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Index Ventures backs tax filing app TaxFix

Taxfix, a digital tax app aimed at simplifying the process of filing a tax return, has raised USD65 million in a Series C round from investors including Index Ventures and Creandum. The company will use the funds to grow its 200-strong team by another 100 people, as it broadens its range of products

L&G takes stake in ground source heat firm

Legal & General Capital (LGC) announces that it has taken a 36 per cent stake in The Kensa Group, one of the UK’s largest players in the ground source heat pump technology sector, as it scales up its investments in addressing decarbonisation. Complementing Legal & General’s existing clean energy investment portfolio,

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Perwyn et al back recipe box company Gousto

Perwyn, BGF, MMC Ventures and Joe Wicks have led a GBP 33 million funding round into recipe box company Gousto. The additional funding takes the total funds raised by Gousto to over GBP130 million in the last eight years. The company aims to have put over 400 million meals on tables

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Axcel acquires majority stake in SuperOffice

Axcel has acquired a controlling stake in Norwegian SaaS CRM provider SuperOffice. SuperOffice is Axcel VI’s first investment, and the firm will control the majority of SuperOffice’s shares. The company is being acquired from the founder’s family, Visma, and key employees. The current management team will reinvest in the business

Igloo Vision raises additional GBP435,000

Igloo Vision, a Shropshire-based immersive technology company, has raised an additional GBP435,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).Igloo (www.igloovision.com) creates immersive projection spaces, such as domes, cylinders, cubes, and immersive workspaces. Igloo’s technology can display any 360° or Virtual Reality (VR) content. And, because entire teams

YFM invests in commercial vehicle safety specialist ISS

YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist. The deal represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the launch of its GBP80 million second fund last week. ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and

Capital Constellation and Pollen Street announce strategic partnership

Capital Constellation (Constellation), a provider of investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, has closed a strategic partnership with Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), an independent asset manager focused on the financial and business services sectors in the UK and Europe.Constellation has acquired a minority ownership interest in Pollen Street and will

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