We have all witnessed the evolution of the financial services sector over recent years. As the sector has become increasingly complicated, and it’s become impractical for advisers to be experts in all aspects of the financial services world, one of the key changes we have observed has been the move towards specialist providers. Whether that is specialist advisers or dedicated investment managers, this move has been extensive.

Tikehau Capital, the pan-European alternative asset management and investment company, and SPRIM Ventures, a world-class global medical and scientific consultancy firm, has announced the initial closing of their first venture capital fund, TKS1, which will focus on early stage investments in med-tech and life science companies. 

Deepbridge Capital has commented on the Government’s ‘Financing growth in innovative firms: EIS knowledge-intensive fund consultation’.

Honcho relocates to County Durham following investment and creates three jobs to complete software development and product launch.

YFM Equity Partners has backed an investment into Ncam Technologies Limited, a provider of innovative and leading Augmented Reality solutions for the entertainment industries.

Ncam was founded in 2012 by Nic Hatch (CEO), Sam Boivin (CTO) and Brice Michoud (Senior R&D Engineer) to develop a unique augmented reality solution which combines patented camera tracking hardware that fuses data from multiple sources with proprietary software to adapt the application to its target markets.  

Edison Strategic Insight 2018 earnings forecasts: "Despite the increase in equity market volatility, there has been little follow-through to economic fundamentals due to Brexit uncertainty in the UK and a rising EUR exchange rate in continental Europe"

63 per cent of CEOs are worried about the lack of digital skills among senior leadership, according to a report by PwC. A further 67 per cent are troubled about a lack of digital skills throughout their businesses.

Airsorted, the world’s largest hosting management service, has announced the successful 

Newable Angel investor, Cynthia Nadal explains why there's nothing more exciting than helping a young company with real potential succeed.

Augentius, the specialist global service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has appointed Nancy Vailakis, a well-known figure in the US alternative asset management industry, as its Business Development Director for the Americas. The move follows another successful year of 19% growth and Augentius’ continued expansion in this region.  

A welcome proposal from the Government in relation to entrepreneurs’ relief which should be introduced with immediate effect, says Nimesh Shah, partner at accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg.

NVM has led a £5 million growth capital minority investment into Manchester-based Currentbody, an online retailer for home-use beauty devices. Having achieved exceptional sales growth in the last year, the investment will help support its next phase of expansion, allowing the company to accelerate its strategic initiatives and support working capital requirements. 

Co-Founded by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman, CURRENTBODY.com is the only website specialising in beauty devices for home use.