Trilantic Europe, a pan-European private equity investor, is to become a majority shareholder in Passione Unghie (PU), a European nailcare e-commerce company. Trilantic Europe will acquire a majority stake in PassioneUnghie from Orienta Capital Partners with the seller retaining a minority stake in the company.   Founded in 2011 in

Rodeo, a cloud-native project management software provider with a focus on creative services companies, has secured a significant strategic growth investment from PSG, a leading growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth.

Altruistiq, a specialist in carbon reporting software, has raised $15 million in a seed funding round, one of the largest for a software firm in Europe, makes Altruistiq one of top 10 best-funded climate software companies globally. The funding will help the firm champion its abatement engine, which brings unparalleled

Lottie, a comparison website for residential care and independent living has reached a valuation of £45 million after raising more than £6 million in its latest funding round. Led by one of the largest US venture capital firms and former Airbnb backer, General Catalyst, Lottie has raised £6.125 million to

In a new report by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP, figures show that more than £1.5 billion of capital has been deployed into UK Circular Economy businesses over the past four years. This accounts for a total of 296 investments across equity and debt. Annual deal volumes grew

Pickles Auctions Pty Limited (Pickles), an Australian marketplace for vehicles, industrial, and salvage assets, is to sell a majority share of its business to funds advised by global private equity firm Apax Partners (Apax). Privately owned since 1964, the business is now at an inflection point and the family has

IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), the European leader in building superconducting quantum computers, has raised €128 million ($128m) in Series A2 funding led by World Fund. The funding, which follows a €39m ($39m) Series A1 announcement in 2020 and includes part of a €35m ($35m) venture loan from the European Investment

MIG Capital AG, one of Germany’s leading venture capital firms, has closed a Series A2 funding at its portfolio company IQM, a specialist in quantum computing hardware. MIG Fonds No. 2, 4, 6, 10, 14 as well as 17 participated in this round, which provided a combined €128 million in

Sienna Investment Managers (Sienna IM), through its newly-created subsidiary dedicated to private equity (Sienna Private Equity), and Eight Advisory, an independent financial and operations consulting firm, has acquired a minority interest in Eight Advisory. Eight Advisory is a leading independent financial and operations consulting firm specialised in transaction, restructuring, transformation