New York-based private investment firm Tiger Global has led a $25 million Series A funding round in Battery Smart, a battery-swapping network for two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs), according to a report by Deal Street Asia. Blume Ventures and Orios Ventures also participated in the round having led Battery

UK boxing promoter Matchroom is reported to be in talks to sell a manirity stake in the business to a private equity investor, according to Private Equity Insights. The report cites a Twitter announcement by boxing analyst Michael Benson which claims that Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn and his father Barry

TechInsights, an Oakley Capital (Oakley) and CVC Growth Partners portfolio company, has acquired Strategy Analytics, a leading supplier of syndicated research across the global consumer technology sector. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with a significant presence in Europe, Strategy Analytics supplies syndicated research across the global consumer technology sector, providing the

3173 Limited has secured an investment into its group of businesses in the pensions industry that includes Dalriada Trustees Limited, Mantle Hosting Limited, and Spence & Partners Limited, from Synova. The funding will be used to consolidate the group’s existing market-leading positions in pension scheme trustee services, unique pensions software,

Swave Photonics, a specialist in holographic extended reality (HXR) technology to bring the metaverse to life, has raised €7 million in a seed funding round co-led by Imec.xpand, a value-add venture capital fund focused on nanotechnology innovations, and Flanders Future Techfund (FFTF), a Belgian/Flemish public investment fund. QBIC, a Belgian

Speechmatics, a speech recognition technology scaleup, has raised $62 million in a Series B funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity with participation from existing investors AlbionVC and IQ Capital. The funding will be used to support Speechmatics’ vision to be a world-leading speech platform, understanding every voice with human-level

Sagewind Capital (Sagewind), a New York-based middle-market private equity firm, has led the Series B financing of Code-X, a security software company that protects sensitive information and systems using its proprietary lattice-based technology. Code-X has developed the first-ever commercially available lattice-based data protection platform that protects data, at rest and

The executive team of Safic-Alcan, together with existing private equity funds partners EMZ partners, Sagard and Société Générale Capital Partenaires, have started a new project. All three historical partners will continue to invest alongside the management with three new private equity funds – Equistone, IK Partners and GENEO Capital Entrepreneur

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited Solid Solutions, a specialist reseller of 3D design software, to TriMech, a US-based technology and business solutions partner for designers, engineers, and manufacturers. Founded in 1998 and with headquarters in Leamington Spa, Solid Solutions is the UK and Ireland’s leading independent provider of

Kaiko, a digital assets data provider serving institutional investors and enterprises, has raised $53 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Eight Roads, with participation from Revaia and existing investors Alven, Point9, Anthemis, and Underscore.   Founded in 2014, Kaiko is the global industry reference for digital