Jaipur-based Finova Capital (Finova), a Non-Banking Financial Company, has raised USD15 million from Faering Capital and existing investor Sequoia India. Finova will use the funds to expand its presence and enable access to credit for the unbanked population. Finova Capital aims to serve the ‘missing middle’ of the MSME segment

Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager have backed a significant investment into Frescobol Carioca Limited (Frescobol). YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc.   Founded in 2013 as the

The innogy Innovation Hub, which identifies, funds, and mentors game-changing technologies and ideas, has closed a seed investment round in FirstPoint Mobile Guard (FirstPoint), global innovators in cellular Cybersecurity-as-a-Service. Financial terms were not disclosed. FirstPoint’s network-level protection shields all cellular devices against hidden network vulnerabilities that stump security teams: IMSI

Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has led USD26 million funding round in Las Vegas-based ecommerce security and website performance company NS8. The company will use the funds to accelerate product innovation and go-to-market expansion. Ecommerce fraud is growing at nearly twice the rate as online sales, according to

BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has closed GBP1.5 million funding round, led by Pan-European VC Nauta Capital. Founded in 2016, BlackCurve’s pricing optimisation platform helps retailers manage and optimise the price of every item they sell to achieve their business goals. The platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence, ingests data sources ranging

Veeqo, a retail automation platform that helps retailers sync their inventory across multiple sales channels and fulfil customer orders, has raised a GBP3.3m growth investment from the Development Capital team at Octopus Investments.  Octopus joins existing investors, Daniel McPherson and New Look founder Tom Singh, along with equity crowdfunding platform

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP150,000 in cloud-based project management system, Collabor8Online (Collabor8) on behalf of NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (NPIF), part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.   The funding will support the expansion of the senior management, including the appointment of a Chief Technology Officer, strengthen the

C5 Capital, a specialist venture capital firm focused on cyber security, data analytics and cloud computing, has anchored a USD17 million Series B financing round in Blue Cedar.  Daniel Freeman, Managing Partner at C5 Capital, will join Blue Cedar’s Board of Directors, bringing with him significant experience working with fast-growing

Belfast-based health tech company, Neurovalens, has secured one of the largest ever Series A investments generated by a Northern Irish technology company.  The company specialises in using neuroscience to solve everyday health issues. The GBP4.6 million raise was led by London-based Wharton Asset Management along with Cambridge based IQ Capital.