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Arbor Steel raises £200,000 for ‘digital identity citadel’

Arbor Steel has raised £200,000 in a pre-seed funding round to bring its digital identity citadel to customers. Developed following a £100,000 InnovateUK Grant, the platform provides a secure and efficient way to share personal data and interact with services whilst maintaining control.  This round will enable Arbor Steel to

SIS Ventures Fund secures £1m from Chroma Ventures

Scottish impact investor, SIS Ventures, has secured £1 million for its pioneering investment fund – Impact First – from Chroma Ventures. Chroma Ventures was created in 2021 by technology entrepreneurs Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl as a broad-spectrum investment arm of their video game development studio, 4J Studios.

Monk’s Hill Ventures leads Ordinary Folk’s $5m pre-Series A funding round

Ordinary Folk, a Singapore-based digital health technology startup that makes telehealth services accessible to patients across Asia, has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate hiring talent to build a differentiated CX in healthcare using tech,

Maven invests £150,000 in Nottingham-based care home provider PNSL

Prime Nurture Services Limited (PNSL) has secured £150,000 in funding from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands Debt Finance fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven). This latest funding package will support the opening of PNSL’s first two homes, as part of an ambitious plan

Lonsdale Capital Partners backs Infrata

Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market in the UK and Europe, has invested in Infrata, a leading infrastructure consultancy firm serving lenders, investors and sponsors of infrastructure projects around the world. Established in 2011, Infrata provides technical, commercial, demand, economic and ESG-focused advisory

Inflexion invests in Upperton

Inflexion has made a substantial investment into Upperton Pharma Solutions (Upperton), a UK-based specialist contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) which has expertise in particle engineering for the pharmaceutical industry. Inflexion has invested alongside the founder and the management team who will continue to lead the business.  The investment is

Citymark Capital invests in Hayden Martinez in Greater San Francisco

Citymark Capital has closed its nineteenth investment – Hayden Martinez, formerly Haven Martinez – a 108-unit property located in the Greater San Francisco metropolitan area. The location of Hayden Martinez in the East Bay offers easy access to all the city’s major employment centers, such as Walnut Creek, San Francisco,

Octant raises $80m in Series B round led by Catalio Capital Management

Octant, a data-driven therapeutics company developing programmable biology and chemistry to build precision medicines for complex diseases, has raised $80 million in a Series B financing round led by Catalio Capital Management (Catalio). The company has also established a Deep Mutational Scanning (DMS) biopharma partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb, and

QuadFi secures $100m financing facility from Crayhill Capital Management

QuadFi, a mission-driven global fintech firm headquartered in Canada, has agreed a new financing facility of up to $100 million ith Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit manager. The facility will be used by QuadFi to provide personal loans to people with limited credit history, but with

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