Foresight Group LLP, an award-winning listed infrastructure and regional private equity investment manager, has sold Mologic Limited, a World leading innovator in lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies and founder of Global Access Diagnostics. Mologic’s co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Paul Davis, was the originator of the Clearblue pregnancy test, the world’s first commercial application of lateral flow technology.

GP Bullhound acted as exclusive financial advisor to Bliss Point Media on its sale to Tinuiti, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital.  Bliss Point Media is the largest independent purchaser of streaming/OTT media in America, with over USD500 million in media currently under management. Bliss Point Media uses an algorithmic approach based on proprietary machine learning technology for unparalleled insight and efficiency in the media buying and attribution process. The company helps establish, optimise, and scale TV and streaming video advertising campaigns for innovative direct-to-consumer brands like Fabletics, Instacart, Square, Thumbtack, and Tonal.

Data self-sovereignty is fundamental to a company’s resilience and yet communication platforms, like Whatsapp and Signal, are not sufficient for organisations compliantly handling sensitive information on a daily basis. Worldr is building a new type of communications and messaging platform built around privacy, security and data protection in team communication without compromising usability. It has now announced a $3million seed investment from some of the biggest names in deep tech, defence and finance as it heads into public launch later this year.

Ntropy, a company removing data barriers to understand financial transactions, has announced a $3.2M seed round led by QED Investors, who has previously invested in fintech unicorns Nubank, Klarna, and Current. Ntropy’s API enables businesses to convert raw data into contextualised and structured information understood by both man and machine.  January Ventures also participated in the investment round, along with founders and executives from Ramp, Square and Stripe.

The successful close of the second round of the GAS EIS Climate Change Fund on 15th July suggests that investors are waking up to the seriousness of the climate crisis, according to GAS CIO, Antoine Pradayrol. Exceptional heat waves in Canada, the north-west US, northern Europe and Siberia and raging wildfires, as well as the most recent horrific floods in Germany and Belgium, cannot be ignored.

TravelPerk cofounder launches mental health startup Oliva backed by Moonfire Ventures.

Bowmark Capital has further strengthened its investment, portfolio and origination teams with six new appointments.

Claire Alvarez has been promoted to Partner by Foresight Group, the leading listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager.

Viracoat, a subsidiary of Viracorp set up to develop and produce PPE that begins killing COVID-19 and other viruses on contact, has raised £2million ($4million Australian dollars) to fund final stages of accreditation and further UK based research. The funding comes from J.J. Richards & Sons Pty Ltd, an Australian, family owned and operated business that provides waste management service solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand and already has a successful scientific and medical distribution subsidiary.

Sweden’s largest providers of digital healthcare, Doktor.se, has secured €29.5 million from Tencent Holdings.

The Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund, together with other funds managed or advised by Calculus, has invested in Brouhaha Entertainment, a newly formed production company combining the slates of Gabrielle Tana, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason. Brouhaha Entertainment is based in both London and Sydney (Australia) and will have extended reach beyond borders due to the unique connections of the principal producers.

AD Williams – a leading accident repair group – has received a multi-million-pound investment from BGF. The funding will be used for the partial realisation of shareholder value and to facilitate the long-term growth of the group.