Mole Valley Asset Management (MVAM) has launched its new Yorkshire T20 portfolio, headed up up by Duncan Sanford. The portfolio is made up of 20 handpicked, listed companies from across Yorkshire, including a scientific innovator on the brink of announcing a ground-breaking, instant test for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Community-based asset management company MVAM is determined to champion some of the best businesses the county has to offer and provide a way for people to grow their savings while supporting local, home-grown industry.

Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management, in partnership with the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has announced investment of just under £25 million in four projects in the latest Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) funding round. This brings the total to 11 successful schemes since the programme launched for applications. The total funded network trench length has now grown to 41.5km.

A Newcastle tech company whose software allows businesses to create their own mobile apps has raised £1.2m to further develop its product and expand its team.  Nutshell Software has secured investment from two funds managed by Mercia - the Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Funds and the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.

Urgentem (formerly Engaged Tracking), one of the pioneering companies in climate risk management, data and analytics space, has raised £500k from existing investors and has appointed a new CEO and senior management team in place alongside a new name, corporate identity and website.

Beauhurst has spotlighted 8 seed-stage companies and explored how COVID-19 has impacted them. Who are the fledgling startups that we predict to beat the odds and come out on top post-pandemic?

Technology company Sennen, whose bespoke software enables safer and more efficient renewable energy operations, has won a major new client.

Department of International Trade (DIT) in association with Agri-TechE.  The Lookbook will showcase start-ups and scale-ups that are looking for investment and it will be circulated to international investors with a known interest in this sector.

Brytlyt, provider of the world’s fastest data analytics and visualisation technology, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners and Finch Capital.  Until now, sectors with billion-record data sets such as telcos, retail and finance, have struggled to use their data to gain insights into company performance and improve customer experience and retention. This is because legacy systems were unable to handle ad-hoc analyses of such large data in real-time.

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has promoted Mike Fletcher as head of client portfolio.

The healthcare scale-up behind a location-based platform which has been shown to double team throughput, has announced £9m in series A funding led QBN Capital.

A company which has developed an eco-friendly water treatment system that can reduce pollution levels has raised £550,000 to help roll it out to the water industry.  Industrial Phycology (I-Phyc) has secured a second round of funding from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and private investors.

MGB Biopharma, the Glasgow-based biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of anti-infectives, has announced the successful conclusion of its Phase II clinical study into MGB-BP-3, for the treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI).