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AVCA and APO Group partner to drive strategic trade and investments across Africa

The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) (www.AVCA-africa.org), the pan-African industry body which promotes and enables private investment in Africa, is partnering with APO Group, a leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service. The collaboration is aimed at driving trade and investment across Africa. Over the

Preqin underlines ESG commitment with new appointment

Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Jaclyn Bouchard as its Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) as the company is ramping up its efforts to provide quality ESG data at scale for private markets. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Time Finance appoints Head of Operations for Asset Finance division

Time Finance has appointed Joe Ralphs as Head of Operations within its Asset Finance division. The new role is the result of a restructuring of the Asset Finance team and is designed to bring renewed focus to how the business services those clients looking to benefit from an Asset Finance

SFC Capital leads GBP400k seed round in UK insurtech business

House of Insurtech has secured GBP400,000 in a seed round led by SFC Capital and supported by follow-on funding from its existing Angel investors.  The funds will be used to build out the sales and marketing arm of the business and to onboard new customers from the direct and embedded

Riverside invests in Cryptomathic

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has acquired a controlling stake in Cryptomathic, a leading Danish provider of high-end hardware agnostic secure server solutions to a wide range of industry sectors, including banking, government, technology manufacturing, cloud and mobile.  The

Legatics completes GBP3 million growth financing round from Mobeus

Legatics, provider of legal transaction management software that simplifies and automates traditional legal processes, has attracted a GBP3 million investment from Mobeus to develop its platform and build further upon its strong customer acquisition. Legatics transforms legal transactions by enabling deal teams to collaborate on and close deals in an

KLAR Partners acquires Finnish Quattro Mikenti Group

Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR Partners) is to acquire QMG, one of Finland’s leading players in technical installation and services within electricity, heating, ventilation, sprinklers and automation.  The acquisition is the next step in KLAR Partners’ ambition to create the Nordic region’s leading player in technical installation and

GGV Capital leads USD25m Series A funding in Drata

Drata, a security and compliance automation company, has raised USD25 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital.  The new financing comes six months after the company’s initial seed round and launch out of stealth. Drata’s platform helps companies achieve and maintain continuous compliance through automated security control monitoring

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Digital Alpha invests USD40m in Quantela

Quantela, a specialist in IoT-enabled smart cities and urban infrastructure digitalisation, has closed approximately USD40 million in growth capital for new Outcomes-as-a-Service projects and acquisitions from Digital Alpha, a leading digital infrastructure investment firm.

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