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QED Investors names new COO

QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has named Tommy Blanchard as its Chief Operating Officer. Blanchard joins QED from Capital One where he spent a total of 20 years, most recently as managing vice president, business analysis in Capital One’s Commercial

property.xyz raises GBP268k in angel seed round

Intelligent property search portal property.xyz has secured a seed round of angel investment of GBOP268,000 from eleven, experienced investors in the fields of technology, finance and real estate. Co-founders Robert Jones and Dr Simone Di Cola started development on property xyz in 2019, which entered a beta phase in August

Northgate achieves hard cap on 9th Venture FoF

Northgate has closed its ninth venture fund of funds at its hard cop. NVP IX was launched in May 2020 to provide Northgate’s limited partners exposure to a highly concentrated portfolio of access-constrained venture capital firms.  “The NVP IX portfolio represents one of the most concentrated and core-focused portfolios we’ve

Evendo raises USD4.7m in over-subscribed Series A at USD66m valuation

Evendo, the global leader in the online social events market today announced the raising of USD4.7 million in a Series A funding round.  This will accelerate the company’s rapid expansion at a time where businesses and private individuals alike resume the planning and booking of social events online. This comes

Softbank leads USD50m Series C Funding for Cornami

Cornami has completed an early close to its currently over-subscribed USD50 million Series C financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to bring Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to market.  Others participating in this round include institutional investors as well as other existing investors and insiders. FHE is a game-changer in

Kentik raises USD40m in Series C round

Kentik, the network observability company, has closed a USD40 million Series C funding round led by existing investor Third Point Ventures. Investors from prior rounds – August Capital, Tahoma Ventures, DCVC, Engineering Capital and Vistara Growth – were joined by new investors Golub Capital, Gaingels and Delta-v Capital to complete

GED Capital participates in Troop’s USD8 million Series A financing round

Independent Iberian asset manager GED Capital has participated with its fund Conexo Ventures in the USD8 million Series A investment round of Troop, a startup that helps with the organisation of in-person meetings for all users. In addition to GED Capital, other investors participating in the round included Madrona Venture

Plum Guide secures USD9m investment in round led by Beringea

Plum Guide has secured a USD9 million cash injection in a funding round led by Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, with participation from existing investors Talis Capital, Hearst Ventures and Latitude.  The funding will accelerate Plum Guide’s rapid climb towards boasting the definitive list of the world’s best vacation

Healthcap strengthens senior team

HealthCap, a European life sciences venture capital firm,  has appointed Dr MÃ¥rten Steen, MD, PhD, as Co-Managing Partner alongside Founding Partner Björn Odlander. MÃ¥rten became a Partner at HealthCap in 2010 and has been instrumental in many of HealthCap´s most successful investments including Ultragenyx and Wilson Therapeutics. He currently serves

CV VC Dubai launches an incubation program for blockchain teams in the UAE

Blockchain venture capitalist CV VC has begun Dubai operations in partnership with DMCC Crypto Centre. As a rapidly advancing blockchain capital and one of the world’s most progressive tech hubs, Dubai is a natural place for CV VC to extend its operations. CV VC has currently successfully invested in 32

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