OpenFin has raised USD17 million in Series C funding from major banks and leading Fintech investors. The funding round was led by Wells Fargo with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures, JP Morgan and Pivot Investment Partners.  The Series C round brings OpenFin’s total amount of

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has invested in Bolton-based e-learning company, Digital Training Solutions (DTS). A total of GBP125,000 was invested from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance with a further GBP125,000 invested by the Angel investment

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested significantly alongside senior managers in MSQ Partners, a UK marketing communication group, in a deal that values the business at around GBP37.5 million.  MSQ Partners says the investment will enable the group to accelerate the roll-out of its successful multi-disciplinary model and support

Capvis Equity V, a fund advised by the Swiss private equity firm Capvis AG, has acquired a majority stake in Swiss headquartered Xovis, a specialist in 3D sensors and software solutions for accurate counting and analysis of people flows.  Capvis has acquired Xovis from funds advised by financial investor Emeram

4Stop, a global KYB, KYC, compliance and fraud prevention provider, has completed a German-based USD2.5 million Series A investment found led by pan-European VC fund Ventech. The syndication of the investment from Ventech and due-diligence process was performed by renowned leading international attorneys and audit companies based out of Germany. Following, 4Stop’s

Mobeus has invested GBP5 million of growth capital in Arkk, a UK-based software-as-a-service provider that digitises regulatory reporting, which is increasingly required by authorities worldwide.  Founded in 2009, Arkk recently launched for:sight, a new software platform that simplifies burdensome processes, reduces the potential for non-compliance, and frees up the finance

NetDocuments, a secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments, has closed a significant new equity investment from Cove Hill Partners.  Cove Hill joins Clearlake Capital Group as a strategic investment partner to support the company’s rapid growth and innovation and becomes a minority

Authenticate, a Harrogate-based company whose technology platform is transforming the way food businesses manage their supply chain has secured a new funding round of GBP2.3 million, which includes GBP1.5 million from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and the remainder from existing shareholders including Summit Alpha. The investment in Authenticate Information

Asset manager CITIC Capital Holdings (CITIC Capital), an affiliate of Chinese conglomerate CITIC Group,has mde an investment in   has reached an agreement for an investment in Cityneon Holdings (Cityneon). CITIC Capital has over USD25 billion of assets under management across 100 funds and investment products globally. Some of its

ETF Partners, Inventure, KPN Ventures, TESI (Finnish Industry Investment) and Vito Ventures have invested EUR14.4 million in Wirepas, a Finnish software company that has built a wireless connectivity platform solving the major challenges of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and enabling broad adoption of Massive IoT.  The additional funding,