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Upflex secures $30m in Series A round led by WeWork

Upflex – a global provider of hybrid workspace solutions – has closed a $30 million Series A round led by WeWork with participation from notable strategic investors Newmark and Cushman & Wakefield. Returning investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund, and top venture funds including GPO Fund, Coelius Capital, Industry Ventures, Inertia Ventures,

Babel Finance closes $80m Series B round led by Generation Capital and 10T Holdings

Babel Finance, a wholesale crypto financial services provider, has completed an $80 million Series B financing round at a valuation of $2 billion. The main investors in this round include Jeneration Capital and 10T Holdings, as well as existing shareholders Dragonfly Capital and BAI Capital. Other investors include Circle Ventures

Acuity Knowledge Partners’ FolioSure platform streamlines portfolio monitoring for PE and VC firms

Acuity Knowledge Partners’ (Acuity) FolioSure digital platform is transforming portfolio monitoring by enabling the accurate tracking and comparison of portfolio company performance. FolioSure can be fully integrated into existing tech stacks and processes enabling private equity and venture capital (PE&VC) firms to take full control of their portfolios’ lifecycles. FolioSure

Pantheon appoints global head of ESG

Pantheon, a global private markets investor, has appointed Eimear Palmer as partner and global head of ESG. In this new role, which sits within Pantheon’s investment function, Palmer will oversee and further develop the firm’s established ESG strategy and range of initiatives, reflecting our ongoing commitment to integrating ESG principles

Graphite Capital adds to investment and value creation teams

Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has made three appointments which further develop its value creation and investment expertise. Emma Winter and Nick Eichorn have joined Graphite as value creation directors while Matt Hamilton-Allen has joined as an investment director.   Winter previously led the digital transformation practice

Passivhaus technology provider secures £3m investment from BOOST&Co

Norfolk-based business Beattie Passive has secured a £3 million investment from independent asset manager BOOST&Co, which will provide the growth capital to support its extensive pipeline of new opportunities. The funding will also help to create more jobs within the company as the firm begins new projects.   One such

Trivest closes Trivest Fund VII and Trivest Discovery Fund II

Trivest Partners (Trivest) has closed Trivest Fund VII (Fund VII) and Trivest Discovery Fund II (Discovery II) with approximately $950 million and $600 million of total capital commitments (including Trivest commitments), respectively. Both funds were oversubscribed and the fundraise for each fund was substantially completed in a single closing. Raised

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