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30 08, 2024

Nandi Proteins Secures funding for Egg White Replacer

2025-01-09T12:20:33+00:00August 30th, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Food science innovator Nandi Proteins has secured funding from Shackleton and other investors including Nesta, the UK’s social innovation agency, and Scottish Enterprise.  The new capital will support the development of the company’s egg white replacer for gluten-free bakery and mycoprotein alternatives, which has attracted strong interest from manufacturers. Nesta Impact Investments (NII), Nesta’s investment arm, has joined existing investors Frontier IP and Scottish Enterprise [...]

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9 05, 2024

Bluebox gains patent approval

2026-02-16T17:41:51+00:00May 9th, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , |

Bluebox Aviation Systems Ltd., a market leader in digital services platforms for the provision of services such as in-flight entertainment (IFE) and onboard retail, today announced the unitary effect and validation of its European patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2023, so that its European patent is now fully enforceable across 19 European countries. The patent covers a portable server that uses [...]

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23 03, 2024

Salinity Solutions Secures Funding and Clients

2024-12-23T08:37:07+00:00March 23rd, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Our investee, Salinity Solutions, an engineering tech start-up based in Birmingham (UK) has recently announced several significant developments.  In March it confirmed a £1 million initial investment from Chile's SQM Lithium Ventures and in April it announced a pilot project with French environmental services giant Suez. SQM Lithium Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the lithium business of Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile [...]

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19 03, 2024

Solaris Bank completes €96 million Series F

2024-05-08T11:27:01+00:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |

FinLeap portfolio company, Solaris SE today announced the signing of its Series F round led by SBI Group and other existing investors. Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. The current round consists of EUR 96 million in additional capital and a financial guarantee of up to EUR 100 million capital equivalent. Solaris will use the funds to onboard the ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) credit card [...]

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14 03, 2024

Varamis goes to London

2025-01-09T12:06:57+00:00March 14th, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Varamis Rail recently hosted an event at Liverpool Street station, London showcasing how high-speed rail can redefine urban logistics into central London and the City.  The event showcased the new zero emissions freight service from Varamis Rail into central London – as a new approach to logistics which allows goods distribution by electric trains into the heart of London. The event was opened by Peter, [...]

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20 11, 2023

AEM secures £23m for its rare-earth free motors

2024-01-08T17:18:37+00:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |

Shackleton investee, Advanced Electric Machines (AEM), a leader in sustainable motor manufacturing primarily for the automotive industry, has secured £23 million of new investment. The funding will be used to scale up production capacity at its facility in the North East, deliver on ambitious growth plans to establish a global sales footprint, and bolster R&D capabilities.  AEM's motors are used by Adgero, another of our [...]

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22 08, 2023

Shackleton II Sells Asfordby Cementing Another Fund’s top Decile Ranking

2023-08-22T08:52:04+00:00August 22nd, 2023|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release|Tags: , |

Shackleton is pleased to announce that it has now sold its interest in Asfordby Haulage and Storage Limited, the Melton Mowbray-based logistics business.  Shackleton Secondaries II LP originally acquired its interest in Asfordby from 3i Group plc.  Urban Logistics, the last mile logistics focused REIT, paid £40.7m for Asfordby's 72-acre site including its substantial yard and three high quality units totalling 665,527 sq ft. This [...]

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2 08, 2023

Air Japan is latest to deploy Bluebox

2023-08-02T10:27:20+00:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: |

Demonstrating the flexibility of its Blueview digital passenger services platform, Shackleton portfolio company, Bluebox has announced that AirJapan, the new airline brand under ANA HOLDINGS INC., will deploy the platform’s onboard retail and in-flight entertainment (IFE) modules on the airline’s widebody fleet. Air Japan intends to begin operating flights in February 2024 and expand its network over time, serving medium-haul markets in Asia. Bluebox is [...]

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5 04, 2023

Shackleton’s 28th Profitable Exit

2023-04-06T08:31:19+00:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Exit, News, Press Release, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

Shackleton Ventures is thrilled to announce its 28th profitable exit with the sale of Stuarts Properties, a commercial property company that has proven to be another excellent investment.   This exit marks an important milestone because it allows us to feel that, in our way, we are living up to the spirit of Shackleton’s great Antarctic expedition a century ago. In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton [...]

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12 10, 2022

A Second Exit from the FinLeap Portfolio this year

2022-10-12T16:52:38+00:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , , |

Yesterday, FinLeap portfolio company PAIR Finance announced a majority investment from Pollen Street Capital. Founding investor finleap will retain a minority position in the company.  FinLeap is an investment in Shackleton's Victoria Fund. PAIR Finance is a high-growth, digital first collections platform offering unique collections technology based on artificial intelligence and behavioural research, aiming to create a more efficient payment process that prioritises customer experience [...]

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