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Flatfile raises USD35m in Series A Funding Led by Scale Venture Partners

Flatfile, a data onboarding software company, has secured USD35 million in Series A funding round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Workday Ventures, plus previous investors including Afore Capital, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, Gradient Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.  Among a list of powerful angels investing in this

Sovereign backs Wealth Management business Skerritts

Sovereign Capital Partners, a UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has backed Skerritts, a successful Independent Financial Advisory (IFA) and Wealth Management business, in a deal worth GBP55 million.  Sovereign is partnering the management team led by founder Richard Skerritt, to develop the business through a strategy of organic

Rubicon Partners invests in Bamboo Distribution

Rubicon Partners, an investment partnership focused on the acquisition of industrial businesses in Europe and North America, has acquired a majority share Bamboo Distribution. Rubicon Partners is a hands-on investment partnership focused on the acquisition of industrial businesses in Europe and North America.   Juney Mistiki, Managing Director of Bamboo

Edtech Marketplace Preply raises USD35m in funding

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising efforts since 2013.  The round was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full In Partners, with participation from previous investors Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, as well as EduCapital, All Iron, Diligent

LDC exits Lucid Group to ICG

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Lucid Group, the international multi-capability healthcare communications group, to alternative asset manager ICG, following a significant period of growth. London-headquartered Lucid Group provides medical education and communication, strategic consultancy and digital services to its clients through an integrated group of

Exabel closes USD9m seed round

Exabel, an analytics and data platform for investment teams, has closed a fourth seed investment round from investor AWC (formerly Awilhelmsen Capital Holdings), bringing its total capital raised to over USD21 million.  The company also announced today the launch of the new “Exabel Insights Platform” product for alternative data vendors.

Aqua Security raises USD135m in Series E Funding at a USD1bn valuation

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, announced today the completion of USD135m in Series E funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of USD1 billion.  The round included broad participation from Aqua’s existing investors, including M12 – Microsoft’s venture fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight

Pluto Digital Assets raises cUSD40m in third funding round

Pluto Digital Assets (Pluto), a crypto venture capital and technology company has closed its third and largest funding round to date. The round was led by Argo Blockchain which will be maintaining its c25 per cent stake with an investment of approximately USD10 million. Two other publicly traded companies, Pires

BGF completes investment in Stark

BGF has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Stark, a leading provider of energy data and analytics services, based in Horley, Surrey. 

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