Foresight Group
Foresight invests £2.5m in ABL
Foresight Group's equity investment is supported by a debt package from Barclays
Foresight exits Thermotech with 2.3x return
Deal ends a five-year stint under Foresight ownership, which first invested in 2013
Foresight injects £3m into DA Languages
UK interpreting and translation business will look to expand its private sector activity
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
Foresight divests ICA Digital to Mobeus's ASL
Acquisition of the IT services company is the third bolt-on for ASL under Mobeus's tenure
Foresight hires Gueorguiev as investment manager
Stephan Gueorguiev leaves August Equity Partners after three years with the mid-market firm
Foresight injects £3.5m into Nano Interactive
Investment in the advertising technology firm is the GP's seventh VCT deal in 12 months
Foresight appoints Haywood as investment manager
New recruit previously co-founded biotech company Puridify, which was sold to GE Healthcare
Foresight injects £3m into 200 Degrees
Business will use the fresh funding to open new coffee shops and invest in wholesale distribution
Foresight injects £1.9m into Regency Design & Print
Graphics company will recruit for its management team and pursue international expansion
Foresight invests £500,000 in Utonomy
Gas leakage monitoring startup received approximately £1.5m in 2017
Foresight makes 2x on sale of Blackstar
Deal ends a five-year holding period for Foresight, with the company's revenues more than doubling
Foresight invests £3.45m in Mowgli Street Food
Indian-themed casual dining chain will open new restaurants in Birmingham and Leeds
Foresight generates 400% IRR on sale of Simulity to ARM
GP sells its stake in the Internet-of-Things business for £11.4m just eight months after it invested £4m
GPs and non-execs: Partners through thick and thin
Recent reports have questioned the logic behind appointing NEDs to portfolio companies, though there is little sign of GPs changing their approach
Foresight promotes Nottingham-based Saywood to director
Appointment follows a year in which the GP ramped up its recruitment and opened a new Manchester office
Foresight acquires Tudor Contract Cleaners
Industrial cleaning business will look to expand beyond its key north-west of England region
Foresight invests in Ekkosense
Deal for the software and sensor business marks the fifth investment made by the GP in the space of a month
Foresight injects £3m into Med Imaging
Investment in medical device maintenance firm marks the third deal from the GP's regional fund
Foresight injects £3m into UDP
Investment in the civil engineering business marks the second deal made by the GP's regional fund
Foresight invests in S4RB
Retail data and communications company will undertake a recruitment drive and seek international growth
Foresight injects £4m into Simulity
Fresh capital will enable IoT business to expand its presence into new markets
Foresight invests £2.75m in Euxton BIMBO
Euxton is the first investment made from the Foresight Regional Investment Fund
Foresight invests £1.9m in Agar Scientific
Stanstead-based Agar manufactures electron microscopy products