Parthenon Capital has made an additional investment in CardWorks, the parent company of CardWorks Servicing, Merrick Bank and Carson Smithfield. In connection with the transaction, Parthenon’s co-CEO and managing partner, Brian Golson, will join CardWorks’ Board of Directors. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

New elderly care search platform, Lottie has raised GBP2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Kindred. Lottie also secured investment from angel and Zoopla executive, David Wascha as well as former Airbnb and Facebook director, Caroline Hudack. Tom Blomfield and Lendable co-founder Victoria van Lennep also reinvested.

Centauri Therapeutics Limited (Centauri), an immunotherapy company founded by Animatrix Founders LLP and focused on the treatment of infectious diseases, today announced the close of its GBP24 million Series A investment round. Centauri secured equity funding from Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Evotec SE, and Novo Holdings REPAIR Impact Fund. Existing investors include founding investor Animatrix Founders LLP (via its company LAK Holdings LLP), as well as Kent Life Science LLP and Wren Capital. The funds will support the continued advancement of the Company’s antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research and development, using the Alphamer® platform to identify and progress novel antibacterial candidates

Sharegain, a capital markets infrastructure fintech, has raised USD64 million in a series B round led by WestCap. Citi, EJF Capital LLC and Optiver PSI, also participated, along with existing investors include Maverick Ventures Israel, Blumberg Capital, SixThirty, Rhodium, and the Kessler family office. The round is the largest series B to date in the securities lending industry. WestCap Partner Scott C Ganeles will join the Sharegain board. Ganeles presently sits on the boards of Tradeweb and NYDIG, and is the former CEO of Ipreo, a global fintech company servicing global financial institutions.

Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP), an investment house providing flexible capital solutions to successful entrepreneurs and management teams in the European mid-market, has invested in Gorent, an Italian specialist in the rental of eco-sustainable vehicles for urban sanitation, via Three Hills Capital Solutions III (THCS III). THCS III has committed cEUR50 million to support further organic growth of the business as well as the buyout of certain minority shareholders. The transaction, which is expected to complete in March 2022, represents the third investment in Italy for THCS III and the last investment out of the Fund’s portfolio of ten assets.

Reebelo, an APAC-focused marketplace for affordable, sustainable tech devices, has raised USD20 million in a Series A funding round led by Cathay Innovation and June Fund. Other participants included FJ Labs, KREAM (an affiliate of Naver), Moore Strategic Ventures, French Partners, and Gandel Invest. Existing investors participating in the round include Antler, Maximilian Bittner (co-founder Lazada, CEO Vestiaire Collective), Michael Cassau (Founder & CEO Grover), and others. Founded in 2019 by Philip Franta and Fabien Rastouil, Reebelo is a platform for buying pre-owned electronic devices.  The new funding round will be used to hire 50-plus team members across all existing

Northern Lights Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition corporation and SHF – dba Safe Harbor Financial – (Safe Harbor), a cannabis industry-focused financial services provider, have signed a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Northern Lights’ acquisition of Safe Harbor from a subsidiary of Partner Colorado Credit Union (PCCU), a Colorado-chartered credit union based in Arvada, Colorado. Upon the closing of the transaction, Northern Lights and Safe Harbor will be led by Sundie Seefried, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Safe Harbor. The boards of directors and managers of Northern Lights, PCCU, and Safe Harbor have unanimously approved

GP Bullhound has acted as financial advisor to InterCloud, a leading Cloud Connectivity platform, on its EUR100 million Series D fundraising round, led by Aleph Capital. Existing investors Ventech and Open CNP also participated along with Orange, BPI, Caphorn, Hiinov, UL Invest and Weber. This round brings InterCloud’s total financing to EUR138 million.   As a pioneer in the Software-Defined Cloud Interconnect (SDCI) market, InterCloud’s mission is to provide secure, fast, and reliable private network access to cloud-hosted data and applications, which is achieved through its advanced network management capabilities, robust connectivity backbone, and close partnerships with the world’s biggest

Companion Spine LLC, the France-USA specialist in diagnostic and interventional spine surgery, has raised USD55 million inna Series A financing led by Viscogliosi Brothers, the company’s co-founder and historical shareholder, and jointly invested by a global medical technology company. Viscogliosi Brothers initiated and formed Companion Spine to focus on spine pain treatment, motion preservation, precision diagnostics and interventional care to allow for a comprehensive spine health and a total spine care continuum approach for patients, spine pain specialists, treatment centres and payors. The funds raised will be used primarily for the development and commercialisation of Companion Spine’s range of minimally

OxDX, a University of Oxford spin out building instant pathogen tests using super-resolution microscopy and machine learning, has raised GBP2.6 million in pre-seed funding for its AI powered diagnostic technology that can recognise and identify specific species and strains of viruses1,2, bacteria and other pathogens within a sample in seconds. The initial funding is co-led by IQ Capital and Ahren Innovation Capital with participation from Science Creates Ventures, and will be used to expand the team and further validate the technology with development partners.   The OxDX technology uses novel universal labelling technology in combination with machine learning analysis in