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Weavr closes USD40m Series A funding led by Tiger Global

Weavr, a London-headquartered technology provider that enables businesses with Plug-and-Play financial solutions, has closed a USD40 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. The company is disrupting the current banking-as-a-service (BaaS) model – which can serve only a limited audience because of its heavy costs, compliance and technical

Sun Capital Partners signs UN PRI

Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital) has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

IK Partners invests in Sofia Développement

IK Partners (IK) is to invest in Sofia Développement Group (Sofia) via the IK Small Cap III Fund, joining existing shareholders Extens, Capital Croissance and Bpifrance to finance the acceleration of organic growth and acquisitions to come. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Sofia is a

Maven VCTs exits GP Service through sale to Kanabo Group

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has realised its investment in GP Service (GPS), an authorised provider of online services for general medical consultations and prescriptions, through a sale to LSE listed Kanabo Group (Kanabo) which generated a 1.95x return on cost for VCT shareholders. GPS offers a secure end-to-end system that

Schwarzthal Tech secures GBP150k in pre-seed funding from SFC Capital

Financial Crime Intelligence startup Schwarzthal Tech has raised GBP150,000 in a pre-seed funding round from UK seed stage investor SFC Capital. Schwarzthal Tech uses AI to fight financial crime by gathering publicly available information and building an individual’s network to support investigations into potential criminals. Schwarzthal Tech will use the

Principal holds first close of European data centre fund at EUR155m

Principal Real Estate, the real estate investment team for Principal Global Investors, has completed the first close of its closed-end fund dedicated to acquiring data centre assets in Europe. The initial capital raise for the Principal European Data Centre Fund (the Fund) beat its target, reaching EUR155 million. Subscriptions were

Funnel raises USD36m in Series B round led by RET Ventures

Funnel Leasing, a renter-centric leasing platform, has completed a USD36.5 million Series B funding round led by proptech VC investor RET Ventures. Camden Property Trust and Morgan Properties, two of the country’s largest owners of multifamily properties, as well as Wilshire Lane Capital, Trinity Ventures and Camber Creek, also participated

Pioneer Point Partners closes maiden infrastructure fund at EUR575m

Pioneer Point Partners (Pioneer), a specialist sustainable infrastructure investment firm, has reached a Final Close of EUR575 million on its maiden institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners SCSp. The Final Close exceeded the EUR500 million target that Pioneer initially set. The Fund generated significant interest, with commitments from 15 highly reputable

Fiera Real Estate UK closes fifth value add fund at GBP180m

Fiera Real Estate UK (FRE UK) has held the final close of  Fiera Real Estate Opportunity Fund V (FREOF V) at GBP180 million. FREOF V is the fifth and largest Fund in the Firm’s value add series which has raised over GBP780 million to date. The firm launched FREOF V

Parthenon completes Choreo deal

Middle market private equity firm Parthenon Capital, in partnership with existing management and advisors, has acquired Choreo, a business formerly known as RSM US Wealth Management LLC. Choreo has been acquired have purchased the company from RSM US LLP (RSM), a US provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused

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