Healthcare Linen Services Group (HLSG), a provider of healthcare laundry services in the Midwest and Central United States, has secured a strategic growth investment from York Capital Management’s private equity group (York Private Equity). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1915, HLSG is an outsourced provider

StepEx, an FCA-regulated fintech that provides the infrastructure for universities, business schools, and technical and professional/vocational course providers to offer qualifications in exchange for a share of students’ future earnings, has agreed a world-first deal for a financial institution to buy the receivable assets. Barclays Anthemis will invest an initial

Climate change investor, Climate VC, has announced its three newest investments, after launching last week. Offgrid.Finance, Treeconomy and Deep.Meta are the latest UK-founded start-ups being supported to achieve Climate VC’s aim of removing a gigatonne of CO2e from global emissions through investments in high-potential, high-impact, climate-focused businesses.

Brook + Whittle, a provider of pressure sensitive and shrink sleeve prime labels, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Genstar, is to acquire the Custom Labels Group within Cenveo Worldwide Limited (Cenveo).

BaltCap, together with lead investor Novator Ventures, General Catalyst and Burda Principal Investments, has participated in a USD100 million financing round in Nord Security, a global specialist in internet privacy and security solutions.

Fidel API, a global financial infrastructure platform, has raised USD65 million in a Series B funding. Existing investors NYCA Partners, QED Investors and others also participated in the round which brings Fidel API’s total funding to USD88 million since inception. The Series B financing will allow the company to continue

Stockholm-based Digital Therapeutics (DTx) company Alex Therapeutics today announces it has secured EUR3.5 million in a funding round led by European life science venture fund Hadean Ventures and joined by Scale Capital and Bonit Capital. Alex Therapeutics aspires to become the global go-to partner for pharma, and other life-science companies

illumifin, a third-party insurance administration and technology provider, has completed its acquisition of LTCG to create one of the largest insurance service providers in the North American long-term care, life, health, and annuity markets. LTCG’s proprietary long-term care administration solutions and claims capabilities will be integrated with illumifin’s third-party administration