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Limina secures USD3m in Series A led by Industrifonden

Limina, provider of a customisable cloud-native Investment Management Solution (IMS) for mid-sized asset managers, has completed a USD3 million Series A funding. The investment was led by Nordic venture capital firm Industrifonden. Existing investors, including STOAF SciTech, Vidici Ventures, Almi Invest and Justin Wheatley, the founder of StatPro, also joined

SCB 10X invests in Ape Board

SCB 10X, the venture arm of Thailand’s oldest bank, has made another investment in the decentralised finance (DeFi) sector via the fast-growing asset aggregator and portfolio dashboard, Ape Board. The company aims to resolve poor user experience, complexities in generating yield and overcome fragmentation issues in DeFi.  “SCB 10X is

Sanne enters into an agreement to acquire STRAIT

Sanne Group plc (Sanne) has entered into an agreement to acquire STRAIT, a Dallas-based fund solutions company for alternative investment firms.  Founded by John Relton in 2006, STRAIT specialises in providing fund administration, financial oversight and regulatory compliance services for private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, fund of funds,

PGIM to acquire Montana Capital Partners

PGIM is to acquire Montana Capital Partners (MCP), a European-based private equity secondaries asset manager. The closing of the transaction is subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals.   Upon closing, expected in Q3 2021, MCP will join PGIM’s multi-manager structure under the oversight of Eric Adler, president and chief

Warburg Pincus leads Series D investment in UK tech business Quantexa

Quantexa, the data and analytics software company pioneering Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI), has raised USD153 million in Series D funding from Warburg Pincus and a growing group of blue-chip investors.  This latest fundraise follows an impressive year of 108 per cent growth for Quantexa during 2020/21, boosted by significant growth

HelloFlow raises USD1.6m for its no-code KYC and client onboarding solution

HelloFlow, a Danish FinTech startup, has closed a USD1.6 million Seed round led by a Danish VC PreSeed Ventures, and UK-based, Seedcamp. The company provides a no-code platform for client onboarding and identity verification in the financial industry which integrates with ID authentication services in local markets. “Using the platform,

PE-backed PureCars acquires truPayments

PureCars, a martech and advertising intelligence provider for automotive retailers and marketers, which is backed by Diversis Capital Partners and Stage 1 Ventures, has acquired shopping personalisation (DXP) and fintech platform, truPayments.  PureCars’ tech optimises media buys to achieve lower ad costs per unit sold and per RO, resulting in

Phoenix Group sells Ark Life Assurance Company in EUR230m deal

Phoenix Group Holdings is to sell Ark Life Assurance Company DAC (Ark Life) to Irish Life Group Limited (Irish Life) for a total cash consideration of EUR230 million (GBP197 million). The cash consideration represents 0.91x Solvency II Own Funds and is payable on completion, expected by early 2022, subject to

Houlihan Lokey acquires Baylor Klein

Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, has acquired boutique advisory firm Baylor Klein as it continues to grow its Corporate Finance business in Europe. Founded in 2008 by Managing Director Tim Leach, Baylor Klein specialises in providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services to the multinational and independent owners of

Apex Group acquires mola-administration

Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has acquired mola-administration, one of Germany’s leading fund administrators.  This strategic acquisition establishes the Group’s local presence in Germany, supplementing its existing capabilities to serve clients in Germany and the wider European market. mola-administration serves a range of clients, with a

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