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Talis Capital leads GBP5m investment in Vinehealth

Talis Capital has led a USD5.5 million seed funding round in Vinhealth, a digital health platform that improves the quality of life and outcomes of cancer patients, with participation from previous investors Playfair Capital and Ascension.  A number of angels also participated, including Keith Gibbs, former CEO of AXA PPP

MVB Edge Ventures invests USD6m seed funding in Victor

MVB Edge Ventures has invested USD6 million in seed funding in Victor Technologies to accelerate the launch of Victor’s banking APIs and Vantage risk management platform. Vantage makes it easier for banks to quickly onboard a wide range of Fintech clients in Gaming, Payments, Banking-as-a-Service and Digital Assets as well

Brunnur Ventures invests USD2.8m in Hopp

Brunnur Ventures has invested USD2.8 million in Hopp, a sustainable electric scooter rental company focused on smaller cities, local travel and smaller fleets – an almost untouched market as more than 95 per cent of cities in Europe with less than 500,000 inhabitants are currently unserved. Hopp is expanding its

Bessemer Venture Partners leads USD16 million Series A financing in Rimes

Bessemer Venture Partners has led a USD16 million Series A financing round in Rimes, a provider of the Regulatory Information Management (RIM) software for the medtech industry.  Existing investors Allos Ventures, Private Opportunities, and Innovation Works also participated. The company has also appointed two industry veterans, Adam Price and Christine

Praxis Fund Services supports launch of LSE’s first SPAC

Funds services provider Praxis Fund Services (PFS) has supported tech-focused venture capital group Hambro Perks on the launch of the first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consulted on listing rules for the LSE earlier this year

Maven 11 Capital closes USD120m crypto venture fund

Crypto investment firm Maven 11 Capital has closed its second fund, Venture Fund II, at USD120 million on 30 November.  Building on the success of the first fund, Fund II will look to back founders looking to build novel infrastructure protocols, DeFi primitives and Web 3.0 applications in the crypto

Pollen Street Capital invests EUR193 million in bunq series A funding round

The Dutch central bank has approved a EUR193 million funding round agreed between bunq and Pollen Street Capital, a British private equity firm.  The deal values the Amsterdam-based challenger bank at EUR1.6 billion and sets a new record for a series A investment in a European fintech company.    bunq

Pitchdrive launches EUR20m fund in collaboration with SmartFin

Pitchdrive, a Belgian-based start-up funding platform investing in European early-stage ventures, has held the first closing of its second fund at EUR20 million, organised in collaboration with SmartFin.  Pitchdrive leverages data-driven deal selection and extensive entrepreneurial expertise towards one goal: to offer promising technology start-ups the initial funds they need

Gresham House Ventures makes GBP5 million investment in Preservica

Gresham House Ventures has made a USD6.8 million (GBP5 million) investments in Preservia, a specialist in Active Digital Preservation software to further accelerate product innovation in transforming the way organisations manage and protect critical long-term digital content. Preservica’s cloud-hosted SaaS Active Digital Preservation platform – which ensures critical long-term content

Pembroke VCT invests GBP1m in Peckwater Brands

Data driven, delivery-only virtual food brands increasing revenue for local restaurants. Pembroke VCT, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses with exceptional founders and management teams, has invested GBP1 million into Peckwater Brands, the creator of data-driven virtual food brands, which develops delivery-only, fully-serviced food concepts to increase

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