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Seqera Labs – a provider of data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences – has raised USD5.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by European VCs Talis Capital and Speedinvest, with participation from existing investor BoxOne Ventures.
The funding also includes a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Dr Priscilla Chan, which supports essential open source software in science. The company will use the funding to further develop its technology, as well as to grow its North American presence.
Seqera Labs span out from the Centre for Genomic Regulation and was
PetMedix has completed an oversubscribed USD37 million (GBP27 million) Series B financing round that will be used to advance its innovative pipeline through clinical development.
The investment brings two new investors into PetMedix: global technology company Tencent and Japanese corporation Kyoritsu Holdings alongside strong continued support from US-based investor Digitalis Ventures, and British funds Parkwalk Advisors and Cambridge Innovation Capital. This investment enables PetMedix to take its next step towards becoming a truly global animal health company, and the first to bring fully species-specific therapeutic antibodies to veterinary medicine.
“PetMedix has a global vision: elevating expectations in pet care
Patria Investments (Patria) (NASDAQ: PAX), a global alternative asset manager, is to combine with Moneda Asset Management (Moneda), an asset manager headquartered in Chile.
The merger will create an investment platform in Latin America, with USD25.9 billion in assets under management focused on private equity, infrastructure and credit investments in the region.
The combination will enhance Patria’s product offering by adding the largest credit investment platform in Latin America. It will also create the number one Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPE) manager in the region. The combination of the two operations will add geographical exposure within Latin America
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has launched the FP Octopus UK Future Generations Fund, which will invest in businesses that are working hard to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges, including climate change, revitalising healthcare industries, and empowering people using digital infrastructure.
Building on Octopus’ strong track record investing across the market cap spectrum, the fund will take a multi cap approach, providing patient capital to deliver long term growth. Octopus has a long-established team with a demonstrable track record of impressive returns, investing throughout the market cap scale, from GBP10 million to over GBP100 billion in market
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, has secured a circa USD120 million investment by major global and regional growth investors: Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners International (DPI), and Lorax Capital Partners.
In addition, the company has also attracted venture capital backing from Middle East Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, and DisruptTech. This round of investment demonstrates confidence in the fintech opportunity in Egypt and further institutionalises the capitalisation table of MNT-Halan. Previous investors of MNT-Halan have included GB Capital, DPI, Algebra Ventures, Wamda, Nowaisi Capital, Unidelta, Egypt Ventures, Battery Road Digital Holdings, and Shaka VC.
Capitalising on MNT-Halan’s first mover
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative asset management firm with USD45 billion of equity capital under management, has closed its inaugural European Middle Market Fund, HIG Europe Middle Market LBO Fund, with aggregate capital commitments of EUR2 billion.
Greengage Global Holding (Greengage), a UK registered company, which plans to become the first digital merchant bank via its wholly owned Gibraltar subsidiary Greengage & Co Ltd, has received a second institutional investment, in addition to its recent GBP2.5 million investment from IOVLabs.
Greengage & Co. Ltd is currently engaged in the regulatory approval process with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to receive a Gibraltar banking licence.
Aquis-listed Blockchain and Open Finance venture builder, Coinsilium Group Limited (Coinsilium) has invested GBP200K in convertible notes and taken GBP300k equity in a secondary stake sale at a GBP27.3 million valuation
Factorial, a Barcelona-based HR software company that streamlines people management, has closed an USD80 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from previous investors CRV, Creandum, Point Nine, K Fund, and Columbia Lake Partners bringing the total funding amount to USD100 million.
This is not the first time Factorial has attracted a global leader in growth-stage capital. This round comes on the heels of a 2020 USD16 million Series A led by CRV, an investor in tech giants like Twitter, Dropbox, and over 70 IPOs.
Factorial, which serves thousands of clients in more than 65
Manchester-based technology business Culture Shift has secured GBP1.5 million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.
Compass Group Equity Partners (Compass Group) has sold Beacon EmbeddedWorks (Beacon) to discoverIE Group, a publicly traded FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Beacon was an add-on acquisition and subsidiary of Compass Electronics Solutions, a current Compass Group portfolio company. Founded in 2001, Beacon designs, manufactures, and supplies mission critical System on Modules (SOMs) to the most regulated markets, notably medical, where high reliability and performance are critical.
Compass Group acquired Logic PD, now known as Beacon, in 2018 for its design and engineering expertise which reduces costs and shortens the time-to-market for new products for
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