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Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne, a portfolio company of Innova Capital, is to acquire SHE Cosmetics – a Polish cosmetics company specialising in hand and foot care products.  Bielenda Kosmetyki Naturalne, established in 1990, is a major player in the cosmetics market in Poland. In January 2021, the company expanded its portfolio by adding Soraya and Dermika brands, which it acquired with the support of Innova Capital. In addition to Bielenda and Bielenda Professional brands, the group’s portfolio also includes BodyBoom, FaceBoom, and BabyBoom. 
Diversis Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled services organisations, has made a significant growth investment in SalesRabbit, a specialist in field sales software. Founded in 2013, SalesRabbit has been enabling field sales organisations with end-to-end native mobile and web-based software. Its complete sales enablement platform aims to solve the needs of outside sales organisations at every step of the sales process from lead to close and delivers solutions that include team management, lead management, lead conversion, presentations, proposals, forms and contracts. 
Software investor Thoma Bravo has led a USD110 million Series C funding round in Figment, one of the world’s largest blockchain infrastructure and services providers, at a USD1.4 billion post-money valuation.  Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), Binance Labs, Mirae Asset, ParaFi Capital, Avon Ventures, a venture capital fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, Bitstamp, CMS Holdings, Two Sigma, B Capital Group, Franklin Templeton, DTCP, and StarkWare, also particpated. The new capital raised will expand Figment’s ability to support the adoption, growth and long-term success of the Web 3 ecosystem – as well as significantly grow its
Bottomline Technologies
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY), a provider of business payments financial technology in an all-cash transaction that values the company at approximately USD2.6 billion. 
Voi Technology – a European specialist in micromobility – has raised USD115 million in an oversubscribed financing round led by Raine Group and VNV Global. Existing investors including Inbox Capital, Nordic Ninja, Stena Sessan, Kreos Capital also participated along with new investors Ilmarinen, Nineyards Equity and ICT Capital and others. Leading entrepreneurs and operators from King, Avito, BCG and more also participated in the fundraising round. The round closed on the back of Voi’s best ever year, in which the company outperformed its peers and saw strong and growing demand for micro-mobility. 
An affiliate of Waypoint Capital (Waypoint) has acquired a 70 per cent stake in Allergy Partners (Allergy Partners), a US group of single-specialty allergy and asthma practices. Allergy Partners will continue to be led by current Chief Executive Officer, David Brown. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Estancia Capital Partners is to make a significant investment in R&T Deposit Networks, an administrator of reciprocal deposit networks for banks and insured cash sweep programs for broker-dealers and other financial institutions.  The investment, which is expected to close on 31 December, 2021, is intended to accelerate R&T’s continued expansion within the fast-growing and dynamic cash management market.   Estancia selected Hamilton Lane who is allocating capital from New York State Common Retirement Fund, Flexpoint Ford, and Madison Capital Funding as capital partners for this investment.
Next Century Ventures (NCV), the corporate venture capital fund of NEXEN TIRE, has invested in ANRA Technologies, a specialist in air traffic control and commercial solutions in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a technology that aims to improve the efficiency of transportation in urban and suburban areas. UAM uses highly automated and sustainable modes of transportation to move passengers and cargo at low altitudes. UAM offers a technological solution to road traffic congestion in populated cities by enabling the distribution of road traffic to the airspace, thereby effectively addressing environmental as well as congestion
Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), a private Equity firm based in Malta and focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has Ade a partial exit from its investment in TGCC via an IPO.
Endicott Growth Equity Partners (Endicott) has acquired a majority stake in Information Clearinghouse Inc and Market Service Inc, home to the Creditntell, F&D Reports, ARMS and AggData brand.  Lawrence Sarf, Founder and CEO of the Company, will remain a significant owner and serve on the Company’s board. The current executive management team will continue to run day-to-day operations. Additional terms of the transaction have not b been disclosed.   Information Clearinghouse and Market Service are providers of financial, credit, and geospatial intelligence to a diverse set of customer segments, including consumer product companies, retailers, retail real estate owners and investors,

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