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Edtech Marketplace Preply raises USD35m in funding

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising efforts since 2013.  The round was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full In Partners, with participation from previous investors Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, as well as EduCapital, All Iron, Diligent

Exabel closes USD9m seed round

Exabel, an analytics and data platform for investment teams, has closed a fourth seed investment round from investor AWC (formerly Awilhelmsen Capital Holdings), bringing its total capital raised to over USD21 million.  The company also announced today the launch of the new “Exabel Insights Platform” product for alternative data vendors.

Aqua Security raises USD135m in Series E Funding at a USD1bn valuation

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, announced today the completion of USD135m in Series E funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of USD1 billion.  The round included broad participation from Aqua’s existing investors, including M12 – Microsoft’s venture fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Insight

Pluto Digital Assets raises cUSD40m in third funding round

Pluto Digital Assets (Pluto), a crypto venture capital and technology company has closed its third and largest funding round to date. The round was led by Argo Blockchain which will be maintaining its c25 per cent stake with an investment of approximately USD10 million. Two other publicly traded companies, Pires

BGF completes investment in Stark

BGF has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Stark, a leading provider of energy data and analytics services, based in Horley, Surrey. 

Scoro raises USD16m in Series B funding

Scoro, a provider work management software for professional service businesses, has closed a USD16.4 million Series B funding round led by Kennet Partners.  Additional investors include Columbia Lake Partners, Inventure, Livonia Partners and Tera Ventures. The investment will fuel continued global expansion and is supported by new French and Spanish

Nordic Capital partners with Boost.ai

Private equity firm Nordic Capital is to actively support Boost.ai, a global specialist in conversational AI for Fortune 1000 companies. in its expansion.  Nordic Capital intends to further strengthen the Company’s strong market position by helping it to accelerate growth and expansion into new markets, working closely with the CEO

LLCP invests in Creditinfo Group

Private equity firm, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has become the new majority shareholder in CreditInfo Group, a global credit information and decision analytics provider.  LLCP will help Creditinfo Group to keep expanding operations and support financial institutions with a full suite of best-in-class credit risk management tools.   The

Long Ridge Equity Partners invests in Drawbridge

Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has closed a minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners.  Drawbridge will use the funds to accelerate product innovation, expand sales and marketing activities across North America and EMEA, and continue investing in its people, platform, and

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