Relative Insight, a fast-growing text analytics platform, plans to expand its operations in the US and strengthen new product development following a GBP5 million growth capital investment by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) through its managed British Smaller Companies VCTs. With offices in London, New York and Lancaster, Relative Insight has a growing international client list including leading global companies such as Sky, Nespresso, Starbucks, General Mills, MetLife and Sony.   The investment from YFM will enable Relative Insight to further grow its customer base as well as continuing to develop the platform to provide greater customer insights and data integrations

Lantum – a UK-based healthcare workforce management platform – has raised USD15 million in a funding round led by Finch Capital. Piton Capital, Samos, and US-based Cedars-Sinai Hospital also participated. Lantum is considering increasing the round size, due to significant oversubscription.    This new investment will enable Lantum to fuel its growth, increase staff count, and invest in building new products that will make it possible for the NHS to make vital and substantial savings to staffing costs, of which over £30 million has already been achieved. Over 30,000 clinical and non-clinical staff, and 50 per cent of GP practises in

Vitruvian Partners (Vitruvian) is partnering with German private equity platform Moonfare, investing USD35 million in the company’s unique business model. The partnership represents another important milestone for Berlin-based Moonfare after having just recently announced a USD125 million series C financing round led by Insight Partners and consolidating its global footprint by launching operations in the US. As the democratisation of private markets continues to gain momentum so does the trend of “Private Equity goes Retail1”. High Net Worth Individuals, retail investors and their advisors are increasingly looking to alternative investments to benefit from high returns. This development has been heightened

Sourceful, an all-in-one platform for sustainable sourcing, has secured a USD20 million Series A funding round led by Index Ventures, backers of Deliveroo, Dropbox and Just Eat. Founded in 2020, Sourceful works with brands across the globe to shrink their environmental impact by helping them find, create and deliver products that are better for their business and the planet. Coatue and Eka Ventures also participated in the round.

Pixxel, a specialist in earth-imaging technology, has secured USD25 million in a Series A finding round led by Radical Ventures, a Toronto-based firm known for investing in entrepreneurs that use artificial intelligence to transform massive industries. Additional participation in Pixxel’s Series A came from Jordan Noone, Seraphim Space Investment Trust Plc, Lightspeed Partners, Blume Ventures, and Sparta LLC. The new funding enables Pixxel to expedite production of the world’s highest resolution hyperspectral satellite constellation and to offer industry AI-powered insights that discover, solve, and predict climate issues at a fraction of traditional satellite costs.

IK Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap III Fund is to invest in Sitevision, a Swedish content management system (CMS) and intranet solution provider.

Reich & Tang Deposit Networks (R&T) and Total Bank Solutions (TBS) have entered into a definitive agreement to combine both companies.

DigitalBridge Ventures, DigitalBridge Group’s recently announced venture capital initiative, has led a USD60 million Series C funding round in Celona, an enterprise networking company bridging the gap between LTE/5G cellular wireless and enterprise IT infrastructure. Founded in 2019, Celona has established itself as a leading innovator in the global private LTE/5G infrastructure market, which is forecast to grow over 5x to almost USD6 billion by 20241.  Celona’s Series C financing round also included participation from all of Celona’s existing investors including NTTVC (Celona’s Series B lead investor), Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Cervin Ventures. The new

BGF has successfully exited its investment in leading care provider, CSN Care Group (CSN) to Clece Care Services, a national care provider currently operating successfully in more than 70 locations across the UK. BGF invested GBP4 million in the Edinburgh-headquartered CSN in December 2020. It operates a national network of branches across the UK and its care brands include Carewatch, MyLife and New Directions.   The funding provided by BGF supported CSN to grow its network and pursue selected M&A opportunities. In the period since late 2020, CSN has completed four acquisitions in Glasgow, Welwyn Garden City and Horsham, in

New York- and London-based HealthTech venture firm Eckuity has invested in Mobius Biomedical, a development-stage company designing disruptive new technology and processes for lower cost, next-generation biologics manufacturing. Mobius Biomedical’s disruptive technology will significantly reduce facility footprint, setup time, and cost, while at the same time providing the flexibility to manufacture a diverse set of biological drug products, as its flexible equipment modules are designed to enable continuous manufacturing of protein-therapeutics, RNA-therapeutics, and gene therapies. Mobius’ technologies will provide reductions in manufacturing cost and time to market, while simultaneously improving product yield and purity.