ID-Pal, a global identity verification provider, has secured €7 million (£6 million) in a Series A funding round led by Inspire Investments to further fuel expansion into international markets. The round was led by Inspire Investments with confidence shared by Act Venture Capital who have now participated in ID-Pal’s last

3i Group (3i) is to invest in VakantieDiscounter, a technology-enabled online travel agency in the Benelux focused on affordable holidays.

11:11 Systems (11:11), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, has acquired Static1, a specialist in managed network and IT infrastructure development and services. Driving increased productivity, efficiency and security for its customers, Static1 designs, builds, runs and optimises IT infrastructure.    The enterprise network infrastructure market is valued at $56 billion

Riskonnect, a specialist in integrated risk management (IRM) solutions backed by private equity firm TA Associates, has acquired Castellan, a global provider of enterprise resilience management solutions. The acquisition furthers Riskonnect’s IRM vision of bringing all aspects of Risk Under One Roof by seamlessly incorporating business continuity and operational resilience

Construction platform 011h has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round led by Redalpine, accompanied by Seaya Andromeda and Breega, with the  participation of Aldea Ventures among others. Previous investors including Giuseppe Zocco, Foundamental and A/O Proptech, also joined the round. The funding will be used to further

Funds managed by CapMan Buyout are to sell their holdings in Fortaco Group, a strategic partner to the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries offering technology, vehicle cabins, steel fabrications, and assemblies to global OEMs, to private equity firm One Equity Partners. One Equity Partners will support the further development

Online payment service provider Buckaroo is to acquire SEPAY, a point-of-sale (PoS) payment solutions provider in the Benelux, with the support of Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, and Buckaroo’s majority investor, alongside the managers of SEPAY. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in The

Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investments business, has completed a £6.4 million investment in the MBO of one of the UK’s leading TV and film set design and build businesses, Cardiff-based 4Wood TV and Film Ltd, whose customer base includes Netflix, Disney+, the BBC and HBO. The transaction

Global cryptocurrency trading platform KuCoin’s venture capital arm – KuCoin Ventures – has made a strategic investment in Torches Finance, the decentralised lending protocol based on KuCoin Community Chain (KCC). Torches Finance is a KCC-based lending protocol that integrates functions such as lending, leveraged mining, and NFT. So far, Torches