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Highland Europe leads USD50m Series D round in Signal AI

Highland Europe has led a USD50 million Series D funding round in Signal AI, bringing total funding to date to USD100 million.  Other investors in this round include abrdn, existing investors include Redline, MMC, Hearst and Guardian Media Group Ventures. Signal AI will use this new funding to further build

EIB-supported gender lens investment fund Alitheia IDF holds final close at USD100m

Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has he’d it’s final close at USD100 million with European Investment Bank (EIB) joining as the closing investor with USD24.6 million.  With this final close, Alitheia IDF becomes the largest gender-lens private equity fund by value in Africa. Led

BB Capital sells childcare software company KidsKonnect to Five Arrows Growth Capital

BB Capital Investments has completed the sale of childcare software provider KidsKonnect to Five Arrows Growth Capital. BB Capital initially took a majority interest in Flexkids in 2018 and subsequently formed KidsKonnect following a merger between Flexkids and Konnect. The childcare software provider, with headquarters in Haarlem, offers fully integrated

SFC Capital provides Hypi with GBP150,000 in pre-seed funding

Hypi, the London-based SaaS platform that makes no-code app development accessible to everyone, has secured GBP150,000 in pre-seed funding from SFC Capital. The funding will support the growth of Hypi platform and push their new no-code solution out to users who want a simpler, more visual way of developing and

IK Partners-backed CONET Group acquires Karlsruhe-based ISB AG

CONET an IT consulting firm backed by private equity firm IK Investment Partners is to acquire Karlsruhe-based ISB AG.  Having both been successful individually in the IT services market for more than 30 years, the two companies will now benefit from complementary services and customer relationships, particularly in the public

Bregal Sagemount makes significant investment in Transflo

Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a global private equity firm that specialises in backing growing companies to the Board and investor base, has made a significant equity investment in Transflo, a provider of mobile business intelligence and payments facilitation tools to the transportation sector, backed by tech-focused private equity firm True Wind

Blackstone GP Stakes makes strategic investment in Nautic Partners

Funds managed by Blackstone GP Stakes have acquired a minority ownership interest in Nautic Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in the healthcare, industrials, and services sectors.  Blackstone GP Stakes specialises in value-added, long-term investments in the management companies of leading private equity firms. Nautic recently closed

SBAI publishes report on culture and diversity for smaller asset managers

The SBAI, a global alliance of alternative investment managers and allocators and custodian of the Alternative Investments Standards, has released the second in a series of reports on culture and diversity – Beyond the Metrics: Demonstrating and Assessing Diversity in Smaller Asset Managers.  Allocator due diligence increasingly focuses on aspects

OMERS leads USD45 m Series C round in Medal.tv

OMERS Ventures has lead a USD45 million Series C investment round in Medal.tv, a specialist in short-form gaming video clip.  The latest round follows a previously unannounced USD15 million Series B from Makers Fund, Horizon Ventures, Dune Ventures, and others.  Medal has used these funds to strategically acquire the technology,

Nexa Equity makes majority growth investment in Leap

Nexa Equity LLC, a private equity firm focused on scaling lower middle market software and fintech businesses, has made a majority growth investment in Leap, a provider of home contractor sales enablement software.  Leap’s management team and founders will continue to be meaningful shareholders. Financial terms of the transaction were

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