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An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has made a significant strategic growth investment in 3Pillar Global (3Pillar), a developer of digital products.
“At 3Pillar, our industry-leading teams, our passion for digital innovation, and our unique customer-focused go-to-market strategy have driven over 15 years of tremendous growth,” says David DeWolf, Founder and CEO of 3Pillar. “This strategic growth investment from HIG Capital will enable us to continue our goals of attracting and developing top engineering talent and accelerate our ability to become the preeminent product development specialists in the market.”
“Our strategic investment reflects our confidence in 3Pillar’s outstanding capabilities and
Dent Reality, the London-based start-up behind a pioneering AR platform, has raised GBP2.5 million (USD3.4 million) in funding to expand its work across the retail sector.
The funding round was led by Europe’s most active proptech VC, Pi Labs, with participation from Silicon Valley-based commerce experts Sugar Capital and deep tech specialists 7Percent Ventures – one of the first backers of Oculus VR – alongside several notable angel investors.
With the funding, the company will invest in its own teams and services to accelerate the rate at which they bring businesses into the metaverse. The team will expand to new
Dallas Venture Capital (DVC), a Dallas-based venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage companies in cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, mobile, XR and other emerging technologies, has made a follow-on investment in CoreStack’s USD30 million Series B financing round.
Dallas Venture Capital had earlier led the USD8.5 million Series A financing round in March 2020. This brings CoreStack’s total funding to USD45 million.
“CoreStack is at the cusp of exponential growth and our follow-on investment reaffirms our confidence in CoreStack’s vision and execution,” says Dayakar Puskoor, Founder and Managing Director, Dallas Venture Capital. “The leadership of CoreStack has been
CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), an Austin-based private equity investment firm, has sold one of its portfolio companies, TSC Apparel (TSC), to S&S Activewear (S&S).
Hybrid cloud and IT managed services provider, Celerity, has secured a GBP15 million investment from UK growth capital investor, BGF.
Preston-headquartered Celerity is a fast-growing provider of high value, complex hybrid cloud and IT managed services. The business leads organisations through digital transformation and modernisation to deliver greater efficiency in management and optimisation of critical enterprise infrastructure. Its services include cyber security, data recovery and data visualisation.
BGF’s funding will allow Management, led by founder Chris Roche (CEO) and Craig Aston (COO) to continue scaling their managed service proposition, which is delivered alongside Celerity’s proprietary IP.
Roche says:
Seaya Ventures and Cathay Innovation has made the first close of a USD125 million multi-sector fund for startups across Latin America redefining industry and society. Based out of Mexico City, the Seaya Cathay Latam Fund aims to be the direct link for local, purpose-driven entrepreneurs to the worldwide resources needed to build and scale resilient businesses leading markets on the regional or global stage.
Vesttoo, a global Alternative Reinsurance and Investment platform, has secured a USD15 million Series B equity investment from Mouro Capital, which is backed by a large multinational bank, and MS&AD Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund of Japan-based MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, the fifth largest insurance conglomerate in the world.
MarkLogic Corporation, a specialist in complex data integration and a portfolio company of Vector Capital, has acquired Smartlogic, a metadata management solutions provider and specialist in semantic AI technology.
As part of the transaction, Smartlogic’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Bentley, as well as other members of the senior management team, will join the MarkLogic executive team. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2006, Smartlogic has deciphered, filtered, and connected data for many of the world’s largest organizations to help solve their complex data problems. Global organisations in the energy, healthcare, life sciences, financial
Luma Health, a patient engagement platform, has raised USD130 million in a Series C funding round led by FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm, with participation from existing investors.
This latest round brings Luma Health’s total funding raised to USD160 million.
The announcement follows 2x growth year over year since Luma Health’s founding in 2015 and nearly 900 per cent three-year growth, garnering recognition as one of the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. Luma Health is on track to connect nearly a quarter of all Americans to care in 2022 and scale internationally.
“In the tight-knit community
Chloe Capital and Cornell University are helping climate tech innovators launch and advance solutions to the world’s climate crisis.
During the recent Diversity In ClimateTech business accelerator, five women-led climate tech companies were selected, based on their potential impact, to pitch and secure business deals.
The accelerator, which convened in Ithaca, NY, was designed to connect the women entrepreneurs with investors. Over USD500,000 in investments were offered by Chloe Capital to select underrepresented female founders who are projected to be leaders in the growing sustainable and clean technology industries.
“Something interesting we noticed when we were screening applicants for this
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