Deals
BPD Global Group, an IBM Maximo enterprise asset management partner for global asset-intensive organisations, has secured a significant loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co.
Worldr, the developer of a communications and messaging platform built around privacy, security and data protection in team communication without compromising usability, has secured USD3 million in seed investment from some of the biggest names in deep tech, defence and finance as it heads into public launch later this year.
Government agencies, law firms, banking institutions and those handling sensitive information face growing security challenges as the use of third-party communications platforms become embedded in the daily routines of a remote and work-from-home workforce. Since with third-party platforms, data is both stored outside the user’s control and often encrypted by
GP Bullhound has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Bliss Point Media on its sale to Tinuiti, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital.
Bliss Point Media is the largest independent purchaser of streaming/OTT media in America, with over USD500 million in media currently under management. Bliss Point Media uses an algorithmic approach based on proprietary machine learning technology for unparalleled insight and efficiency in the media buying and attribution process. The company helps establish, optimise, and scale TV and streaming video advertising campaigns for innovative direct-to-consumer brands like Fabletics, Instacart, Square, Thumbtack, and Tonal.
Launched in 2014 with
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of investment in Spain reached EUR2,056.8 million in the first half of the year in a total of 394 investments, 27 per cent more than in the same period of 2020.
Venture Capital has surpassed all record highs, with EUR731 million in a total of 316 investments.
Aquilino Peña, President of ASCRI, says: “International investors continue to bet on Spain, which shows that, despite the uncertainty of this period, our country remains attractive and the Venture
Treblle, a startup providing developers and companies with an API (application programming interfaces) monitoring and analytics platform has raised EUR1.2 million in a funding round led by Nauta Capital.
With a mission to make working with APIs easier and more efficient, Treblle saves developers and companies time and money in every stage of the API lifecycle from development to post-production.
The use of APIs has exploded exponentially: APIs represent 83 per cent of all web traffic with the number of API calls made in some of the biggest digital brands exceeding tens of billions per day. However, the biggest
Future Fund: Breakthrough, announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Budget 2021, is now open for applications. This UK-wide programme will deliver GBP375 million of government funding via British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank.
Due to high research and development costs, breakthrough technology companies typically require more capital than other companies, to fuel the later stages of their growth. Because of their ability to grow rapidly and have a significant economic impact, the growth of these innovative companies is critical to the UK’s future prosperity and economic recovery.
Through the Future Fund: Breakthrough programme,
GCA Altium has advised Aspria, a London headquartered, founder-led operator of super premium health focused clubs and hotels across Europe, on a EUR53 million investment from funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group (Fortress).
Aspria, founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, UK, is a collection of Europe’s finest private members’ clubs in unique locations across Belgium, Italy and Germany. The exclusive clubs feature a wide range of sports, leisure, health, wellness, childcare and educational facilities, restaurants and hotel accommodation, and currently serve a member base of around 40,000.
Founded in 1998, Fortress manages approximately USD53.1 billion of
XPhyto Therapeutics Corp is to acquire 3a-diagnostics, Frickenhausen, Germany (3a), the company’s exclusive diagnostics development partner.
Pursuant to the definitive agreement, XPhyto will acquire all of the outstanding shares of 3a for EUR400,000, to be paid immediately, and EUR3.5 million, to be paid on closing, planned for on or around 31 October, 2021.
Hugh Rogers, CEO of XPhyto, says: “We have collaborated closely with the 3a-diagnostics team on several diagnostics products and have found them to be a highly innovative and focused partner. The successful development and recent launch of the 25-minute PCR test Covid-ID Lab is a great example
Ntropy, a company aiming to remove the data barriers to understanding financial transactions, has closed a USD3.2 million seed round led by QED Investors, who has previously invested in fintech unicorns Nubank, Klarna, and Current.
Ntropy’s API enables businesses to convert raw data into contextualised and structured information understood by both man and machine.
January Ventures also participated in the investment round, along with founders and executives from Ramp, Square and Stripe. Ntropy has also added Eric Woodward, former Group President of Early Warnings, and Robert Phillps, author of Pricing Credit Products, and currently Director of pricing research at Amazon,
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, is to sell, alongside the founder, its stake in ASTI, a global autonomous mobile robotics (AMR) manufacturer, to ABB.
Founded in 1982, ASTI supports one of Europe’s largest installed fleets of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and has a broad customer base in automotive, logistics, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical in 20 countries worldwide. Since 2015, the company has enjoyed ~30 per cent growth on an annual basis and is targeting approximately USD50 million in orders in 2021. ASTI employs over 300 people in Spain, France and Germany.
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