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Handshake secures another USD80 million

Handshake, an early career network, has secured USD80 million in a venture financing round and is set to invest a tranche of the funding in the UK, supporting early careers recovery post-Covid. The new funding round increases Handshake’s investment total to USD235.5 million and the company’s valuation to more than

Gelmetix closes GBP5m capital raise

Medtech start-up Gelmetix, the developer of a first-in-class polymer treatment for chronic lower back pain, has closed a successful GBP5 million Series C equity financing round. 

SageTech Medical completes GBP2.9m pre-series A investment led by EMV Capital

SageTech Medical Equipment Ltd (SageTech) has completed a GBP2.9 million pre-series A investment, including a GBP1.6 million investment introduced by specialist venture capitalist EMV Capital.   As part of restructuring the company’s arrangements for the commercialisation of the business, EMV Capital’s parent company NetScientific PLC purchased GBP200,000 of shares, in line

HIG Capital completes growth investment in Homewerks Worldwide

HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD44 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a growth investment in Homewerks Worldwide, LLC (Homewerks), an innovator in the kitchen, bathroom, and plumbing home improvement categories.  Founded in 2006 by Peter Berkman and based outside Chicago, Illinois, Homewerks develops, sources,

Apax Funds invest in Nulo

Funds advised by Apax (the “Apax Funds”) have reached an agreement with high-growth pet food brand Nulo to buy out its existing investor group – which includes CAVU Venture Partners and Main Post Partners. The transaction is expected to complete in early June 2021. Financial terms of the transaction have

SFC Capital invests GBP25m in 120 companies over the past year

To support ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs developing technologies with the potential to shape the future economy, SFC Capital, the UK’s leading SEIS investor and most active seed-stage investor, has invested GBP25 million in 120 companies (April 2020 — April 2021).  In Q1 of 2021, SFC Capital raised its largest SEIS fund to

Embassy Group makes strategic investment in Pi Labs Fund 3

Embassy Group, one of India’s largest real estate conglomerates, has joined proptech investor, Pi Labs, as a limited partner (LP) in its current Fund 3. The investment will support Embassy Group’s commitment to the transformation of the real estate sector through innovative technology, drawing on synergies from Pi Labs proptech

Praetura provides over GBP75m to fund SME growth in Q1

Praetura Group, the Manchester-based debt and equity capital provider to northern SMEs, provided more than GBP75 million of funding to SMEs in the first quarter of 2021, with demand continuing to rise.    The lending division of the Praetura Group, which comprises Praetura Commercial Finance and the Praetura Asset Finance

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