Artis Exploration Ltd, a Calgary-based exploration and production (E&P) company, has closed a CAD180 million growth equity investment from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The common share private placement will be used to fund the company’s accelerated development program.    Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Artis is a

The Pender Technology Inflection Fund I Limited Partnership, managed by PenderFund Capital Management (Pender) announces that it has made its first investment leading a CAD6.3 million financing of Clarius Mobile Health, with participation from Export Development Canada (EDC) and other investors. The company will use the capital to fund overall

Surkus Inc, a Los Angeles-based industry leader in event technology, has raised USD10 million in Series B funding led by EOS Global, a USD200 million venture fund formed in earlier this year. The fund is designed to leverage EOSIO blockchain to catalyse the transformation of the digital assets space. Surkus

International investment company Aser Media’s subsidiary Eleven Sports has entered into a strategic partnership in Poland with Polsat, a commercial broadcaster in the Polish market, with Polsat acquiring a significant stake in Eleven Sports. Eleven Sports was founded in 2015 and in a competitive market place is one of the

ICEYE, an Earth observation company providing synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data, has secured EUR29 million in a Series B funding led by return investor True Ventures, and supported by Draper Network VC funds and others. Building on ICEYE’s recent aerospace industry achievements, the Finland-based SAR data company will use the new

PureClarity, a York-based company, which has developed software that helps e-commerce businesses to increase sales, has secured a GBP500,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. PureClarity’s technology uses big data and artificial intelligence to analyse

Private equity firm Permira is to invest USD350 million in WeddingWire, an online marketplace connecting engaged couples with wedding professionals, becoming the Company’s majority shareholder. As part of the transaction, WeddingWire’s management team and existing investor Spectrum Equity will maintain a significant minority ownership in the Company. The new investment

Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in Biovian, a European specialist in contract manufacturing and development of biopharmaceuticals, alongside the founders and the managers, and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) funds. Founded in 2003, Biovian is a one-stop-shop GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) CDmO of biopharmaceuticals providing manufacturing and

Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners (SFW) has made a strategic investment in Swiftpage, a provider of customer relationship management software to owners and managers of SMBs across the world. SFW’s principals have supported some of the most successful and well-regarded companies in the software, information, and workflow solutions sectors,