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Edinburgh’s VC Firm Par Equity Introduces £100M Fund to Scale Tech Firms

Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity has today announced the launch of its new venture fund – Par Equity Ventures I LP. The firm has secured “a first close of £67m to boost innovative technology companies with high-growth potential in the North of England, Northern… Read More

British Business Investments and BT Pension Scheme Assist with Launching Federated Hermes GPE Innovation Fund II

Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE:FHI), a global firm focused on active, responsible investing, announces the successful opening of its Federated Hermes GPE Innovation Fund II (HINF II) Commitments have been secured from British Business Investments and BT Pension Scheme (BTPS). HINF II is focused “on driving… Read More

British Business Investments Makes Follow-on Investment into Universal Leasing Limited

British Business Investments announces a £15m follow-on investment into North-West based Universal Leasing Limited. The investment, which follows an earlier £12m commitment made to Universal Leasing in 2018, allows the company “to further increase its support for smaller businesses.” The transaction will be structured “as… Read More

British Business Investments Announces £20M Tier 2 Facility with DF Capital

British Business Investments announces a new £20m Tier 2 facility for DF Capital. This investment will help DF Capital provide “an additional £300m+ of new lending per annum, to existing and new UK SME vendors and dealerships.” The investment has been “made through British Business… Read More

British Business Investments Provides £30 Million to the Panoramic SME III Fund

British Business Investments says it has committed £30 million to the Panoramic SME III fund as part of a final close of £100m. British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. Glasgow-based Panoramic was launched in 2008, becoming a top investor… Read More

British Business Investments Announces £20M Tier 2 Facility with Cambridge & Counties Bank

British Business Investments announces a new £20m Tier 2 capital facility for Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited. Funds raised from the facility will enable Cambridge & Counties Bank “to increase its volume of competitive lending to smaller businesses over and above levels it might have… Read More

Cynergy Bank Obtains £20M Tier 2 Capital Facility from British Business Investments

Cynergy Bank announces that it has secured a £20 million Tier 2 capital facility from British Business Investments. The capital will be deployed “across Cynergy Bank and Cynergy Business Finance.” The new funding from British Business Investments, “a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business… Read More

British Business Investments Commits £10 Million to Impact Firm Eos Advisory

Eos Advisory LLP  has received a £10 million commitment from British Business Investments, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank. The funding is part of the Regional Angels Programme and will be allocated to invest alongside Eos’s Angel Syndicate and EIS Innovation Fund.  Eos is… Read More

British Business Investments Teams Up With CrowdProperty

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, aims “to increase the supply and diversity of finance for smaller businesses across the UK by boosting the lending capacity of a range of finance providers.” Since it was established in 2014, British… Read More

Atempo Growth’s First Fund Gains €30 Million from British Business Investments

British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of British Business Bank plc – the UK government’s economic development bank, has announced a €30 million “initial” investment to Atempo Growth’s inaugural venture debt fund. The new fund is expected to target VC-backed businesses in the UK and… Read More

UK’s Oxbury Bank, an AgTech-focused Firm, Acquires Additional Funding

Oxbury Bank – which claims to be the UK’s ‘first’ and ‘only’ AgTech bank – has secured £25 million in Tier 2 capital funding, with the investment made by British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. British Business Investments aims… Read More

Judith Hartley Appointed CEO, British Business Investments

Judith Hartley has been appointed CEO of British Business Investments, which is one of the British Business Bank’s commercial subsidiaries. Judith Hartley, who was appointed acting CEO of British Patient Capital and British Business Investments in September 2020, will “take up the permanent role of… Read More

UK Equity Investment: £14 Billion Invested Through Q3 Topping All of 2020

The British Business Bank has published its Small Business Finance Markets Report 2021/22.  According to the report, over £14  billion was invested in equity offerings during the first three quarters of 2021 – surpassing all of 2020. The British Business Bank is a development bank… Read More

Kalifa Fintech Review: One Year On

The Kalifa Review of Fintech was published almost one year ago. The document was constructed to help guide the UK in its mission of supporting and promoting its prominence as a global Fintech hub. The UK has long been a vital financial center – second only to… Read More

British Business Investments Commits £7 Million to P2P Lender Folk2Folk

British Business Investments, has committed £7 million to Folk2Folk, a peer-to-peer lender with a unique approach for loan originations. British Business Investments is a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, a UK government-backed entity. According to a note from Folk2Folk, British Business Investments aims… Read More

British Business Investments Commits £5 Million to Green Angel Syndicate

British Business Investments has committed £5 million to Green Angel Syndicate, a green investor that supports early-stage UK firms. British Business Investments is a subsidiary of government-backed British Business Bank. According to a note from British Business Investments, the funding was made via the Regional Angels Programme,… Read More

British Business Investments Commits £30 Million to Mobeus Equity Partners

British Business Investments, a subsidiary of government-backed British Business Bank, has committed £30 Million to Mobeus Equity Partners, according to a note from the firm. The money will go into the Mobeus Equity Partners Fund V. Mobeus invests in smaller companies, to support their growth… Read More

Future Fund: Breakthrough – Now Open for Applications

The Future Fund: Breakthrough, opens today for applications.  The new programme was revealed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, during the budget speech this past spring. The £375 million scheme is designed to encourage private investors to co-invest with the government in high-growth… Read More

British Patient Capital Commits $75 Million to Balderton Capital Growth I

British Patient Capital has committed $75 Million to Balderton Capital Growth I, as the $680 million fund closes today. This new venture growth fund, which is sector agnostic, is said to be one of the largest in the UK and Europe, will seek to support… Read More

CEO of British Patient Capital Wants More UK Institutional Money Going into Venture Funding

Judith Hartley, CEO of British Patient Capital – a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has commented on the lack of UK institutional capital going into venture capital. British Patient Capital manages a £2.5 billion investment program that seeks to facilitate £5 billion of institutional… Read More

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