Exus Management Partners (Exus), an independent investment and asset management firm focused on the renewable energy sector,

Orbus Software, a global market-leading provider of Enterprise Architecture software, has announced that it has been acquired by SilverTree Equity, a leading private equity firm focused on software and technology businesses.

Fast-growing consumer insights business Vypr plans to strengthen its sales and marketing operations as it invests in its team and expands into new sectors and overseas markets following a £2.5m growth capital investment backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) through its British Smaller Companies VCTs.

Poptop – the Newcastle-based events booking platform – has raised a further £440,000 to pursue its global expansion plans. The funding comes from existing investors DSW Ventures and NorthStar Ventures, which was investing from the North East Innovation Fund supported by the European Regional Development Fund.  Poptop’s platform was the first private events marketplace of its type and has revolutionised the way consumers plan and book events from birthdays to grand weddings. 

Award winning Digital life insurance provider DeadHappy has completed a £4.75M investment from new investors Channel 4 Ventures and Venture Founders, and follow-on investors Octopus and eVentures.

The pandemic has inspired a new wave of social entrepreneurs who are developing business ideas to support their Covid-stricken communities, experts say.

433 Equity Crowdfunding campaigns successfully raised £332 million in 2020 up from 403 campaigns in 2019. This is the highest number of campaigns ever and the second largest amount of capital raised in any one year.

Birmingham-based tele-optometry manufacturer Eyoto,has secured funding from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) WM Equity Finance Fund, managed by venture capital firm Midven as part of a £2.5M funding round. Other investors in the round included Mercia Asset Management, the Future Fund and a group of angel investors.

James Murdoch takes a considered look at how his food and restaurant investments have performed in recent months.

An active experienced Equity Crowdfunder was talking, a few months ago, about mistakes novices make and stated that he thought investing in Food or Restaurants was the sort of mistake that novices make; he thought that experienced investors would only invest in tech. My initial reaction was to feel put on the spot; my portfolio contained a significant number of Restaurants and food related opportunities; my second was to think that it might be an idea to look at my investments to see how many are in this sector and to see if I could see a pattern e.g., Restaurants bad, Food tech good. And then I forgot about it.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published its list of the 20 most viewed investment companies on its website in 2020.

Buy and build Investment group Tristone Capital, through its care division Tristone Healthcare, has acquired North Wales-based care business, ProCare (Wales) Limited.  

Albion Capital is seeking to raise up to £45 million through top up offers for five of its venture capital trusts.