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Praetura Ventures leads GBP2.2m funding round in BankiFi

BankiFi, a fintech business specialising in payment processing and financial administration services for SMEs, has secured a GBP2.2 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, with participation from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Headquartered in Manchester, BankiFi was founded to help financial institutions better serve small

Olsam raises USD165m in Series A round

Olsam Group (Olsam), a company that buys and scales category leading e-commerce businesses, has successfully raised USD165 million in a Series A equity and debt round.  The equity investment was led by Christian Angermayer’s Apeiron Investment Group and Elevat3 Capital, which counts Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund as a strategic partner.

Harri secures growth financing from Golub Capital

Harri, an enterprise Employee Experience platform built for service driven industries, has received a significant round of growth financing from Golub Capital as part of a broader funding round totalling USD30 million.  The financing will be used to capitalsze on the strong momentum in the large enterprise market, accelerate growth

FV Bank secures USD8m Series A investment

FV Bank, a dual licensed challenger bank and digital asset custodian, has announced the successful closing of its Series A funding round worth USD8 million. 

Alpaca raises USD50m in Series B round

Alpaca, a commission-free stock brokerage platform that offers APIs for fintech apps to connect and trade in US stocks, has closed a USD50 million Series B on the heels of driving 1500 per vcent year to date growth in brokerage accounts and expanding partnerships across Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, North

Invest Green ‘democratises’ cleantech VC

Invest Green, Inc (IGI) has launched with a mission of providing all investors access to institutional quality Cleantech opportunities managed by a team that includes some of the most experienced and respected pioneers of the ESG movement. Utilising proprietary research which has twice been ranked No1 in the World, IGI

Avestria Ventures closes Fund I

Avestria Ventures, a Bay Area-based life sciences venture fund, has closed Avestria Ventures Fund I. Founded by veteran life science industry executives Linda Greub and Corinne Nevinny, Avestria invests in early-stage women’s health companies and female-led life science ventures. Avestria seeks to generate strong returns by focusing on these two

AgFunder closes oversubscribed USD21m alternative protein fund

AgFunder, a foodtech and agtech VC firm, has held the final close of New Carnivore, its alternative protein fund, at USD21 million. The fund was oversubscribed, surpassing its hard cap. ADM Ventures, the VC arm of the global food and commodities company Archer-Daniels-Midland, invested in the fund. Alexandria Venture Investments,

LITTA secures GBP2m in Series A led by Beringea

Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital firm, has led a GBP2 million investment in LITTA, a rapidly growing online platform for rubbish removals and waste collection.   LITTA was founded in London in 2017 by Aaron Georgiou, later being joined by Alexie Crassas, and Chris Yiannopoulos. LITTA provides a digital, cost-effective,

Recuro Health closes USD15m in Series A round led by ARCH Venture Partners

Recuro Health (Recuro), an integrated digital health solutions company, has raised USD15 million in a Series A financing round led by ARCH Venture Partners, with follow-on support from existing Seed Round-investors OLSF Ventures, Cortado Ventures, 1843 Capital and Sage Venture Partners.

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