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Primer has closed a Series B funding round that values the payments infrastructure startup at USD425 million only 20 months after being founded.
The USD50 million Series B fundraise was led by ICONIQ Growth, a San Francisco based investment firm that has backed global tech companies such as Adyen and Marqeta to Snowflake and Datadog. Existing investors, including Accel, Balderton Capital, Seedcamp, Speedinvest, and RTP Global all participated in the round.
Primer, which was founded in early 2020 by ex-Paypal/Braintree employees and employs more than 70 people across 20 countries, has built the world’s first automation platform for payments.
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Orgnostic, a people analytics platform helping fast-growing companies to democratise people analytics, has raised USD5 million in funding.
The seed round was led by Earlybird Digital East, and includes participation from a roster of impressive investors, including Script Capital and angel investors including Eric Ries and Tiho Bajic of Lean Startup and LTSE, Rony Kahan of Indeed, and Charlie Songhurst of Microsoft. This is in addition to previous investment from South Central Ventures.
In recent years, a huge number of different tools have been made available to HR professionals each focusing on different elements of the people management stack.
Calculus portfolio company, CloudTrade, has been acquired by Advanced, a provider of business software, delivering a four-times return to Calculus investors in just over three years.
The CloudTrade platform, which automatically processes and interprets electronic documents, is primarily used to automate invoice handling for large companies, which saves time, improves accuracy and reduces cost. Calculus invested, from its EIS and VCT funds, in July 2018, having been impressed by the patented technology, strong management team and large addressable market. During the investment period the company’s revenues have grown significantly, and multiple new partnerships and contracts have been won.
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BGF has made a successful exit from Magma Global Limited, a provider of composite pipe technology to support the Energy Transition.
The Portsmouth-based company has been acquired by TechnipFMC plc, a leading technology provider to the traditional and new energy industries, delivering fully integrated projects, products, and services.
BGF backed Magma in December 2012 and has supported the business’ expansion efforts over the past eight years.
The initial investment allowed Magma to export tools and equipment to key overseas markets and expand its recruitment prospects as the business grew internationally.
Mark Bryant, head of manufacturing at BGF,
FDH Aero (FDH), an aerospace and defence products distributor serving aircraft production and aftermarket supply chains, has acquired Stealth Aerospace (Stealth).
Stealth Aerospace, founded in 1995, is a stocking distributor of aerospace electrical and electro-mechanical components including relays, switches, connectors, lamps, avionic components, latches, wire & cable and other electrical products to the airlines and aerospace industry worldwide. Based in Southern California, Stealth brings to FDH a leader in the US commercial and cargo aerospace aftermarket, strengthening FDH’s ability to serve its global aftermarket customer base.
“Alon and the Stealth team have built a remarkable business servicing many of the
Macfarlanes has advised Tembo Capital Management, an investment advisor in the metals and mining sector, on its third fund, Tembo Capital Mining Fund III LP (Tembo III), which has successfully held a final closing at USD380 million, exceeding its target of USD300 million.
LK Bennett, the luxury women’s clothing and fashion brand, has received a GBP4 million inventory facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to support it as it looks to invest in future performance.
A&M Capital Europe (AMCE), a London-based middle-market private equity firm managing EUR650 million of equity capital, has acquired a majority stake in Ayesa, an international provider of technology and engineering services.
Headquartered in Seville, Ayesa has 5,400 employees in 17 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
The company generated record sales of EUR256 million in 2020. Through a combination of European market consolidation within digital services and continued expansion of the firm’s engineering division, Ayesa plans to double its turnover to over EUR500 million over the next five years. The delivery of the company’s growth
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has acquired DW Burns & Partner Ltd (Burns), expanding its network of specialist plumbing and heating merchants.
Established in 1963, DW Burns is a highly successful family run plumbers’ merchant and bathroom showroom, supplying both trade and retail customers across Surrey. A trusted local brand with a reputation for outstanding customer service, Burns has trade counters in Woking and Farnham, plus an extensive showroom in Woking.
Following its recent merger with Grant & Stone, this acquisition continues IBMG’s strategy of developing its divisions through a combination of acquisition, new site
Pet-sitting network TrustedHousesitters has secured USD10 million in Series A funding to continue expanding into the US market and, despite travel restrictions over the last 18 months, is already seeing revenue at twice pre-pandemic levels.
The pandemic saw a huge increase in global demand for pets, with 3.2 million UK homes acquiring a pet over lockdown, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association annual pet population report, bringing the total number of UK pets to 34 million. In the US this has translated to an historic high of USD8 billion spent on pet services including animal-sitting.
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