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Rothschild & Co holds final closing of Five Arrows Debt Partners III at EUR1.4bn

Rothschild & Co has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Debt Partners III (FADP III), its third European direct lending fund, at EUR1.4 billion, comfortably ahead of target and significantly larger than its EUR655 million predecessor fund.  The fund’s investor base comprises a globally diversified group of insurance companies,

Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch invest GBP2m in WatchMyCompetitor

WatchMyCompetitor (WMC) has secured GBP2 million in an investment round through Blackfinch Ventures and Praetura Ventures. Blackfinch and Manchester-based Praetura Ventures have both committed GBP1 million investment to the deal. WMC’s platform enables organisations to automatically monitor competitors, clients, regulators and key partners. The innovative software uses the latest cutting-edge

Fintech Juni secures USD52m in Series A follow-on led by EQT Ventures

Juni has secured USD52 million in a funding round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from FJ labs and other existing investors to add to the USD21 million already raised from a Series-A round in late June this year.  This boosts Juni’s Series A round to USD73 million and takes

RPA Supervisor raises USD5m in seed fund led by MMC Ventures

The first automated RPA management platform, RPA Supervisor has raised USD5 million in a Seed round led by MMC Ventures. RPS Supervisor has also appointed a new board member and investor, Pascal Baker, formerly founder of Symphony Ventures and pioneer in the Intelligent Automation Market. The investment will boost the

Insurtech Tensorflight secures Series A funding

Tensorflight, an artificial intelligence and imaging-based insurtech, has announced a Series A funding round to accelerate market penetration and product optimisation across the multi-billion-dollar property insurance data analytics market.  The investment was led by QBE Ventures and includes new investors Tareyton Venture Partners and ff Venture Capital Poland. Participating prior

SWEN Capital Partners’ Blue Ocean impact fund makes first investment in OptoScale

Norwegian start-up OptoScale has raised EUR4.1 million in a financing round led by SWEN Capital Partners, a specialist in unlisted sustainable investment, with additional participation from the Norwegian fund Skagerak Maturo. OptoScale’s ambition is to use data to improve the real-time monitoring of fish farms and the sustainability of farming

Sole Source Capital raises USD555m for second fund

Sole Source Capital (SSC), an industrial-focused private equity firm, has held the final closing of its second fund, SSC Partners II (Fund II), with aggregate total commitments of USD555 million.  Fund II was significantly oversubscribed with an initial target of USD400 million and reached its hard cap. With the closing

Rickitt Mitchell advises Xupes on new JV with Chrono24

Corporate finance boutique Rickitt Mitchell has acted as advisor to certified pre-owned watch specialist Xupes on its strategic partnership with MPN Marketplace Networks.  The group owns digital marketplace Chrono24, the German pre-owned watch firm Zeitauktion and online watch magazine Fratello.   Founded in 2009, Xupes facilitates the buying, selling or

Ohi secures USD19m in Series A funding round

Ohi, an instant commerce platform that enables brands to meet their customers’ expectations of superfast delivery in under two hours, has completed a USD19 million Series A funding round.  Ohi will use the funds to expand its US operations to enable near-instant delivery of everything from CPG products to luxury

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