Rooks Nest Ventures, an early-stage, evergreen fund, with a unique network and industry knowledge, has newly launched - with £28m to invest initially. The new venture capital firm has a clear focus: to bring innovative media & entertainment companies together with impactful technology businesses. The fund will invest in technology businesses that are innovating in and around content, and media & entertainment companies who are creating highly licensable intellectual property.

Intechnica, a Manchester digital company which helps businesses manage high and variable website traffic demands for customers such as ao.com and Ted Baker, has secured a £900k investment in a syndicated investment round backed by Mercia Technologies PLC, the Greater Manchester Investment Fund and three business angels.

BGF has exited its investment in Statesman Travel Group, a high-end travel management company, following Statesman’s acquisition by US based Travel and Transport. Statesman was bought in whole by Travel and Transport in an undisclosed all-cash transaction.

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the research commercialisation office of Oxford University, has been named Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of the Year at the GUV Awards 2017.

Healthcare booking platform DocPlanner has today announced the closing of a €15 million Series D financing round, just ten months after announcing a Series C round of $20 million and successfully merging with Spanish healthcare platform Doctoralia. 

IW Capital has successfully completed the first close of a £2.2m funding round for SaveMoneyCutCarbon – a UK-based business focused on enabling its clients to reduce their energy and water bills.

Just two months after raising their latest round of funding, Sheffield startup Tutora are making waves yet again today as they celebrate ranking 77th on the Startups 100 List. 

Robocath, a medical robotics start-up that designs and develops innovative solutions for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announces the conclusion of a new round of fundraising worth €4.7 million ($5.2M) led by M Capital and Normandie Participations.

Fintech firm Growth Capital Ventures is set to help ambitious businesses in the North access capital to grow from a £57.5m investment fund.  GCV recently secured a £1.1m investment from Maven Capital Partners and is now working closely with Maven to help other high growth businesses access capital to grow.

IT recruitment platform talent.io is on the verge of further expansion after securing a major wave of investment into the business. Paris-based talent.io will press ahead with growth plans in France, Germany and the UK fresh from receiving a boost of €8m from two of its original financial backers Alven Capital and Ventech.

Private equity fundraising for investment into companies across Europe hit its highest level since 2008 last year at €74.5 billion, a 37% year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe.

The full report is free to download from its website, investeurope.eu.

The developers of a communication platform that offers secure digital access to healthcare services have received £200,000 of seed funding in a deal led by Mercia Fund Management and involving the NHS-backed West Midlands Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) fund.