PremFina Ltd, a UK-based company that increases access to insurance by providing financing options for the purchase of insurance premiums, has secured USD36 million in equity funding and a debt facility. Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Japan’s Rakuten, a global leader in e-commerce and fintech services and the main
Wala, a blockchain-powered financial services platform for the unbanked and underbanked, has secured an equity investment from Newtown Partners, the venture capital firm founded by Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham. Claasen is the Managing Partner of Newtown Partners and also the Executive Director of the the Bitcoin Foundation. Lingham is
Bridging Finance has launched its newest product, the Bridging Mid-Market Debt Fund, which will be available as of 20 October, 2017 through the IIROC dealer channel on FundSERV. “Bridging Finance is currently experiencing significant growth and continues to establish itself as a leading provider of non-distressed private debt financing in
360ip Japan has launched the 360ip Japan Fund 1 which will focus on seed technologies developed in academic institutes and corporations in Japan. The Fund completed its initial closing with commitments of JPY1.0 billion, with support from investors Shinsei Bank and UTokyo Innovation Platform (UTokyo IPC Tokyo, Japan), a strategic
Steele Compliance Solutions has added extensive training and awareness content to its third-party compliance management software and due diligence services, through the acquisition of Compliance Wave. Compliance Wave is a specialist in compliance micro-training content. With a client base of Fortune 500 companies, Compliance Wave provides a library of over 2,000
Alliance Etiquettes is actively pursuing its consolidation strategy in the wine, spirits and agri-food high-end labelling sector with the acquisition of Applic’Etains, its fourth build-up since Activa Capital’s investment in July 2015. Applic’Etains is a French company based in Nontron (Dordogne) and specialises in the design and production of high-end
ZOA Robotics has secured a GBP85,000 seed investment from the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF). The investment is the first of a series that have been made by the UK’s robotics-focussed investment firm, and is in a company that is raising further investment on the new and complementary robotics crowdfunding
An investment fund affiliated with private equity firm Lightyear Capital (Lightyear) has invested in Datalot Inc (Datalot), a provider of mobile and web marketing technology solutions for the insurance industry. Josh Reznick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Datalot, together with other management, remain significant shareholders in the business. The
Signal Capital Partners, a London-based private asset management firm, has raised EUR725m with an investment strategy targeting credit and real estate special situations.

 Signal closed its funds in July 2017 and has deployed over EUR450 million across 15 investments to date since September 2015. The private investment funds target transactions
The infrastructure market saw 365 deals announced in Q3 2017, worth a combined USD88 billion. Preqin expects these totals to rise by around 5 per cent as more information becomes available. However, this already surpasses the USD55 billion in deal value seen in Q2, reversing the slowdown seen through the
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