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Mecenat to partner with IK Investment Partners

Funds advised by IK Investment Partners (IK) are to invests in Mecenat Holding AB Mecenat. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Mecenat is a marketing technology company which promotes unique discounts to its community of students and young professionals. The Company is headquartered in Gothenburg and operates

Oakley Capital invests in Afterbuy and DreamRobot to create ECOMMERCE ONE

Oakley Capital’ sOakley Capital Origin Fund (Origin Fund) has acquired controlling stakes in Afterbuy and DreamRobot, two providers of e-commerce software in the German-speaking region, which will be combined to become the newly formed ECOMMERCE ONE Group. The two companies provide a comprehensive suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions

Love Ventures strengthens team ahead of fund launch

Adrian Love – formerly an Investment Manager at Dorrington PLC – has joined Love Ventures to lead the firm’s PropTech sector investments ahead of the business’s latest early-stage tech fund launch. Love Ventures specialises in the FinTech, PropTech and ConsumerTech sectors. It is now preparing its second fund which will

Iksuda Therapeutics closes USD47 million financing round

Iksuda Therapeutics (Iksuda), the developer of a new generation of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) with raised therapeutic index, today announced it has completed a USD47 million (circa GBP34 million) financing round, co-led by Mirae Asset Capital and its subsidiaries, Celltrion and Premier Partners, with the Company being advised by Ashfords

Exponent sells BBI Healthcare

Exponent has reached an agreement to sell BBI Healthcare (BBIH) or the ‘Business’, an international provider of differentiated self-care products serving Women’s Health, Diabetes and Energy Management markets, from BBI Group to Venture Life Group plc (Venture Life), a specialist in developing, manufacturing and commercialising products for the international self-care

KKR completes acquisition of Ensono

KKR, a global investment firm, and Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider, have closed the previously announced acquisition of Ensono by KKR. Ensono provides a comprehensive suite of services that help enterprises manage, optimise and modernise their IT systems across mainframe, cloud and hybrid infrastructure.  “Joining the KKR family

Fintech

General Atlantic’s dLocal IPO & changes in consumer patterns

Uruguayan fintech payments company dLocal, the country’s first unicorn, has raised USD617.65 million in its initial public offering, which started trading on Thursday on the Nasdaq under the symbol ‘DLO’.  Of the shares sold, close to 4.4 million were by dLOcal and 25 million by its existing investors. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs,

Maven 11 Blockchain Venture Fund II raises EUR40m

Dutch blockchain investment fund Maven 11 Capital has raised EUR40 million which it will invest in start- and scale-ups creating innovative financial services and building Web 3.0. using blockchain technology.  The new fund is a direct response to the explosive demand for investment in, and mentoring of, start-ups in decentralised

HiveHR secures GBP500,000 following strong growth

The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF) has led a GBP500,000 funding round for Newcastle-based HiveHR Ltd (Hive), an employee listening tool, operating in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space.  The Fund, which is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested GBP250,000, alongside GBP250,000 from the Future Fund, a government backed

Maven backs construction software and procurement services business

Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a significant investment in Pagabo, a procurement services specialist, and Sypro, a contract management and compliance software provider.  The two businesses share common ownership and the transaction will allow for the creation of a formal group of companies (Group). Pagabo and Sypro have highly

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