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Adapttech secures GBP2m in new funding

Biomedical startup Adapttech has raised GBP2 million in a new venture capital funding round.  The round was supported by existing investors including the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund; Bionova Capital (formerly Hovione Capital), as

Activa Capital sells Active Assurances Groupe to Meilleurtaux

Active Capital has sold Active Assurances Groupe, a native digital broker of car and health insurance products, to the Meilleurtaux group after three years of ownership. Founded in 2011 by Thomas Riottot, Denis Salmoiraghi and Didier Naccache, Active Assurances has enjoyed uninterrupted growth since its launch. The company has quickly

Lurra Capital participates in USD475m funding round for Dataminr

Lurra Capital AG, a Swiss-based private capital investment firm, has participated in a USD475 million funding round for New York-headquartered Dataminr, one of the world’s leading AI companies. Lurra Capital, an existing investor of Dataminr, joins other leading investors including Eldridge, Valor Equity Partners, MSD Capital, Reinvent Capital, ArrowMark Partners,

Fulcrum Equity Partners closes oversubscribed Growth Fund IV at USD275m

Fulcrum Equity Partners, a growth equity firm investing in healthcare services, HCIT, B2B SaaS, and tech-enabled services, has closed its fourth and largest fund to date, Fulcrum Growth Fund IV (“Fund IV”), which was oversubscribed with USD275 million in committed capital.  Fulcrum’s existing investor base validated the firm’s thesis and

Sumit Mehta, Arrow Capital

Arrow Capital’s Managing Director Sumit Mehta on SPACs & EM

In this week’s podcast Private Equity Wire speaks to Sumit Mehta, Managing Director of Arrow Capital, about the growth of SPACs in emerging markets. The podcast looks into the differences between the US ecosystem versus emerging markets and forecasts the challenges that need to be resolved in order to fully

AI start-up LGN raises USD2 million

UK start-up LGN has secured USD2 million in funding to help businesses outpace their competition by building better and more resilient AI models, faster and at scale.  With backing from the likes of Trucks Venture Capital, Luminous Ventures and Jaguar Land Rover, LGNenterprises to scale out their use of edge

PhoreMost closes GBP33m Series B financing

PhoreMost, a UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to ‘Drugging the Undruggable’, disease targets, has completed an oversubscribed GBP33 million (USD46 million) Series B investment round.  The round was led by BGF, the UK’s most active growth economy investor, and included new investors XtalPi Inc, Astellas Venture Management, Trend Investment Group and

KLAR Partners closes debut fund at EUR600m hard cap

KLAR Partners (KLAR) has held the final closing of its debut fund, KLAR Partners I (KLAR I), at its hard cap of EUR600 million.  The fund is one of the largest European first-time funds raised in the last 10 years and by far the largest raised during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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