InflaRx, a biopharmaceutical company developing new therapeutics in the terminal complement space, has closed a USD55 million Series D financing and investment round. The round was co-led by Bain Capital Life Sciences LP, Cormorant Asset Management LLC and RA Capital Management LLC, and complemented by certain investment funds managed by

Turenne Capital has acquired a 20 per cent interest in Innovacom, a longstanding European venture capital player focused on innovation, with an eye to developing a partnership. Amid the dynamic of consolidation in the private equity market, Turenne Capital, with EUR730 million in assets under management, aims to become a

An affiliate of private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital has made an investment in TSC Apparel (TSC), a distributor of imprintable apparel products and accessories. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, TSC is a national B2B distributor of imprintable activewear and accessories, stocking and sourcing thousands of styles of t-shirts, fleeces, headwear, sport shirts,

Lendable has raised USD 6.5 million in a Series A round of investment from KawiSafi Ventures, Omidyar Network, Fenway Summer Ventures and a number of prominent FinTech angel investors from the United States. They included Larry Rosenberger, the former Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) CEO. The funds will be used to

Gendius, a digital health start-up, has completed a Series A funding to launch Intellin – an App-based platform for people living with diabetes to better manage their condition. The funding came from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures.   Diabetes is a global epidemic. The economic cost

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and Enso Ventures (Enso), a specialist early-stage venture capital firm, have invested GBP2million in Cognitive Geology (Cognitive). The funding will accelerate the roll out of ‘Hutton’ to oil companies and enable Cognitive to develop its pipeline of advanced third-generation petroleum geoscience software

Secret Escapes, the London-based international online marketplace for affordable luxury travel deals, has closed a USD111 million (GBP83 million) Series D investment and debt facility. This significant equity round was led by Singapore-headquartered Temasek, with participation from existing investors Idinvest Partners, and a debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank.  

Silicon Valley technology company Stellar Labs (Stella) has raised USD26.3 million in Series A equity financing from Global Jet Capital – a provider of corporate aircraft financing solutions capitalised by The Carlyle Group, Blackstone’s GSO Capital Partners, and AE Industrial Partners, Columbia Equity Partners (CEP), and Expa. Together with previous

Yorkshire-based Nationwide Window Cleaning has received new investment of GBP1.5 million from BGF to support its organic growth strategy and the acquisition of Reflekt Cleaning Company. The investment follows a period of significant growth at NWC, with revenues increasing by close to 100 percent since BGF’s first investment, from GBP7.5

Security recruitment tech start up Broadstone has become the first Manchester business to receive Northern Powerhouse Investment Funding (NPIF) for its Broadstone Engage platform. City centre based Broadstone offers an online recruitment marketplace for both jobseekers and employers in the private security industry. Broadstone has received GBP200,000 from Maven, one