AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a US-based private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has rebranded its fire and life safety services platform to Altus Fire and Life Safety (Altus). Concurrently, Altus announced that John K Adams has joined

Facteus has raised USD10m in a funding round led by Curql Fund, the investment arm for over 75 credit unions across the US. Facteus has gained rapid growth and momentum among financial institutions, investors, and corporations by becoming the largest provider of anonymised and synthesised consumer transaction data in the

LifeMine Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company reinventing drug discovery by mining genetically-encoded small molecules (GEMs) from the biosphere, has completed a USD175 million Series C financing. The financing was led by new investor Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation by additional new investors Invus and 3W Partners Capital; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Climate X, a London-based climate risk analytics provider, has raised GBP4.1 million in seed funding. CommerzVentures and A/O PropTech led the round – joined by Voyagers Climate Tech Fund, Blue Impact Ventures, Deloitte LLP and angel investors including David Rowan (founding Editor-in-Chief at WIRED), Kat Borlongan (former Director at La

European lingerie brand Hunkemöller is to be acquired by Parcom, a Dutch investment company, and Opportunity Partners, the investment company of Dutch entrepreneur Robert van der Wallen. Global investment firm Carlyle, an existing shareholder, will reinvest for a minority stake.  The new investors have an established track record in developing

Skyports, an electric air taxi infrastructure and drone services provider, has raised USD23 million in the first close of its Series B funding round. The capital, from a combination of new and existing investors, will enable Skyports to consolidate its position as a global leader in the advanced air mobility

Skyline Robotics, developers of Ozmo, a high-rise window-cleaning robot, has raised USD6.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Skyline Standard Holdings. Karcher New Venture GmbH, Gefen Capital and others investors also participated. The funding comes as Skyline Robotics prepares for the first customer deployment of Ozmo in

KoRo Handels (KoRo) has raised EUR50 million in a Series B funding round, led by venture capital firm HV Capital. New investors in this round, which is a combination of primary and secondary investment, and venture debt, include foodtech specialist Five Season Ventures and global investment platform, Partech. KoRo sells

Eyelit, a specialist inManufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS), and Factory Automation solutions, has secured a growth investment from Banneker Partners, an enterprise software focused investment firm. The investment will fund further growth in the Eyelit’s development of factory Digital Transformation Solutions.

Breyer Capital has made an investment in Sandbox AQ, an enterprise software company delivering SaaS solutions that leverage quantum tech and AI. In addition, Breyer Capital Founder and CEO Jim Breyer has joined the company’s board of advisors. Founded by successful serial entrepreneur, CEO and author Jack D Hidary, the