Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired Opus Talent Solutions, 

Growing artisan pizza business, Birtelli’s, has secured £500,000 funding from Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Equity Fund, managed by Midven, part of the Future Planet Capital Group, for its innovative home baked pizza kit service which offers customers a fun and unique home dining experience.

Gentronix, the UK-based contract research organisation (CRO) that is a leader in the field of genetic toxicology, has raised £700,000 in a funding round led by existing investor Mercia to support its continued growth.

Bristol-based technology start-up, Matter, has just secured a £150,000 investment from British Design Fund, as it looks to scale-up its innovative solutions for the capture, harvest and recycling of microplastics.

The company was founded in 2017 by Adam Root, a former Dyson engineer and keen scuba diver. After discovering the size of the microplastics problem, Adam set about using his skills and experience to engineer a solution.

NVM Private Equity has invested £14.8 million into The Salocin Group to fund the acquisition of customer data specialist business, Edit, from its previous owners, Kin + Carta PLC.

This is the first transaction completed by The Salocin Group in support of their strategy to build a data powered marketing services group, focused on marketing technology, CRM, analytics, content development, and media optimisation.

Fast-growing IT services company Acora has made a third bolt-on acquisition since the investment by Palatine in 2020, and is planning to ramp up further deals in 2022. 

Customer data and marketing platform Ometria has completed a $40M Series C round, led by InfraVia Growth, with participation from existing investors Octopus Ventures, Sonae IM, Summit Action, Adjuvo, and Columbia Lake Partners.

Oliver Woolley from Envestors considers what information really matters when courting investors for funding.

Stressfreecarrental.com, a new challenger in the online car rental market, has raised £534,000 in a funding round led by DSW Ventures and including angel investor Harry Dixon, former technical director at Rentalcars.com.

Stressfreecarrental.com operates a price comparison and booking platform for car hire and airport transfers. It aims to bring a fresh approach to product, service and technology and offer lower prices, improved transparency and better customer experience.

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, announced that Allison Cole has joined the firm as Managing Director & Global Head, Fundraising and Investor Relations, leading Riverside’s expanding global fundraising and investor relations team. Cole will build and cultivate Riverside’s relationships with investors and oversee the firm's capital raising efforts.  

Kernel Capital portfolio company B-Secur Ltd, a Belfast-based health tech company, has completed a total raise of £8.8 million (USD $12 million) of investment in 2021, with the latest round led by US-based First Capital Ventures and The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund NI increasing its investment level to £2.2M with other existing investors also participating.

Honeycomb Network, an Imperial College London spinout developing smart charging and storage infrastructure for e-scooters and e-bikes to accelerate micromobility adoption in the UK, has secured £127,000 in pre-seed funding from SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed stage investor. The funding will support the development of prototypes of the company’s storage and charging pods and rollout of a pilot scheme.