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Edtech Marketplace Preply raises USD35m in funding

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising efforts since 2013.  The round was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full In Partners, with participation from previous investors Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, as well as EduCapital, All Iron, Diligent

LDC exits Lucid Group to ICG

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Lucid Group, the international multi-capability healthcare communications group, to alternative asset manager ICG, following a significant period of growth. London-headquartered Lucid Group provides medical education and communication, strategic consultancy and digital services to its clients through an integrated group of

Exabel closes USD9m seed round

Exabel, an analytics and data platform for investment teams, has closed a fourth seed investment round from investor AWC (formerly Awilhelmsen Capital Holdings), bringing its total capital raised to over USD21 million.  The company also announced today the launch of the new “Exabel Insights Platform” product for alternative data vendors.

Aqua Security raises USD135m in Series E Funding at a USD1bn valuation

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, announced today the completion of USD135m in Series E funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of USD1 billion.  The round included broad participation from Aqua’s existing investors, including M12 – Microsoft’s venture fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight

Pluto Digital Assets raises cUSD40m in third funding round

Pluto Digital Assets (Pluto), a crypto venture capital and technology company has closed its third and largest funding round to date. The round was led by Argo Blockchain which will be maintaining its c25 per cent stake with an investment of approximately USD10 million. Two other publicly traded companies, Pires

BGF completes investment in Stark

BGF has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Stark, a leading provider of energy data and analytics services, based in Horley, Surrey. 

Scoro raises USD16m in Series B funding

Scoro, a provider work management software for professional service businesses, has closed a USD16.4 million Series B funding round led by Kennet Partners.  Additional investors include Columbia Lake Partners, Inventure, Livonia Partners and Tera Ventures. The investment will fuel continued global expansion and is supported by new French and Spanish

Quantuma completes eight deals in two weeks

Business advisory firm Quantuma’s corporate finance team has completed a record-breaking eight transactions in the last fortnight, at a combined value of over GBP130 million. Quantuma comprises a 250-strong team, operating across 22 locations around the UK and in selected offshore centres in Cyprus, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands. In

Nordic Capital partners with Boost.ai

Private equity firm Nordic Capital is to actively support Boost.ai, a global specialist in conversational AI for Fortune 1000 companies. in its expansion.  Nordic Capital intends to further strengthen the Company’s strong market position by helping it to accelerate growth and expansion into new markets, working closely with the CEO

Livingbridge-backed Brainlabs acquires User Conversion

Brainlabs, a portfolio company of mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge, has acquired User Conversion, a conversion rate optimisation agency. Livingbridge invested in Brainlabs in 2019 to accelerate the business’ growth and support the firm in its ambition to become the global leader in digital marketing. Since then, Brainlabs has expanded

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