A food & drink producer based across Lincolnshire has secured £250,000 to upgrade its production facilities, create eight jobs and service its growing customer base.  Wild Jacks Ltd secured the finance from Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), provided by The FSE Group Debt Finance Fund and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). The MEIF funding will help to upgrade the company’s production facilities and create eight new jobs in the next year.

An independent evaluation of the British Business Bank Enterprise Capital Funds (ECF) programme has found that the programme is helping to close the early-stage ‘equity gap’ 

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to SALESmanago, the leading no-code omnichannel customer engagement platform on its acquisition and growth investment by SilverTree and Perwyn. 

Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire as part of a strategic plan to grow the business following the company’s acquisition of Rosse Systems earlier this year.

Sophie Weavers-Wright has joined Haatch Ventures as Head of Platform, from Quotient (previously Elevaate) where she led Self Serve Tier 1’s within the Sponsored Search platform. She helped them with everything from strategy to pacing and everything in-between.

The growth equity investor Gresham House Ventures has sold its stake in Vian Marketing, the holding company for successful stand-up paddleboard owner Tushingham Sails, best known for its Red Paddle Co. brand.

Cerbos, a new open source software startup helping tech scaleups and other companies manage user permissions more efficiently, has raised a $3.5 million seed round.

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that aims to transform the ease and speed of home purchasing, has announced a £6m investment funding round led by Manchester-based Praetura Ventures.

Metaview - the pioneering Interview Intelligence platform - has announced its $6 million seed funding round, bringing the total amount raised to $7.6 million. Metaview’s platform enables fast-scaling businesses to harness data to strengthen and optimise the most important part of the hiring process - the interview.  The round was led by Vertex Ventures US, alongside additional investors Fly Ventures, Seedcamp, Village Global, PrimeSet, Moving Capital (Uber alumni fund), and Palumni (Palantir alumni fund)

NatWest, the UK’s biggest business bank, has launched a new free support scheme for business owners who want to problem solve and gain insights from others in a similar position. The online workshops will be facilitated and structured by a dedicated NatWest Accelerator Manager in groups of no more than six people. The sessions aim to create a positive environment to focus on removing barriers to business so they can scale.

British Patient Capital has made a €30m commitment to Partech Growth II, which has announced its final close at €650m.

METCLOUD, the innovative cloud and cybersecurity provider, has secured £1,000,000 funding from Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Equity Fund, managed by Midven, part of the Future Planet Capital Group, for its multi-award-winning platform. 

Launched in 2017, Birmingham-based METCLOUD has rapidly established itself as one of the most innovative cybersecurity and cloud technology providers in the UK. As well as providing a leading cybersecurity platform, through its partnerships, METCLOUD is helping organisations to accelerate the adoption of next generation technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.