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The Luxury Bank raises USD10m from Dubai’s ICICB Group

The Luxury Bank has raised USD10 million from Dubai’s ICICB Group, an investment management company that fosters and funds luxury projects in banking, cryptocurrency trading, commercial real estate, and other related industries worldwide. The funds will be leveraged across The Luxury Ecosystem’s various projects, including The Luxury Bank, The Luxury

Procuritas’ Polarn O Pyret appoints new Chairperson

Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas), a private equity investor focused on investing in and growing Nordic mid-market companies, has appointed Arja Taaveniku as the new Chairperson of its portfolio company Polarn O Pyret, an iconic Swedish children’s clothing brand. Arja joins with extensive experience from her long career in international

Kally Sleep acquires Woven

OJ Brands’ sleep brand, Kally Sleep has acquired the fast-growing online home textiles marketplace, Woven, in a bid to capitalise on the UK’s burgeoning homewares market.  Led by CEO Ori Leslau aims to expand OJ Brands group into a leading European brand house. Today, the firm generates revenue in excess

Kindred Group acquires Relax Gaming

Kindred Group has completed the previously announced acquisition of the remaining outstanding shares in Relax Gaming, a growing B2B iGaming supplier. Kindred Group announced on 2 July 2021 that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 66.6 per cent of the outstanding shares in Relax Gaming. Relax

Inflexion appoints new partner

Inflexion has appointed Isabelle Pagnotta as a Partner in its Services team. Pagnotta has 18 years’ private equity experience, most recently as a Managing Director at OMERS Private Equity where she focused on Services & Software in the French and UK markets. Prior to this, she worked at Bridgepoint and

General Atlantic appoints Senior Advisor

General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Samir Assaf as a Senior Advisor.  He will also serve as a member of the Advisory Board for BeyondNetZero, General Atlantic’s new climate venture. Based in London, Samir brings with him more than three decades of financial services experience and will

Five Seasons Ventures launches EUR180m Food Tech Impact Fund

European Food Tech venture capital firm Five Seasons Ventures has announced the final closing of a EUR180 million second fund.  The new Fund II will continue making Series A and B investments into the most promising European Food Tech companies, with an emphasis on fast-growing consumer-focused food with a quantifiable

DPI raises USD900m Africa fund to invest in innovation-led companies

Development Partners International (DPI), an investment firm focused on Africa, has raised USD900 million for African Development Partners III Fund (ADP III), exceeding its USD800 million target. The find also attracted an additional USD250 million of dedicated co-investment capital, bringing a total of USD1.15 billion for investments on the continent. 

Free B2B payment processor Crezco announces GBP3m seed fundraise

London-based Fintech Crezco, a UK open banking payment solution designed to make B2B invoice payments as convenient as B2C card payments without the costs collected by companies like Visa and MasterCard, has raised GBP3 million in a seed funding round. Founded in 2020 by Ralph Rogge and Igor Pikovsky of

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