LeverPoint Management has partnered with Hamilton Lane, a global private markets asset management firm, and the New York Credit SBIC Fund (the Fund).  The Fund, in collaboration with company management, is providing a debt and equity investment in LeverPoint that will serve as a catalyst for continued growth and enhanced

Innova Capital Partners and a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group have formed a joint venture to support the development of telecommunication assets throughout the Republic of Colombia.  The joint venture will provide financing to Golden Comunicaciones, SAS (Golden), a Colombian mobile infrastructure designer and developer, for the construction of

Private equity firm Strattam Capital is to partner with Blacksmith Applications’ management team to make an investment that will support expansion of the product suite in response to growing customer demand.  Under the terms of the agreement, Strattam is purchasing a majority ownership position from existing shareholders. The company’s leadership

A Capital Group, a venture capital firm focused on financial technology, has completed five fintech investments over the past 12 months, including Credit Sesame, Crown Global Insurance, Marqeta, LiftForward, and a yet to be announced fifth company. The firm has also reached major milestones in three existing portfolio companies: Financeit,

Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.25m in an Imperial College spin-out that has developed emissions detection technologies used to monitor air pollution in major cities and industrial centres around the world. Duvas Technologies (Duvas) produces equipment that enables remote sensing and identification

NewAlpha Asset Management’s dedicated FinTech Venture Capital fund has made its first investment, a EUR2.3 million capital increase in Heoh, a technology platform for donations at payment terminals. Heoh plans to raise EUR60 million for NGOs in the next five years while offering merchants and payments companies an innovative charitable

British Business Bank Investments Limited’s  Venture Capital Catalyst Fund has invested EUR13 million (GBP10 million) in the first close of Atlantic Bridge III, a new EUR140m Fund for technology companies with global market scalability. Atlantic Bridge III will invest in up to 20 companies and will focus on scaling businesses

Castanea Partners has made an investment in Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a retailer and wholesaler of branded artisanal ice creams. With the investment, Castanea becomes the sole outside investor joining the Columbus-based company as owners alongside founder Jeni Britton Bauer, her husband, Charly Bauer, her brother-in-law, Tom Bauer, and longtime

BDC Capital has invested USD6.7 million in Toronto-based Wave, a company that provides online financial tools for small businesses.  This money comes from BDC Capital's new USD150 million IT Venture Fund II announced last month. BDC Capital's investment is part of Wave's Series C funding round, which has now raised

Digitech Venture Capital Fund (Digitech) has made its first venture capital investment in Texas startup SmartHome Hero. SmartHome Hero is a home resource management (HRM) platform that delivers streamlined warranty management and repair service for homeowners while providing a digital advertising platform for builders, smart home products and manufacturers. Consumers