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Entrepreneur secures GBP2m investment for shopping app BASKET

Serial entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den winner, Lex Deak, has secured GBP2 million for his new app, BASKET. Notable investors include Lightbank, the VC firm founded by Groupon co-founder, Eric Lefkosky, as well as co-founder and CEO of WorldFirst, Jonathan Quin, and Mumsnet founder and CEO, Justine Roberts.   Basket will

VSS Capital Partners sells Coretelligent to Norwest Equity Partners

VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, information, business services and education industries, has completed the sale of Coretelligent to Norwest Equity Partners.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  Coretelligent is a provider of comprehensive managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud services to customers

NorthEdge supports Altia’s acquisition of VeriSaaS

NorthEdge-backed Altia has acquired VeriSaaS, a field intelligence and evidence collection software business. Altia is a leading global provider of specialist intelligence and investigation software for government department and law enforcement agencies across the UK, Canada and Australia. The business, which is based in Nottingham and Glasgow, supports police forces

HIG Europe sells CONET

HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell CONET to private equity firm IK Investment Partners. HIG acquired a majority stake in the Company in 2017. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant antitrust authorities. CONET is a digital transformation partner focused on public sector clients and with a dedicated

Airbus Ventures invests in ispace

Airbus Ventures has invested in ispace, inc, a company pioneering the future of commercial lunar exploration. ispace’s state-of-the-art lunar lander is on schedule to launch on its first mission, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the second half of 2022.

Toca secures GBP2m extension to seed funding

Toca, provider of no code apps and automation fabric, has raised an additional GBP2 million of funding from private investors – an extension to the GBP1.4 million raised in a 2018 seed round. 

Ethical data pioneer raises GBP1.5m to prepare for cookie-free future

A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a GBP1.5 million investment to build its global presence. CitizenMe has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development

Trill Impact closes investments in Artic Group and ID North

Trill Impact has closed investments in Arctic Group AB (Arctic Group) and ID North AB (ID North) to form a cybersecurity services platform jointly called European ID Security. Trill Impact has identified several attractive companies across Europe, including Arctic Group and ID North, which address a strong societal need for

Orion acquires compliance management software platform BasisCode Compliance

Orion Advisor Solutions is strengthening its compliance technology offering for clients by acquiring BasisCode Compliance, a provider of regulatory compliance and risk management technology.  Founded in 2011, BasisCode provides trusted compliance management in a secure cloud environment with capabilities ranging from compliance testing and risk assessment to trading surveillance, insider trading, staff certifications and audit-ready reporting.

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