CAPSLOCK Education, a cyber-security education institute based in Manchester, has secured GBP540,000 in a pre-seed funding round from GC Angels, the Ufi VocTech Trust, Tynton Group, private angel investors and the UK government to reskill adults across the UK. Founded in 2019 by Jonathan Slater, Lorna Armitage and Dr Andrea
Khalid Javaid has been appointed as Head of Legal at Blackstar Capital. Javaid has over 20 years of experience as a banking and finance lawyer, with a focus on structured finance and securitisation transactions. In his new role at Blackstar Capital, he will be responsible for providing structuring, legal and
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP (“Anchin”), an accounting and advisory firm based in New York City, has opened an office on Long Island, in Uniondale, New York.
Global software investor Hg is to acquire a controlling interest in Trackunit, a specialist in software-led telematics solutions for off-highway vehicles and the construction market, from Goldman Sachs and GRO Capital. Søren Brogaard, CEO, Trackunit, says: “GRO Capital and Goldman Sachs have been exceptional partners during the last five years
Squire Patton Boggs has promoted senior lawyers Louise Barber and Mae Salem to Partner. Barber has a particular focus on cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions (including public takeovers), equity capital markets transactions, joint ventures and corporate governance. From an M&A perspective, her experience includes advising UK, US and
Immersive communications platform PixelMax has secured GBP2million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, with participation from ACT Capital Partners. Manchester-based PixelMax uses 3D interactive technology to revolutionise the way content is delivered to mass audiences. It enables businesses to create and host their own virtual worlds, and is
Modern Times Group MTG (MTG) has acquired New Zealand-based tower defence mobile games developer and publisher Ninja Kiwi Ltd (Ninja Kiwi). The acquisition of Ninja Kiwi marks an important additional step in the journey to reach further organic and acquisitive growth for MTG and is in line with the company’s
UI-licious, a first-of-its-kind UI test automation solution, has announced a new round of Pre-Series A funding of USD1.5 million led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. The funding will be used to expand its product development, and sales and marketing teams to expand its customer base of small to large enterprises. Shi
Jumio, a leading provider of AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and eKYC solutions, has secured a USD150 million investment from Great Hill Partners, a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, disruptive companies. This infusion represents the single largest funding round in the digital identity space and speaks to the global
Healum, a digital health company, known for developing an AI-powered patient management system to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people with long-term conditions, has raised funding from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and Catapult Ventures acting
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