Hiro Capital, an entrepreneur-led venture capital fund focused on backing innovators in video games, the metaverse, esports and digital fitness, has invested in three international video game studios – Snowprint in Stockholm/Berlin, Double Loop Games in San Francisco and Happy Volcano in Belgium. The trio join UK and US Games

UK-based neuromuscular medical device company, GyroGear Ltd has just concluded phase one of its seed round fundraise. The round was led by electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group which invested GBP1 million (USD1.41 million) upfront.  Participants in GyroGear’s seed round include the UK Government Future Fund, Singapore venture builder Fidelium Group,

Growth capital investor VGC Partners has provided GBP150,000 funding to VozLab, the creator of a self-serve development platform for the next generation of flexible voice apps. This is the first investment that VGC Partners has made from its Technology Seed Fund IV. VozLab is also the first start-up to join

Terminus, an account-based marketing platform, has raised USD90 million in a Series C round led by Boston-based Great Hill Partners, with participation from existing investors Atlanta Ventures, Edison Partners, and Hallett Capital to accelerate data products innovation, hiring and market expansion.  With the investment, Great Hill Partners’ Derek Schoettle and

GP Bullhound has made a follow-on investment in wallapop, Spain’s leading classifieds marketplace app for unique and second-hand goods, as part of a Series G funding round of EUR157 million bringing the company’s valuation to EUR690 million.  The round is led by Korelya Capital and backed by NAVER, Korea’s leading

TreeCard – the world’s first wooden Mastercard payment card that plants trees with everyday spending – has raised a USD5.12 million in a seed round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp and Episode 1.  Angel investors including Matt Robinson (the founder of GoCardless) and Charlie Delingpole (founder of

Battery technology specialist Nyobolt has secured USD10 million in a Series A funding led by IQ Capital with participation from Cambridge Enterprise and Silicon Valley investors.  The funding will enable Nyobolt to expand globally, building new facilities, and growing the engineering and operational teams, which work with customers to implement

Axis Spine Technologies Ltd (AST) has raised GBP2.2 million in a funding round led by ACF Investors, with follow-on investment from Mercia’s EIS funds. Mercia was the first investor when Axis was founded by Jon Acros in 2017.   This is the first investment from ACF Investors’ new Delta Fund,

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Think Tech Labs (Rethink), a SaaS-based CRM software serving Commercial Real Estate (CRE) brokerages and brokers.  Rethink is an add-on to Riverside’s portfolio company Buildout, a provider of SaaS-based marketing

Platform9, an SaaS Managed Kubernetes provider for private and edge clouds, has closed its Series-D funding with an additional USD12.5 million for a total of USD37.5 million.  This round was led by WRVI Capital, with participation from all existing venture investors including NGP Capital, Mubadala Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Menlo Ventures,