Shopware AG (Shopware), a digital commerce software solutions provider in the DACH region, has raised USD100 million in growth capital from global investment firm, Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), the global payments and commerce platform. Founders Sebastian and Stefan Hamann will retain a significant majority stake in the

NaaS, one of China’s leading new energy operations and technology providers, has successfully raised RMB500 million in Series A financing from Real Fund, CICC Capital, GSR United Capital, and Sino Pacific Capital. Established in 2019, NaaS is China’s leading comprehensive EV charging service platform and is servicing China’s No1 fast

Modumetal, a provider of nanolamination coating technologies, has raised USD14 Million in Series A-2 funding led by Atlas Innovate and Rotor Capital. Modumetal also added two independent members to its Board of Directors: Tushar Porwal, an automotive industry leader and current Head of Manufacturing for BrightDrop, GM’s brand of electric

Aleo, a leading platform for building private blockchain-based applications, has raised USD200 million in a Series B funding round led by Kora Management and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Tiger Global, Sea Capital, Slow Ventures, Samsung Next, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), also participated culminating in a valuation of the company at

Clyde Munro Dental Group has been given a further GBP25 million war chest for acquisitions – after getting the green light from its biggest backer for a new funding package. Already Scotland’s biggest independent dental group, the firm will now embark on a period of further growth through acquisition, with

HIG Capital (HIG) portfolio company, Concord USA (Concord), has acquired SwiftWIN Solutions (SwiftWIN). Headquartered in the US with offshore development centres in India, SwiftWIN provides technology consulting and digital services, specialising in customer experience, ecommerce, digital marketing, data analytics, and cloud applications.

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), invested a total of GBP17 million in 14 dynamic, high growth businesses in 2021. In addition to the direct investments, NPIF – Maven has also successfully leveraged an additional GBP34

m3ter, a metering and pricing engine for SaaS companies, has launched from stealth with USD17.5 million in funding from Kindred Capital, Union Square Ventures and Insight Partners. m3ter’s early traction corresponds with a rapid increase in the number of SaaS businesses switching to usage-based pricing (UBP), a pricing model becoming

Rocky Robots, a digital coaching startup designed to guide and motivate young professionals, has closed a GBP300,000 pre-seed investment from Jenson Funding Partners alongside other investors.   The company is the developer of Rocky.AI, an app with an interactive sparring partner, powered by Artificial Intelligence, that encourages self-improvement and reflection

Apprenticeship training provider, Apprentify, has secured a GBP5 million investment from the UK’s most active growth capital investor, BGF. Alderley Park-headquartered Apprentify specialises in digital marketing, social media and tech courses, enabling employers to recruit and train apprentices skilled ‘for the jobs of tomorrow’.   The investment, alongside debt funding