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Technology & Software

Vista Equity Partners invests in Salesloft

Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has made a strategic growth investment in Salesloft, the provider of a complete sales engagement platform. Vista’s investment comes on the heels of significant market momentum for Salesloft, having surpassed USD100 million in annual

Diversis Capital-backed Tempo acquires ALM Works

Tempo Software, a specialist in team time management and productivity-enhancing solutions, has acquired ALM Works, developer of the Structure for the Jira software suite tfor project and programme manager.  ALM Works helps over 5000 organisations worldwide visualise, track and manage progress across large-scale, complex projects. Tempo and ALM Works together

Diligend secures additional investment to fund 2022 growth plans

Following an initial investment in 2019, Diligend, an institutional-grade due diligence platform vendor, has secured a third round of capital to realise its growth ambitions in 2022. The funding will support development of Diligend’s core platform, designed for institutional investors and consultants which is continually evolving to meet client requirements.

Kenyan fintech Payload raises USD2m in seed funding from Next Chymia Consulting

Paylend, a Kenyan FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitising MSMEs in Kenya, has raised USD2 million in seed investment from Next Chymia Consulting HK Limited, an Asian based company that provides blockchain applications, consultancy services and training to global entities. Founded in September 2019, Paylend has

Diversis Capital makes significant growth investment in SalesRabbit

Diversis Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled services organisations, has made a significant growth investment in SalesRabbit, a specialist in field sales software. Founded in 2013, SalesRabbit has been enabling field sales organisations with end-to-end native mobile and web-based software. Its

Bottomline Technologies

Thoma Bravo acquires Bottomline for USD2.6bn

Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY), a provider of business payments financial technology in an all-cash transaction that values the company at approximately USD2.6 billion. 

YFM makes GBP8m follow-on investment in DSP-Explorer

Independent UK-based Oracle partner, DSP-Explorer, a database and cloud managed services provider, has received an additional GBP8 million of investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM).  The investment, made by the YFM-managed YFM Equity Partners Buyout II LP fund, will enable the business to continue its organic and acquisitive growth plans.

IoT software company Konektio raises GBP2.1m

A UK-based internet of things software platform provider has raised GBP2.1 million to accelerate international expansion. Konektio received funding from both the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) and Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), managed by Mercia and Foresight Group, along with existing investor Tern plc.   The funding will allow

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