GP Bullhound has made a new investment in Lingokids, an educational platform for children, as part of a Series C funding round of USD40 million led by an undisclosed investor, with participation from existing investors HV Capital, and Ravensburger among others. Launched in 2016, Lingokids is the playlearning app for
Car buying comparison specialist, carwow has acquired used car buying platform, Wizzle. carwow, which investment backers include Vitruvian Partners, Balderton Capital, Accel, Episode 1 and Daimler, connects more online car buyers with more dealers and OEMs than any other online marketplace and is the brand of choice for more than
Bitwise Asset Management, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency index fund managers, has raised USD70 million in a Series B funding round led by Elad Gil and Electric Capital. New backers include Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC, Daniel Och’s Willoughby Capital, Louis Bacon’s Moore Strategic Ventures, Paul Eisenstein’s Vetamer Capital,
Beyond HERizons, a new initiative from London & Partners’ Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) programme designed to specifically tackle the funding gap that exists in the investment landscape, has launched its inaugural cohort of female founders.
Bertram Capital (Bertram) has closed the Bertram Growth Capital IV, & Bertram Growth Capital IV-A (collectivelyBGC IV), with USD940 million of total capital commitments, significantly above its initial hardcap of USD800 million and 80 per cent above the predecessor fund. The new fund will continue Bertram’s proprietary buy and build
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners have sold their shareholding in Deep Secure Limited to Forcepoint Federal, a global cyber security solutions business specialising in serving government and critical infrastructure clients for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to regulatory review and customary closing conditions and is expected to
Trill Impact is to acquire ILT Education, an impactful ed-tech company and market leading supplier of digital educational tools, from Priveq. ILT Education offers digital educational tools for schools and preschools, with a focus on audio and visual-assisted learning solutions for children and students with dyslexia, other cognitive needs or
PROfounders Capital, an early stage venture capital investor, has welcomed the successful pricing of online furniture retailer Made.com ahead of its IPO on the London Stock Exchange, which will deliver a 25x return for PROfounders’ investors. PROfounders’ investment in Made.com will also deliver another fund returner for investors, with proceeds
Princeton Equity Group, a Princeton, NJ and Dallas, TX-based private equity firm focused on control investments in franchisor and multi-unit companies, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Princeton Equity Partners I, with more than USD350 million in total commitments, surpassing its initial USD250 million target. The fund
European private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) is in final negotiations for the acquisition of SGD Pharma, a leading global manufacturer of primary glass packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, by China Jianyin Investment Ltd (JIC).
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