they sell to achieve their business goals. The platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence, ingests data sources ranging from sales history and website page performance, right through to competitor pricing and stock levels, enabling every retailer to create smart pricing rules for their specific business.

People suffering with communication difficulties are benefitting from a new speech therapy service that has been developed by Caerphilly-based Cog-Neuro Speech Therapy Limited. With a £25,000 loan from the Development Bank of Wales and a £60,000 grant from Innovate UK, the mobile application has been developed to help people with communication difficulties to regain their ability to communicate, maintain relationships and re-integrate into the community.  Cog-Neuro was first established by speech therapist Sheiladen Montero Aquino in 2012. She has now developed an application that will enhance speech therapy service for people with communication difficulties following a stroke, brain injury, and other progressive neurological disorders including Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis.