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Orbex secures USD24m funding for UK space launch

Orbex, a European space launch company, has secured USD24 million in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures, one of the largest VCs in Europe.BGF and Octopus Ventures have joined existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Heartcore Capital and Elecnor SA – parent company of the multi-national space firm Deimos

Kirkland Advises Integral in closing of Integral Fund IV

Kirkland & Ellis has represented Integral Group, a Tokyo-based private equity group, in the successful structuring and fundraising of Integral Fund IV, which held its final closing at its hard cap of JPY123.8 billion on 4 December, 2020. Integral Fund IV is the fourth buy-out fund raised by Integral Group. Integral

Polaris divests Molslinjen to EQT Infrastructure

Polaris Private Equity is to divest Danish ferry operator Molslinjen A/S to EQT Infrastructure. Molslinjen has developed strongly under Polaris’ ownership since 2015 and expanded the business on the back of significant investments.Since 2015, Molslinjen has expanded from two to nine ferry routes and increased the fleet from three to

Round2 Capital makes Avallain investment

Round2 Capital, an Austrian investment fund for growth financing, has invested a seven-figure sum in the Swiss EdTech scale-up Avallain.  Round2 Capital is among Europe’s premier revenue-based financing ventures. This innovative approach to financing, which focuses on growth-stage companies, is easier to obtain than bank loans and offers more favourable conditions

SC Ventures invests in OpenFin

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, has secured a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm of international banking group, Standard Chartered. The capital will accelerate new product development and brings OpenFin’s total funding to date to USD50 million. OpenFin’s web-based OS has become the

Upvest closes EUR12m Series A+ round with additional financing from Earlybird

Upvest, a Berlin-based startup offering the first plug-and-play pan-European securities API, has secured an additional EUR5 million in funding. The latest financing round was led by Earlybird and ensured the close of the Series A+. This additional funding follows an initial EUR7 million investment from Notion Capital, HV Capital and Partech.

Charterhouse Capital Partners invests in Lane Clark & Peacock

Charterhouse Capital Partners (Charterhouse) is to invest in Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), a professional advisory firm specialising in pensions, investment consulting and insurance. Charterhouse is partnering with the Partner group of LCP to acquire the Inflexion minority stake. As part of the transaction, LCP’s Partners will also increase their stake

Creator Fund closes GBP1.5m fund to support student founders across the UK

Creator Fund, a university-focused venture capital fund making strides to unearth startup innovation within European universities, is now focussing on its next stage of support for student-led ventures following the close of a new GBP1.5million fund. Creator Fund has also secured further backing from Founders Factory and from Schmidt Futures, the

PE-backed geoLOGIC acquires SubsurfaceIO

geoLOGIC systems (geoLOGIC) has acquired DubsurfaceIO (SSIO), a digital technology provider of oil & gas cloud-based mapping & analytics solutions that connect and integrate public & proprietary data, enabling data access and workflows for users across different disciplines, domains, and teams.Based in Houston, Texas, SSIO’s modern and intuitive platform eliminates

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