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Milo secures USD17m in a Series A funding round led by M13

Milo, a financial technology company reimagining the way global and crypto consumers access financial solutions, has raised USD17 million Series A funding round led by California-based venture capital firm M13. QED Investors and MetaProp, who were also investors in the previous seed round, also participated. Since 2019, Milo has developed

Lios Partners targeting an initial USD200m for debut buyout fund

Lios Partners, founded by former OMERS Private Equity executive Jonathan Blair, is targeting USD200 million for its debut buyout fund, Lios Partners I, according to a report by BuyoutInsider. The hard-cap for the fund is USD300 million, but the report quotes sources as saying interest from limited partners means that

Yep! raises USD1.5 million in pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital

Yep! has raised USD1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital as the company launches its new digital financial app on iOS and Android in five African countries (Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso).  The company has ambitious growth plans of doubling an existing network

GED Capital exits healthcare company Vitro

GED Capital (GED) has exited its investment in Vitro Group (Vitro) through a dual exit route, first selling its flow cytometry division (Cytognos) to the healthcare multinational Becton Dickinson in January 2022 and then its molecular diagnostics and anatomic pathology businesses into a single asset continuation vehicle branded GED Strategic

Findem raises USD30m in Series B led by Four Rivers and Quary Capital Management

Findem, a people intelligence company applying AI to fuel the next phase of talent acquisition, has secured USD30 million in Series B financing.  Four Rivers and Quarry Capital Management led the round, with participation from existing investor Wing Venture Capital. The round brings Findem’s total funding to date to $37.3

Clearlake Capital to acquire Discovery Education from Francisco Partners

An affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group is to acquire Discovery Education – a global edtech company whose digital learning software platform supports educators and improves student achievement – from Francisco Partners.  Francisco Partners will retain a minority equity stake in the busines, while Scott Kinney, CEO of Discovery Education, will

SODENA and Clave Capital lead EUR1.2m funding round in ABANZA

ABANZA has completed a funding round of EUR1.2 million led by the Navarran Government-owned development company SODENA and Clave Capital, an alternative asset investment management company specialised in technology transfer projects (through its UN I+D+i Tech Transfer fund.  Spanish start-up ABANZA develops medical devices and instruments for the arthroscopic soft

Riverside accelerates Toolport platform expansion with strategic acquisition

The Riverside Company has formed a strategic partnership between its portfolio company Toolport, a European specialised online provider of professional tents and spare parts for the consumer and industrial markets, and GFP, a specialised online provider of greenhouses, raised garden beds and related products in the DACH region. Riverside invested

Olsam acquires Colapz

Olsam Group (Olsam), an ecommerce platform that acquires and scales businesses, has completed the acquisition of Colapz, a UK-based camping and outdoor brand which sells patented, collapsible outdoor and camping products.  The acquisition is a key step for Olsam, which recently raised USD165 million, into the camping and outdoor market. Colapz’s

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