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Edison Partners leads USD7.8m follow-on growth investment in Budderfly

Edison Partners, a growth equity firm, has co-led a USD7.8 million investment in Budderfly, a Shelton, Connecticut-based energy efficiency as a service (EEaaS) provider. The funds will enable Budderfly to accelerate sales amid higher demand for energy savings in the Covid-19 environment. Edison Partners co-led the round with Balance Point Capital,

Innova Capital to support STX Next in its mission to digitalise the economy

STX Next, a European software house specialising in Python software development, which supports international clients in their digital transformation, has acquired a new investor – a private equity fund advised by Innova Capital. The parties have not revealed the transaction value.   “The global market for new generation IT services is

Omnes reinvests in Biosyl

Omnes, through its Omnes Mezzanis 3 fund, has completed its 8th sponsorless deal through its reinvestment in Biosyl, following its previous sponsorless deal with the company in 2019.Biosyl is a leading industrial player in France in manufacturing wood pellets. Omnes, already a shareholder in the group, has reinvested alongside the

LearnUpon closes USD56m growth equity investment from Summit Partners

LearnUpon, a leading cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS), has secured USD56 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners. This funding represents LearnUpon’s first major capital raise and will be used to fuel hiring, support continued execution of the company’s product roadmap and meet accelerating customer demand.   LearnUpon

CRUX raises GBP1m seed investment for knowledge quantification platform

CRUX, a British-Israeli startup that has developed the world’s first Knowledge Quantification platform, has announced a GBP1 million seed investment round led by WENVEST Capital, the B2B SaaS venture capital firm, and includes A-Round Capital and Founders Factory. With an overwhelming volume of information on both publisher and corporate platforms, CRUX’s

CapVest acquires Datasite

Funds managed by CapVest Partners (CapVest), an international private equity firm, have agreed to acquire Datasite Global Corporation (Datasite), a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider across the deal lifecycle.

Pimloc secures GBP1.4m for AI-based video security and visual data privacy

Pimloc, a visual privacy and security company, has closed GBP1.4 million in new financing in a seed funding round led by Amadeus Capital Partners with participation from Speedinvest and existing shareholders.Founded in 2016, Pimloc specialises in deep learning systems for security video and diverse image collections. Pimloc’s technology powers products

Topas Therapeutics raises EUR22m in Series B financing

Topas Therapeutics (Topas), a Hamburg, Germany-based private platform company leveraging the natural immune tolerance induction capabilities of the liver, has closed a EUR22 million (~USD26 million) Series B financing round. New investors Vesalius BioCapital III and BioMedPartners co-led this transaction, which included participation from all of Topas’ existing investors. The funding

Ropes & Gray advises Averna Capital on investment in ClimateCare

Ropes & Gray has advised Averna Capital, a mid-market European private equity firm, on its investment in ClimateCare, a profit with purpose environmental and social impact company headquartered in Oxford, UK. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.    ClimateCare is a leader in the global carbon markets and

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