Shoosmiths has advised the intermediate capital team of Octopus Investments on its latest growth capital investment, into leading global clinical trial solutions provider Triumph Research Intelligence (TRI).

EOS Investment Management (EOS IM), an independent London based AIFM, has acquired Neronobile, a family-founded coffee company that has enjoyed sustained growth in Europe. The transaction sees EOS IM’s Private Equity Fund acquire 67% of the company Neronobile whilst the existing shareholders maintain 33%, thus maximising business continuity.

MEIF Maven Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, has provided DTC International Limited, a telecoms lifecycle management company, with £350,000 of debt funding. The funding will enable DTC to develop a state-of-the-art training centre, which will support its ambitious growth strategy, creating 40 new jobs in the South East Midlands.

Fluentify, an online language tutoring platform that enables learners to perfect their spoken English, has raised £1.5m to develop its product and expand its offering into the French market. Headquartered in London, UK, Fluentify is one of the fastest growing among an emerging category of language learning startups - using machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help individuals learn a foreign language for both conversational and business use. The company, which is privately owned and operated by Fluentify Ltd, was founded by entrepreneurs Giacomo Moiso, Claudio Bosco and Matteo Avalle.

11 companies have made their funding targets and closed their rounds on Seedrs in October:

Investment manager, Downing LLP, is partnering with Pivot Power to build a £25 million grid-scale energy storage battery as part of a £1.6 billion national network.

By Siobhan Clarke, Episode 1  Ventures

Over a series of blogs, Episodde 1 is focusing on the Seed to Series A step of GTM and sharing what it means to think through the customer experience. This is the 4th article in the series. 

Foresight Group LLP has announced the £2 million investment into Merseyside-based Fieldway Supplies Limited.

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent asset based lender, has announced 

SWEN Capital Partners, a first-tier private equity firm, has announced that it has closed fundraising for its third infrastructure fund, SWEN Infra Multi-Select 3. It raised 455 million euros from well-regarded European investors, including pension funds, mutual and other insurance companies, banks and private clients.  This success demonstrates investors’ confidence in SWEN Capital Partners’ investment strategy, which features a solid track-record in infrastructure going back almost 10 years.

A TEAM of private equity experts at national law firm Shoosmiths has advised world leading GeoPrediction software 

New research from eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, shows that while the 1990s might be thought of as a “golden era” for venture capital, returns figures do not back this assumption up.