Par Equity has won Best EIS Manager at the prestigious 2021 EISA (Enterprise Investment Scheme Association) awards.

The Edinburgh-based VC, which specialises in investing in innovative technology companies in the North, was also highly commended in the EISA Impact Award.

Circularity Capital, the specialist private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has announced the appointment of Maximillian Bork as a new member of the firm’s investment team.

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) has unveiled its annual list of the 50 most ambitious, high-growth technology businesses in the UK joining the 2021 ‘Scale Up Club’. The club celebrates some of the UK’s fastest growing tech companies each year, providing unique opportunities to gain invaluable insight and mentoring from some of the world’s most high-profile business leaders and entrepreneurs. 

Stim OxyGen, an innovative cancer treatment technology company, has been named as the overall winner of the 2021 Northern Ireland INVENT Awards.

Investment non-profit NorthInvest has appointed senior business leader, Jordan Dargue, to its Board of Directors. Operating across the investment, finance and business growth landscape, Jordan’s significant entrepreneurial experience combined with her passion for the Northern SME economy will help drive NorthInvest’s strategic direction at a key time for the organisation.

Goldman Sachs veteran Sheila Patel has joined the board of Antler, as the global early-stage venture capital firm continues its international expansion. With three decades of experience in financial asset management, Patel has become a global leader in the asset management industry. 

The corporate team at national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has advised on two major deals for Air IT, the award-winning managed service provider backed by August Equity.

As the spotlight shines on the UK tech sector for the second day of London Tech Week, Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, has announced 15 new companies selected to join the Future Fifty programme - Tech Nation’s growth programme for late-stage digital businesses.

Motive Partners has announced the appointment of Jeffery W. Yabuki as Chairman and Founding Partner.

Bowmark Capital has further strengthened its portfolio management and value creation team with the appointment of Ben Hollowood as a portfolio director.

Graphite Capital, a leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has made several promotions and new appointments which reinforce the strength of its investment and value creation teams.

James Markham, Omar Kayat and Humphrey Baker have been promoted to senior partner, John Western has become a partner and Zoe Jackson has been made an investment manager. Graphite has also recruited three investment executives: Edgar Borg Rodriguez, Tom Llewellyn and Alex Hearne.

Legitify has experienced a peak in demand for its Remote Online Notarization solution. After launching a Beta solution early this summer, Legitify is currently processing notarizations across various jurisdictions in Europe and the UK, with a focus on: Sweden, Ireland and the UK in the first phase. The start-up founders were both part of Antler STO4 cohort in Stockholm in the Fall of 2020 and launched the company those days.  Fast forward, in June 2021, Legitify was among 2% of the start-ups selected to join the NDRC Accelerator in Dublin, Ireland. Legitify, as part of NDRC, will present their company and solution in the NDRC Demo Day on September 28th.