Carmoola [carmoola.co.uk], a newly launched motoring fintech has raised £27 million in investment from Jaguar Land Rover’s investment fund, InMotion Ventures, VentureFriends, BCI and California-based Clocktower Ventures. The seed round also included a host of high profile angels that have backed companies such as Revolut, Marshmallow, Clearscore and Monzo, including the former MD of Google (UK and Ireland), Dan Cobley. Founded by British, Ukrainian and former Movebubble and Zoopla executives: Aidan Rushby, Amy McKechnie, Roman Sumnikov, and Igor Gordiichuk; Carmoola empowers consumers with a budget and finance decision in sixty seconds, giving them the freedom to buy a vehicle instantly

Highborn Group, a portfolio company of global alternative investment firm HIG Capital, has acquired Plumbworld Limited (Plumbworld), a UK e-commerce specialists for bathroom, kitchen, plumbing and heating products. The combination with Plumbworld will strengthen Highbourne’s leading omni-channel capabilities for both trade and retail customers. Plumbworld’s proposition is highly complementary to Highbourne and will enable the group to expand its footprint in the UK and Ireland, while maintaining its commitment to providing the highest quality services and convenience to its customers.

Sagard NewGen is entering into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Horizon Software from Capza. For 24 years, Horizon Software has brought automation to Investment Banks, Brokers, Exchanges and Trading Platforms for their electronic trading needs spanning more than 150 liquidity venues globally.   The Horizon trading platform brings together equity and derivatives departments and provides principal and agency traders with a unique cross-asset solution. By combining native trading functionalities with sophisticated algorithmic capabilities, Horizon Software’s clients create, test and implement automated strategies within incredibly short timescales and with absolute security.

Kazoo, an employee experience platform, has acquired WorkTango, a Toronto-based employee experience survey and people analytics company that gives employees a voice and leaders actionable insights to create a more engaged workforce. With this acquisition, Kazoo will be the only solution in the market with a full suite of employee listening, recognition and rewards, and performance management capabilities, all in a single platform. Kazoo and WorkTango will initially operate their platforms individually as they work to fully integrate both the teams and the solutions. WorkTango co-founders Rob Catalano and Nadir Ebrahim will join Kazoo’s executive team as Chief Strategy &

Private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners (TSG) is to acquire a majority stake in Cadogan Tate Group Holdings (Cadogan Tate), a specialist logistics group. As part of the transaction, Cadogan Tate management will continue to lead the Company and retain a minority stake. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded in 1977, Cadogan Tate is an international storage, moving and shipping group specialising in fine art and other valuable possessions.

Viz.ai, an AI-powered disease detection and care coordination platform, has raised a USD100 million in a Series D funding round at a USD1.2 billion valuation. The round, which comes as the number of hospitals using the Viz Platform surpasses the 1,000 mark and patients served reaches millions, was led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners.  Also joining the round were several of the company’s early backers, including Scale Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Threshold, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Sozo Ventures, CRV, and Susa. The new funds will be used to support Viz.ai’s significant growth trajectory, expand the Viz Platform to detect and

Peak Technologies, a system integrator in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) market, and a portfolio company of industrial-focused private equity firm Sole Source Capital, has acquired Graphic Label. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The acquisition of Graphic Label marks Sole Source Capital’s 13th investment in the AIDC industry. Sole Source has supported Peak Technologies in five prior add-on acquisitions including Optical Phusion, Inovity, Bar Code Direct, DBK Concepts and Avalon Integration. Headquartered in Yakima, Washington and founded in 1993, Graphic Label is a provider of AIDC consumables, hardware, software, and related installation and on-site services.

Elastrin Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company, has closed a USD10 million funding round led by Kizoo Technology Capital, an early-stage investor in breakthrough rejuvenation technologies. Other investors in the round include Starbloom Capital and SC Launch.  Elastrin Therapeutics was founded in 2018 as a spinout from Clemson University where the technology was first developed over a 20-year period. The company’s lead asset ELT-001 is an EDTA-loaded nanoparticle conjugated with a proprietary monoclonal antibody for the treatment of vascular calcification.

Air Temp Mechanical Services (Air Temp), a portfolio company of Ironwood Capital Connecticut and Anvil Capital, has acquired Hipoint Heating & Cooling (Hipoint). The deal was structured as an add-on acquisition for Air Temp with funding for the transaction provided by Salem Five Bank and funds managed by Ironwood Capital Connecticut.     Founded in 1991 by John Przybylski and Larry Pugrab, Hipoint is a regional commercial HVAC service company. 

Atlantic BidCo, a non-controlled company indirectly held by funds which are respectively managed and advised by Advent International Corporation (Advent), Centerbridge Partners (Centerbridge), CPP Investment Board Europe – a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) – as well as other co-investors, is to launch a voluntary public takeover offer to all shareholders of Aareal Bank. Atlantic BidCo and Aareal Bank have renewed their investment agreement. On this basis, the Management and Supervisory Boards of Aareal Bank continue to view the transaction as strategically beneficial for the company and its stakeholders, are unanimously supportive, and intend,