Forward Partners, a London-based venture capital firm, is to to seek admission of its shares to trading on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange (Admission). Founded in 2013, Forward Partners is a well-established and respected London-based venture capital firm, specialising in supporting high growth, early-stage technology businesses. It
StepEx, the only FCA-regulated fintech startup that provides affordable student finance based on future earnings rather than debt, has raised GBP1.1 million in pre-seed funding. This follows an earlier angel investment of GBP270,000. Backed by BBVA Anthemis Venture Partnership, Triple Point Ventures, and prominent angel investors — including renowned fintech investor
Balderton Capital has appointed Adrian Rainey as its new Operating Partner. Rainey will work closely with Balderton’s Limited Partners and oversee the firm’s internal operations. He will also provide support to Balderton’s portfolio founders through the initial investment process, subsequent fundraisings and key milestones on their journey to growth. Rainey
Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) and the East Africa Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) have formed a new partnership to enable private investment in Africa through their respective mandates. The partnership between RFL and EAVCA will provide a platform for Rwanda to increase its attractiveness and competitiveness as a business and financial
Deals in the food tech space have been picking up lately, with Scandinavian food tech startups like Curb, which was founded by Delivery Hero’s former executive Carl Tengberg, and Danish food platform Superb, being the latest in a string of recent growth equity investments in this space.
ARQIS has advised Munich-based AI startup OCELL on its seed financing round. With software for digital forestry, OCELL helps forest managers to achieve more efficiency and sustainability. Business angels from the BayStartUP investor network are now investing a high six figure sum in this technology under the leadership of Andreas
Hiber AB, the platform that enables people to create interactive 3D experiences such as games, no coding skills required, has taken USD15 million in Series A funding, led by EQT Ventures. This brings Hiber’s total funding taken to date to almost USD20 million, giving the company the capital it needs
Innovate Finance, an industry body representing UK FinTech, has appointed Yvonne Bajela as its newest board member. Bajela brings a wide range of expertise as an investment specialist, as well as being a strong and active advocate for promoting diversity and inclusion. Bajela is an Investor at Impact X
Rest Less, a digital platform for the over 50s, has raised GBP6.1 million (USD8.5 million) to further expand its services for its members. The funding round was led by venture capital firms MTech Capital and Viola FinTech with further participation from existing investors, QED Investors and Octopus Ventures. Viola FinTech
Nauta Capital, a pan-European venture capital firm investing in capital-efficient B2B software companies, has launched a new initiative to support pre-seed deeptech European startups. Named Nauta Labs, the specialist venture programme will offer pre-seed B2B deeptech companies capital to accelerate their concepts and grow into the next generation of Europe’s
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