The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) has released a national and investor representative piece of research, gauging whether the British public and its investors feel that they will be wealthier in a post-Brexit UK, and how they feel the negotiations have gone. 

UCLTF funded Orchard Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare disorders through innovative gene therapies, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed $150 million Series C financing.  Deerfield Management led the financing with significant new investments from RA Capital Management, Venrock, Foresite Capital, Perceptive Advisors, Cormorant Asset Management LP, ArrowMark Partners, Sphera Global Healthcare, Medison Ventures, Driehaus Capital Management and Ghost Tree Capital Group, LP, as well as additional U.S. based healthcare focused funds. Existing investors also participated including Temasek, Baillie Gifford, RTW Investments, LP, Cowen Healthcare Investments and Agent Capital.

Sapinda Holding B.V. has announced today that it has appointed Pascal Perrier as the group chief executive of La Perla, the global luxury-fashion brand.

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The Nigerian Agricultural Bank, Bank of Agriculture and the African electricity supplier Daystar Power have entered into a comprehensive cooperation for rural electrification in Nigeria. The cooperation includes the supply of solar power to the bank branches as well as a concept for the supply of electricity to rural Nigeria.

Luxcara, one of Europe’s leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, will build the solar project El Salobral with Grupotec Servicios Avanzados S.A. as EPC contractor.

The next TechInvest event will present 10 of London’s top FinTech innovators to some of the capitals leading startup and scaleup investors.

Maven Capital Partners, has provided Serene Furnishings Limited, one of the UK’s leading furniture wholesalers, with a £250,000 injection from its MEIF WM Debt Fund, supported by an additional £250,000 of funding from HSBC. This investment is to support the firm’s ambitious growth strategy, focused on diversifying its product portfolio, upgrading IT systems and creating three new jobs at its West Bromwich site.

A Manchester solicitor who has developed an app to help law firms communicate more effectively with clients has closed a £344,000 investment round backed by NPIF - Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, as well as existing and new angel investors.  Lauren Riley, a former BBC The Apprentice star, founded The Link App in 2014 after working in a law firm and becoming frustrated at outdated working practices, including having to send sensitive documents by email and post.

Rotageek provides cloud-based, data-driven scheduling technology to help multi-site businesses more accurately predict customer demand, schedule staff and improve operational efficiency.

Leading brands, including high street names like The Perfume Shop, Dune, Pets at Home and O_2, already use Rotageek’s intelligent software across their UK stores to more effectively schedule staff, provide better cover for shifts and to manage leave during busy periods.

BGF has successfully exited its investment into Leicester-headquartered MPK Garages, an independent operator of fuel forecourts under the Texaco and Gulf brands. The company has been acquired by Stratford Retail Group as part of its strategy to build a group of fuel and retail forecourts in the UK.

Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, has announced that it has acquired Studio Gobo Ltd and Electric Square Ltd.