Veteran risk management executive, Andrew Hersh, in partnership with middle market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), has launched Sigma7, a risk services company founded to support large organisations facing today’s dynamic environment of complex risks.

Zolar, Germany’s leading digital solar platform, has raised €100 million in a Series C round led by the US-investor Energy Impact Partners (EIP) and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Existing investors including Inven Capital, Heartcore Capital, Statkraft Ventures and Pirate Impact Capital also participated in the round.     With the

SpotOn, a software and payment company providing solutions for restaurants, retail businesses, and enterprise venues, has secured $300 million in a Series F funding round led by Dragooned Investment Group. The funding, which comes eighty months after the company’s Series E round, raises SpotOn’s valuation to $3.6 billion.  The funding

Ergon Capital Partners III SA (Ergon) is to sell its entire majority stake in Indo to Rodenstock Group (Rodenstock), a portfolio company of Apex Partners. The Company’s minority investors Sherpa Capital and Oquendo Capital will also sell their stake alongside Ergon while Indo’s management team will reinvest in the Rodenstock

Mirabaud Asset Management’s private equity team has taken an equity stake in Monyco, a B2B specialist in installing luminous materials on watches. Based in La Chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland, Monyco, whose “watch urbanism” is listed on the UNESCO world heritage list, serves 120 international clients including the largest watchmakers. This investment is

Circularity Capital has continued to build its portfolio of European growth stage businesses enabling the circular economy, by leading a £16.75 million growth capital round in children’s cycle subscription service Bike Club. Founded in 2016 by James Symes and Alexandra Rico-Lloyd, Bike Club is revolutionising the cycle industry by offering

Blue Whale Materials (BWM) has secured an investment commitment of up to $80 million from Ara Partners, a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonis. Blue Whale will use the funds to build a network of advanced lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling facilities in the US and Europe, offering a

Thought Machine, a cloud native banking technology company, has closed a series D funding round, led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with participation from Intesa Sanpaolo and Morgan Stanley. Existing investors following-on in this round include: Eurazeo, ING, JPMorgan Chase, Lloyds Banking Group, and SEB. Thought

Kaizan, a Client Intelligence Platform building ‘Siri for Client Success teams’, has closed a $1.2 million pre-seed funding round led by Jigsaw. This investment will advance Kaizan’s R&D into an innovative intelligent AI for Client Success teams to guide them on how to increase revenue and client happiness. Early traction

Sagard NewGen has acquired a majority stake in Horizon Software – a speclialist in Market Making and Algo Trading Technology – alongside a management buy-out, to support expansion into new markets and strategic capabilities. Sagard NewGen will take over Capza’s majority stake. During the past two years with Capza, Horizon