Managers
Amro Partners has invested in Proportunity, an equity loan provider enabling buyers to purchase homes with a 5 per cent deposit, as part of a Series A funding round.
The fintech start-up, launched in 2016 by founders Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea, helps homebuyers afford homes worth up to GBP150 thousand more by boosting their deposit with an equity loan, similar to the Government’s Help to Buy scheme which is set to end in 2023 and is limited to the new build market only. Proportunity has helped buyers acquire GBP50 million-plus worth of homes so far, helping hundreds of people access
Aglaia Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing new therapies that can overcome resistance to current targeted therapies in cancer patients, has completed a EUR4 million (USD4.7 million) seed funding round.
Advent France Biotechnology (AFB) led the round, with the participation of Crédit Mutuel Innovation and Pierre Fabre. AFB also acted as co-founder, with Alejo Chorny, current operating partner at AFB, now appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Aglaia Tx. Leading European cancer centres Institut Curie and Gustave Roussy participated in the creation of the company.
The proceeds of the funding will be used to prepare the preclinical development program required
Enreach, a pan-European unified communications (UC) brand and portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity (Waterland), is acquiring OSS Networks.
The new partnership will enable Enreach to further expand its international market presence: OSS Networks is regarded as one of the leading established providers in the cloud-based UC services sector in the Baltic region. The three founding partners of OSS Networks (Armands Meinarts, Juris Breicis, Mārtiņš Gailītis) will remain with the company in their present roles.
Founded in 2010, OSS Networks is a fast-growing technology company with headquarters in Riga, Latvia. The company offers a broad portfolio of services in the
The Cyberdyne Tech Exchange (CTX) has released and sold the first tranche of a new asset-backed Carbon Neutrality Token (CNT) which resolves one of the most challenging aspects of the Paris Agreement (COP21) – the ability to properly account for and track carbon credits using its proprietary protocols and blockchain technologies.
With the COP26 in Glasgow approaching, the failure to resolve the complexities of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement has led to delays in financing green projects, accelerating the climate crisis.
COP21 required nations reduce their emissions every five years. By creating nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for cutting
Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) have completed a multi-million pound investment into London-based planning and forecasting software and services business Vuealta from its managed VCTs, British Smaller Companies and British Smaller Companies 2, and Growth Fund III to enable further growth and overseas expansion.
Vuealta was founded in 2017 and delivers scenario planning and forecasting solutions for supply chain, finance and operations. The business has grown rapidly to a team of 70 staff, with offices in four countries spanning the EMEA, North America and APAC regions.
Vuealta works with customers across a wide range of sectors including
The Vita Group, a European provider of flexible polyurethane foam, has acquired mattress manufacturer Usleep Limited from Northedge Capital LLP.
Usleep produces a portfolio of foam, spring and hybrid mattresses for a number of the UK’s leading mattress retailers and Bed in the Box (BiB) brands. Usleep’s two sites in Ashton under Lyne and Castle Donnington utilise state-of-the-art machinery to create one of the UK’s most efficient automated mattress production processes.
This will be the 3rd acquisition completed by Vita in 2021 following the acquisitions of IMPE Srl, located in Naples, Italy, in Q1 and UK based Technical Foam Services
Panakès Partners, an Italian venture capital firm in the life sciences sector, has appointed Rob Woodman as a Partner, to lead the firm’s newly created biotech investment team.
The appointment of Dr Woodman follows the recent first closing at EUR150 million (USD175 million) of Panakès’ second fund (named the Purple Fund), which is focused on both Biotech and Medtech. As a result, Panakès is now ideally placed to selectively deploy capital into the next generation of innovative start-ups.
Woodman has global experience in biotech gained at both institutional and corporate venture firms, encompassing de novo start-up through to growth
Isotropic Systems, a developer of broadband terminal technologies, has raised over USD37 million in an equity financing round, which fully funds the development of its multi-link antennas through to product launch in 2022.
The round is led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC – the world’s first listed space tech fund – in the first significant investment since its IPO on the London Stock Exchange in July. The round also included participation from leading strategic and deep-tech venture capital investors including AEI HorizonX, Promus Ventures through its Luxembourg based space investment fund Orbital Ventures, and Firmament Ventures.
Concurrently, Isotropic Systems
Frontify, a provider of brand management software, has raised an additional USD50 million in Series C funding, led by Revaia (formerly Gaia Capital Partners) with participation from High Sage Ventures and existing investors EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, and Tenderloin Ventures.
Frontify is committed to accelerated growth, both in product R&D, and in hiring talent in the US, Switzerland, and beyond to join its current team of 200+ employees. Investing in highly-engaged and skilled people will strengthen the company’s position as thought-leaders on the future of brand. The funding will also boost Frontify’s technology to support the growing global community of brand
By Darius Pandole, Managing Director & CEO, JM Financial Private Equity – The importance of infrastructure for sustained economic development is well recognised. Infrastructure facilities such as roads, railways, metro rails, etc are required to increase the productivity and seamless functioning of various business sectors in India. High transaction costs arising from inadequate and inefficient infrastructure can prevent the economy from realising its full growth potential, regardless of the progress on other fronts.
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