ABN AMRO's Digital Impact Fund (DIF) has doubled its assets under management from EUR 50 million to EUR 100 million and will continue its activities under the name ABN AMRO Ventures. 

Capitolis, the innovative FinTech company reimagining and reshaping how the global capital markets operate, has announced the successful completion of its Series B round of $40 million, led by Spark Capital and SVB Capital. Existing investors, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and S Capital also participated in the round, bringing the total capital raised to date to $70 million. The investment will support Capitolis’ next phase of rapid growth, including the expansion of its technology platform, functionality and product offering. 

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) has revealed its annual list of the 70 most ambitious high-growth technology companies joining the 2019 ‘Scale Up Club’, which celebrates the most-promising businesses from across the UK who are scaling fast. 

Social impact investment company Resonance has won the Impact Investment Academy New Product Launch (Specialist) Impact Award for the second year running. This year’s award was given to the recently launched Resonance North West SITR Fund.

Rory Stewart, Nick Jenkins and Henry Blofeld are amongst the top speakers at today's VCT & EIS Investor Forum at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge.

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s leading SME finance providers, has strengthened its portfolio team with the appointment of Simon Robb and Dean Gregory. 

Albion Capital, the leading independent investment manager, has announced the first close of its new asset-backed private equity fund, Albion Real Assets Fund (ARAF). The first close investors are the £9bn Merseyside Pension Fund and several high net worth families.

A survey of financial advisers¹ on Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) has found that the level of use has been consistent despite concern that rule changes brought in by the government as part of its Patient Capital Review² would stifle the market.  In the survey conducted by Great Point Investments, half (56%) of the advisers questioned said the number of clients using EIS has stayed the same in the last 12 months. Two thirds of advisers (67%) also said they expect to see the same level in the use of EIS by clients in the next 12 months. One in ten (10%) said they expect to see an increase and just over a fifth (23%) said they expect a fall.

Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has announced the successful sale of Idio Limited to Episerver Inc, a customer-centric digital experience company. The acquisition is expected to enhance Episerver’s analytics and personalisation capabilities to deliver customer-centric digital experiences.  Idio is a content personalisation and analytics platform powering the digital buying experience of some of the world’s largest enterprise organisations. 

World-class leaders from LEGO and Harvard Kennedy School will join over 700 delegates from the Scottish SME community today (20 November) at Scotland’s CAN DO Innovation Summit at Glasgow Science Centre.

Headstart, the HR tech company using data science to remove bias when hiring, has announced a $7million seed investment round, led by FoundersX, the Silicon Valley VC specialising in AI. Headstart’s fresh approach to large enterprises fighting the ‘war for talent’ uses sophisticated software to find the right candidate for the right job - regardless of background, gender or ethnicity. The investment will help the company to develop its platform further, grow the team and move into international markets. 

A six-figure investment from the Development Bank of Wales will enable a waffle company to expand its current production to meet the demands of a national retailer.