Refract, a Newcastle-based company which uses artificial intelligence to help organisations improve the performance of their sales team has secured a significant investment from Mercia Fund Managers to further develop its product and its team.

BGF has made a significant minority investment in London Middlesex-based Revital, a multi-channel retailer of supplements, beauty and wellness products.

Berlin-headquartered Invincible Brands has sold a majority stake to Capital D, a newly-formed pan-European private equity manager investing in mid-market leading companies which disrupt legacy business models. 

Scottish Equity Partners has completed a £25 million investment in Redwood Technologies Group, acquiring a minority stake in the UK-headquartered international provider of communications technology and cloud contact centre solutions.

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, has invested $3 million in US-based self-driving taxi service Voyage.

Azzure IT has received £2.0million funding from NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, to allow it to continue its rapid growth.

The UCL Technology Fund has invested in Anon AI, the data anonymisation software developer, as part of a £340,000 pre-seed round in partnership with the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), AI Seed and Ascension Ventures.

Powerhouse Photography, a photography and video business whose clients include major supermarkets and food producers has secured £250,000 funding from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Walker Precision Engineering, a high-precision component manufacturer, has secured a £4m investment from BGF to expand its operations in the UK and mainland Europe. From premises in Glasgow, Basildon and Poland, the family-owned business manufactures and assembles complex parts for the aerospace, defence and industrial sectors.

Talis Capital has co-led an additional funding round along with Credo Ventures into leading price management, optimization and CPQ SaaS provider, Price f(x).

Rcapital has backed an MBO and made significant working capital funding available to Edinburgh based Capital Cooling to allow the business to grow its core business throughout 2018.

Goji, the specialist Direct Lending investment manager and platform, today announced it has secured an undisclosed multi-million pound funding round from investors including Anthemis’s Venture Fund 1 (AVF1) and AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV).