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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

One Rock Capital Partners closes Fund III at USD2bn hard cap

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has successfully closed its third flagship private equity fund at its hard cap, with total capital commitments of USD2.0 billion.  One Rock Capital Partners III marks One Rock’s largest fund to date, having surpassed its target of USD1.5 billion.   Formed in 2010 by

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

Passion Capital opens third fund to crowd investors through Seedrs platform

Early-stage tech venture capital firms Passion Capital is opening up its latest GBP45 million fund, Passion Capital Fund III, to investors registered and qualified by the Seedrs platform.  Passion Capital will make an allocation available to the public, making it the first time retail investors can be part of a

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. 

Scoro raises USD16m in Series B funding

Scoro, a provider work management software for professional service businesses, has closed a USD16.4 million Series B funding round led by Kennet Partners.  Additional investors include Columbia Lake Partners, Inventure, Livonia Partners and Tera Ventures. The investment will fuel continued global expansion and is supported by new French and Spanish

Quantuma completes eight deals in two weeks

Business advisory firm Quantuma’s corporate finance team has completed a record-breaking eight transactions in the last fortnight, at a combined value of over GBP130 million. Quantuma comprises a 250-strong team, operating across 22 locations around the UK and in selected offshore centres in Cyprus, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands. In

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