Research released by Knight Frank in the European Quarterly, Commercial Property Outlook (Q3 2017) proves a strong third quarter last year has put 2017 European investment volumes on course to beat 2016.  

Station 12 Asset Management, the specialist venture capital investor in media, entertainment and knowledge, is to raise £60m in two funds - one aimed at institutional  investors and the other at the private EIS/SEIS sector.

Cellesce the cancer organoid bioprocessing and scale-up company has announced a successful six-figure funding round that will open up opportunities to introduce its organoid scale-up and expansion technology to the oncology drug discovery screening market. This funding round has, once again, been led by the Development Bank of Wales, a measure of the confidence it has in both the Cellesce technology and the founding team.

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active SME investors, is pleased to announce an investment of £250,000 in tech company GradTouch Limited, a platform that connects graduates and employers, offering a cost-effective, unique solution for attracting, vetting and hiring graduates.

The investment, made on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), will increase the number of jobs by 50% in GradTouch’s Manchester office and will further support the company’s growth plans.

Every quarter around 50,000 new businesses startup in London (Source: https://realbusiness.co.uk/business-growth/2017/05/05/uk-top-locations-for-startup-growth-in-2017/) and many of these will turn to crowdfunding to help them launch and/or grow.

Westbridge Capital has appointed a new Investment Executive as growth continues.

The GM Co Investment Fund is a new approach to increasing the supply of capital 

Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of Calco Group B.V., a leading Dutch provider of outsourced IT recruitment and training services to large blue-chip corporates.

Albion Capital has closed its 2017/2018 VCT top up offers after successfully raising the £32m amount targeted. 

Origin Capital and Qi3 Ventures have realised their joint investment in pet health company Lintbells.
Origin and Qi3 backed Lintbells at an early stage of it’s growth in April 2012.

UKBAA names speakers for its UKBAA Midlands Investment Summit.

Default forecasts across some of the main consumer peer-to-peer lending platforms have begun ticking up.