Proptech startup Evo has secured a £1 million investment round via the GroVentive investment platform, supported by venture capital firm Moscar Capital.  Evo connects landlords, residents, and trades professionals, with the aim of making the property management process more transparent and driving down associated costs.

Arcmont Asset Management, a leading European private debt asset management firm, has announced the successful completion of the fundraising of its Senior Loan Fund II and associated vehicles, attracting total investable capital of €5 billion.

Maven Capital Partners has led a £2.5 million funding round in Power Roll, a developer of ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible film for energy generation and storage. The transaction comprised two investments from Maven managed regional funds including a £500,000 investment from the Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham and a £250,000 investment from the North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund. A further £1.75 million was invested by existing shareholders.

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has expanded its Central Scotland team following the appointments of investors, John Devine and Chris Nixon. 

Luke Davis, CEO of IW Capital, discusses why he sees the UK's small business community as a vital source of inspiration in reaching net zero targets

Amadeus Capital Partners has expanded its deep tech investment team with the appointment of Dr Manjari Chandran-Ramesh as a Partner in its Early Stage Team. Manjari will focus on investing in start-ups and spinouts centring on machine learning and quantum technologies, in the Oxford innovation cluster and other university centres throughout the UK.

VU Compare, a revolutionary vehicle finance and insurance comparison site, has secured £70,000 in pre-seed capital to support product development and marketing, ahead of its official launch later this year.

Palatine's Impact Fund has made its first exit with the sale of Estio Training to global education provider BPP Education Group.

Closed Loop Medicine, the global leader in the development of single prescription drug plus digital therapy (DTx) combination products to enable precision dosing, has closed a £13 million financing. 

Foresight Group has sold Selazar Limited, a logistics management software platform, to an independent global investment firm.

Based in Castle Donington, Belfast and London, Selazar is an end-to-end eCommerce fulfilment platform which aims to simplify and reduce the costs of fulfilling ecommerce sales orders for retailers and logistics providers. Selazar connects the four major components of ecommerce order fulfilment: product suppliers, fulfilment centres, couriers and retailers. Retailers are able to readily view and manage their stock, sales orders and returns through a single, unified platform.

Foresight has taken a proactive approach alongside the management team to strengthen the business.  Since the investment round in November 2019 led by Foresight, Selazar has fully launched its proprietary software platform and opened a base in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, strategically positioned in an area with a strong logistics presence. This also gave the company access to the large SME retailer market and its fulfilment partners, which has supported material growth in the company’s customer base. To meet this demand, Selazar has grown its team, with 30 high quality jobs created.

A landscaping usiness which maintains sites nationwide for leading supermarkets and utilities companies has secured a significant investment from Mercia’s private equity funds.

UK Landscapes, a family business which founded in 1997, now employs over 175 staff at its headquarters in Middlewich, Cheshire and regiol depots throughout the UK including Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Reading and Harlow. The company serves blue-chip customers such as Asda, John Lewis, Waitrose, Shell, and Santander. The funding will enable it to step up its organic growth and pursue a ‘buy and build’ strategy in the sector.

Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, is stepping into the start-up world and taking up a new role as Chief Medical Officer at femtech start-up Béa Fertility.