Closed Loop Partners has held the final close of its new with over $200 million in total assets less than three years after launch, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.

Brown Foods, an alternative milk creator and Y Combinator startup accelerator graduate, has raised $2.36 million in a seed funding round backed by AgFunder, SRI Capital, Amino Capital, Collaborative Fund, a group of individual angel investors, and Y Combinator, according to a report by AgFunderNews. Brown Foods’ UnReal Milk product is made using mammalian cell culture technology and is friendly to both animals and the climate, vegetarian, and as nutritious as traditional dairy milk. The funds from the seed round will be used to further develop the product and to scale up its cell-cultivation process.

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors, has sold its majority stake in Media Business Insight (MBI). The leading content, insight and events business for the creative media industry was purchased by GlobalData, an AIM-listed data and analytics company in an off-market transaction. MBI comprises a range of digitally-led brands including Broadcast and Screen International, providing information and intelligence services informing professionals about the British television industry and international movie industry, respectively. The exit was led by Bob Henry on behalf of the Mobeus VCTs, and the

Nottingham-based BatFast Cricket Centres (BatFast) has secured a loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (‘MEIF’) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). The funding will enable the company to invest in its sales and marketing resources, undertake further product development, expand internationally and create 15 new jobs.   BatFast is a global sports technology and entertainment business that has developed a patented augmented reality sports simulator for cricket, tennis and baseball. The simulator aims to make team sports more accessible by re-engineering pitches to fit inside urban entertainment or training spaces.

GeniusX, an e-learning, virtual reality start-up has closed a $1.68 million seed funding at a $20 million market cap. As an indie development studio in the frenzied virtual reality ecosystem with a concentration in VR Education, the CEO & Co-Founder, Nick Janicki, says, “Our mission is to create experiences that have utility, longevity, and uplift the human spirit. Our first VR title, Retreat, is basically an immersive hero’s journey for tangible real-world skills.” Co-Founder, Lyle Maxson, adds, “We are creating the first social VR platform centered around educational influencers.” The company’s title is Retreat, a virtual reality education application that

Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity manager, has acquired the technology ventures division of Downing LLP (Downing) including management of the Venture Capital Trust and Ventures Enterprise Investment Scheme businesses of Downing. Foresight is expected to acquire the Funds for an initial consideration of £13.6 million. The funds are deployed across venture capital, AIM-quoted investee companies and a small number of legacy asset-backed debt investments.   Downing is a privately owned, UK-based asset manager and Foresight will acquire three funds with a combined AUM of £275 million. The funds are Downing ONE VCT Plc, Downing FOUR VCT Plc

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired Zethcon via TSCP portfolio company Made4net. Zethcon is a North American warehouse management system (WMS) software company with a robust cloud-based product platform designed specifically for the unique requirements of the third-party logistics (3PL) market. Made4net is a global leader in cloud-based supply chain execution and WMS software.  Combining Zethcon’s multi-decade track record of delivering premier 3PL WMS solutions with Made4net’s WMS product leadership across a broad diversity of end markets that extend beyond 3PL, creates a best-of-breed warehouse software company that serves an impressive

Qubit Pharmaceuticals, a deeptech company specialising in molecular simulation and modelling using quantum physics, has raised €16.1 million from XAnge, Omnes, Quantonation and  Octave Klaba, founder of OVH. This seed round with investors specialised in Life Sciences and Deep Tech brings the total amount raised since the company’s creation in 2020 to more than €23 million.   The transaction aims at strengthening Qubit Pharmaceutical’s proprietary Atlas software platform, capable of leveraging the computing power of supercomputers and quantum computers to accelerate the development of more effective and safer drug candidates. 

Galaxy Digital has led a $20m Series A funding round in Skolem Technologies, according to a report by CoinDesk. Point72 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Fenwick & West, Morpheus Ventures, and Dragonfly Capital, also participated in the round. Skolem, a provider data and trade execution services for decentralised financial markets, will use the capital to grow its team, and increase the platform’s capabilities.

Recover, a materials science company and producer of sustainable, premium recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, has closed a new $100 million minority equity capital investment led by the Sustainable Investing business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs).