The last 16 months have provided every aspect of society with an unprecedented challenge, yet Europe’s venture capitalists are fuelling a red-hot market that looks to be anything but challenged. While the startup market is booming globally, Europe’s scene of private startup investment deserves close attention for the particularly astounding
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold portfolio company US Medical Supply (US MED to Advanced Diabetes Supply (ADS), a portfolio company of Court Square Capital Partners Inc. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. US MED is among the largest and fastest growing direct-to-consumer specialty distributors of Continuous Glucose Monitors
Growthdeck has exited its investment in electric vehicle developer Saietta Group via an IPO on London’s Alternative Investment Market, delivering up to 22x valuation to Growthdeck’s early stage EIS investors. The AIM IPO, which took place on Wednesday, 7 July, raised GBP37.5 million of new investment, and gave Saietta Group
Cobee, a European leading employee benefits management digital platform, has raised EUR14 million in Series A funding led by the leading European venture capital firm Balderton Capital. Invested also joined the round along with previous investors SpeedInvest, Target Global, Encomenda and Lanai, as well as angels from Zalando, N26, Uber
Ropes & Gray has advised Pulsant, one of the leading nationwide providers of data centre and cloud infrastructure in the UK, on its sale from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Pulsant owns and operates a portfolio of ten data centres across seven cities in
Saber Labs, a core contributor to Saber, the first Solana-based cross-chain stablecoin exchange, has secured USD7.7 million in a seed round led by Race Capital, with participation from Chamath Palihapitya’s Social Capital, Jump Capital, Multicoin Capital, Solana Foundation, and others, as well as crypto industry leaders from FTX, Okcoin, Curve,
Elvie, a global health and lifestyle brand developing products for women, has raised GBP58 million (USD80 million) in a Series C funding round. The round was led by BGF, with further investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Private Equity Partners (BlackRock) and a consortium including Hiro Capital and
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), the debt fund manager for the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), has been approved by the British Business Bank as a new accredited lender to provide loans through the Government’s Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). The Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) supports access to finance for UK businesses
Vestwell, a specialist in workplace savings and investing programmes, has raised USD70 million in Series C financing. Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and Fin Venture Capital co-led the round, along with a host of other financial services and fintech leaders including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Manulife, Point72, Nationwide Ventures, Allianz Life
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire customer and employee experience specialist Medallia in a USD6.4 billion all-cash transaction. Medallia will become a private company with additional resources and greater flexibility to build on its innovation leadership and expand its customer impact. Additionally, the transaction will allow Medallia to
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