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Royal Park Partners appoints senior director

Royal Park Partners, a specialist financial advisor to the fintech industry, is expanding its leadership team with the hire of ex-Barclays dealmaker Niccolò Gamaleri as senior director. In his new role Gamaleri will focus on supporting fintech founders and private equity-backed companies through capital raises, M&A transactions, and IPOs. His background

Novata launches SFDR reporting solution for private markets

Novata, a public benefit corporation and technology platform that provides private markets stakeholders with intuitive and effective environmental, social and governance (ESG) data management solutions, has launched new metrics in-platform to enable financial market participants to collect the sustainability-related information outlined under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).  To support

MPE Partners and MSHS acquire Pacific Power Group

MPE Partners (MPE), along with portfolio company Motor-Services Hugo Stamp (MSHS), has acquired Pacific Power Group, (PPG), an industry leading provider of products, parts, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for marine, energy, commercial, and industrial equipment. MPE and MSHS partnered in the transaction with members of PPG’s management

Smart Recuit Online secures additional £2m investment from MEIF

Smart Recruit Online has secured an additional £2 million investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), Mercia’s EIS funds and private investors. The Milton Keynes-based company, which currently employs 14 staff, is

LiveOak Ventures Partners leads $4m Closinglock seed round

Closinglock, a proptech and fintech startup focused on modernising the real estate transaction process, has closed a $4 million seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners with participation from RWT Horizons and GTMfund.  The funds will be used to expand its teams across sales, customer success, and product development. Wire

Left Lane leads $20m Arc Series A round

Left Lane Capital has led a $20 million Series A funding round in Arc, a company focused on establishing a digital bank for software startups. Other investors include NFX, Y Combinator, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Torch Capital, Atalaya, Bain Capital Ventures, Soma, Alumni Ventures, and Dreamers VC, as well as the founders

Innova Capital appoints Partner

Innova Capital, a Central European private equity firm, has promoted MichaÅ‚ WojdyÅ‚a to the position of partner, strengthening the firm’s position in the technology sector ahead of deployment of its new Innova/7 investment vehicle. WojdyÅ‚a, previously managing director, has been with Innova Capital since 2008. Over the years, he has

Fuse Capital launches new Web3-focused fund

Brazil-based Fuse Capital has commenced fundraising for Fuse Capital Fund II, which will focus on investments in Web3 startups in Latin America. The goal is to raise $50 million in total. Fuse Capital Fund II will be aimed at companies solving traditional world problems, still dominated by Web2, while using

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