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Human Layer Security company Tessian has raised USD65 million in Series C venture capital funding to accelerate its mission of quantifying and preventing human risk in global enterprises, and empowering people to do their best work without security getting in the way.
The round is led by March Capital, a venture-growth firm which has previously invested in cybersecurity unicorns such as CrowdStrike and KnowBe4. Existing Tessian investors Accel, Balderton Capital, Latitude and Sequoia Capital also participated in the Series C funding round, along with new investor Schroder Adveq, bringing Tessian’s total funding to-date over USD120 million. The deal values Tessian
On the heels of record revenue in 2020, Sentieo, the next-generation financial and corporate research platform provider, has raised USD20 million in a Series B round of funding. The round was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from existing investors Centana Growth Partners and Studio Management. Ned May, a founder and Managing Partner at Ten Coves Capital, will join Sentieo’s board of directors. With this latest funding Sentieo has now secured USD62 million in total capital.
More than 1,000 clients around the globe, including Schroders, Magellan Asset Management, and Roivant Sciences, rely on Sentieo to deliver the insights, speed,
Private equity and special situations institutional investor Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has announced an enhanced partnership with AWH Solicitors (AWH), Credit Style and Tresartis to offer a one stop shop solution to support Insolvency Practitioners (IPs).
Sandton has a proven track record of providing funding in situations too complex for traditional capital sources. To date the team has executed over GBP1.3 billion transactions with certainty and speed of execution. The partnerships with AWH, Credit Style and Tresartis demonstrates Sandton’s commitment to deliver a reliable turnkey solution that makes it easier for IPs to maximise value for creditors. Launching the new
The number of acquisitions made by private equity backed businesses in the UK hit record levels in the first quarter of 2021, with 168 transactions completed in just three months, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer.
The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals an 85 per cent rise in the figures seen in the corresponding quarter last year. Q1 2020 saw 91 deals completed, prior to the first Covid-19 lockdown, with the latest figures nearly triple the 57 deals in Q1 2019.
On a local level, the majority of
Raymond James Financial, Inc has reached an agreement to acquire Cebile Capital, a private fund placement agent and secondary market advisor to private equity (PE) firms. The transaction is subject to certain regulatory and other closing conditions.
The addition of Cebile Capital to the firm’s Investment Banking division deepens relationships with the private equity community and expands the related service offerings to include fund placements, general partner (GP)-led secondaries capabilities and limited partner (LP)-led secondaries advisory, a rapidly expanding market. Based in London and New York City, Cebile will operate as a new business unit within Investment Banking, and
MacroFab has received USD15 million in new funding. The round was led by Edison Partners, with prior investors including ATX Venture Partners participating. Altium Limited, a leader in the electronics design software space, joined the round as a strategic investor aligned with the MacroFab mission of digitising electronics production from earliest design stages to prototype development and commercial production.
The investment follows a strong record of growth driven by adoption of digital manufacturing by production scale customers in industrial, IoT and energy sectors. The USD15 million growth round allows the company to accelerate expansion in North America, including increased investment
Getty Images has led a USD16 million Series B funding round in Promo.com, the video creation platform for businesses, building upon the existing strategic partnership with the company. The fundraise also included debt financing from Mizrahi Tefahot Bank (UMTB-Tech).
Promo.com helps businesses easily meet the video demands of the online world where 86 per cent of businesses currently use video as a marketing tool.
The investment will accelerate the next stage of Promo.com’s growth as an end-to-end video content creation platform across ideation, creation, publishing and analytics. Promo.com will use the funds to accelerate its global expansion and launch new
CentroMotion, a designer and manufacturer of highly engineered components and systems for the industrial and transportation markets, is to acquire Carlisle Brake & Friction (CBF), a global manufacturer of friction materials and mechatronic solutions for off highway brake and transmission products, from Carlisle Companies Incorporated.
CBF will join CentroMotion’s growing portfolio of highly respected global brands, currently comprised of CrossControl, Elliott Manufacturing, Gits Manufacturing, maximatecc, Power-Packer and Weasler Engineering. CentroMotion is headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin with approximately 2,000 employees serving customers across 50 countries. Founded in 1920, CBF is headquartered in Medina, Ohio with approximately 1,350 employees serving customers across
CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SME, has invested in Xenocs, a French deep tech company, through its new Growth Tech strategy.
Founded in 2000, Xenocs is a spin-off from the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). The company operates on the nanoscale material characterisation market through the development and production of SAXS — Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering — instruments and software. It has made important technological advances in X-ray optics, as well as in data collection, processing and analysis software. This progress allows many industrial sectors to better optimize R&D, fabrication processes and control product quality. For
An investor group led by Swander Pace Capital (SPC), a private equity firm specialising in consumer products’ companies, is to acquire Mighty Spark Food Company (Mighty Spark), an all-natural protein brand ‘on a mission to impact food insecurity’.
In conjunction with the strategic partnership announcement, Mighty Spark has also the announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Sean Reid, who brings over 30 years of industry experience and most recently served as Executive Vice President of Sales at Jack Link’s and Chief Consumer Officer at Hillshire Brands.
“I am excited to welcome my new partners and a
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