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Speedinvest launches EUR80m fund to support European climate tech startups

Speedinvest, one of Europe’s leading early-stage investors with more than EUR600 million AUM, today announces the launch of a new EUR80 million Climate & Industry Opportunity fund.  The fund will primarily provide long-term support for Speedinvest’s existing sustainability-oriented startups, while also targeting selected non-portfolio startups that are accelerating European industry’s

Thought Machine achieves unicorn status following USD200m Series C funding round

Thought Machine, a cloud native core banking technology firm, has closed its series C funding round, bringing USD200 million into the business from new and existing investors. This new round sees Thought Machine achieve unicorn status. This round was led by Nyca Partners, a New York and San Francisco-based venture

Raycast raises USD15m in Series A led by Accel and Coatue

Raycast, a platform that provides developers with quick access to their tools, has raised USD15 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel and Coatue.  Also participating in the round were angel investors Johnny Boufarhat, CEO and founder of Hopin; Jeff Weinstein, Product at Stripe; Jason Warner, former

EverImmune raises EUR5m to enter clinical phase in microbiota immuno-oncology

EverImmune, a biotechnology company specialising in the development of live biotherapeutic products in the field of microbiota oncology, today announces it has raised more than EUR5 million (approximately USD6 million) in a Series A funding from undisclosed private investors. EverImmune was created in 2016 as a spinoff from Gustave Roussy;

Quinbrook acquires Habitat Energy

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired Habitat Energy Limited, a UK-based optimisation and trading platform for grid-scale battery storage.  Habitat Energy’s team is based in Oxford, UK, and comprises data scientists, software engineers, battery storage experts and power market trading professionals.  It has developed and uses advanced machine learning and algorithmic

Principal supports Iron Path Capital’s investment with Versant Diagnostics

Principal Global Investors, through its direct lending business, Principal Alternative Credit, has served as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on senior secured credit facilities for Versant Diagnostics, an Iron Path Capital portfolio company, in partnership with Alliance Pathology Consultants. The financing supports Versant Diagnostics emergence as one of the

IK Partners to acquire Renta Group

IK Partners’ (IK) IK IX Fund is to acquire Renta Group Oy (Renta Group) from Intera Partners (Intera), alongside management and employees who will be reinvesting. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Renta Group is a full-service machine and equipment rental services company with more than 100

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