Atech.cloud (Atech), a UK Cloud Service Provider (CSP), has secured an initial GBP10 million investment from Pelican Capital. The funds will be used to enhance Atech’s rapid organic growth and to finance its pipeline of acquisition opportunities, with follow-on funding available if required. A Microsoft Advanced Specialist, and multi-gold, direct

Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity firm founded and led by former Secretary of the Treasury Steven T Mnuchin, is to invest a total of USD125 million in cyber defence platform BlueVoyant’s USD250 million Series D financing round. New investors as well as existing investors, including ISTARI (a Temasek company),

Weavr, a London-headquartered technology provider that enables businesses with Plug-and-Play financial solutions, has closed a USD40 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. The company is disrupting the current banking-as-a-service (BaaS) model – which can serve only a limited audience because of its heavy costs, compliance and technical

IK Partners (IK) is to invest in Sofia Développement Group (Sofia) via the IK Small Cap III Fund, joining existing shareholders Extens, Capital Croissance and Bpifrance to finance the acceleration of organic growth and acquisitions to come. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Sofia is a

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has realised its investment in GP Service (GPS), an authorised provider of online services for general medical consultations and prescriptions, through a sale to LSE listed Kanabo Group (Kanabo) which generated a 1.95x return on cost for VCT shareholders. GPS offers a secure end-to-end system that

Financial Crime Intelligence startup Schwarzthal Tech has raised GBP150,000 in a pre-seed funding round from UK seed stage investor SFC Capital. Schwarzthal Tech uses AI to fight financial crime by gathering publicly available information and building an individual’s network to support investigations into potential criminals. Schwarzthal Tech will use the

Funnel Leasing, a renter-centric leasing platform, has completed a USD36.5 million Series B funding round led by proptech VC investor RET Ventures. Camden Property Trust and Morgan Properties, two of the country’s largest owners of multifamily properties, as well as Wilshire Lane Capital, Trinity Ventures and Camber Creek, also participated

Middle market private equity firm Parthenon Capital, in partnership with existing management and advisors, has acquired Choreo, a business formerly known as RSM US Wealth Management LLC. Choreo has been acquired have purchased the company from RSM US LLP (RSM), a US provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused

KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Refresco, one of the largest independent beverage contract manufacturers in the world. Refresco’s existing investors, PAI Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), are maintaining a significant minority position in the business.  Terms of the transaction, which is subject to closing