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MasterClass, a streaming platform that makes it possible for anyone to ‘learn from the best’, has raised USD225 million in a Series F funding round, led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and with participation from new investors including Baillie Gifford, Balyasny Asset Management and Eldridge together with existing investors IVP, Javelin, NEA and Owl Ventures.
The Series F financing follows a USD100 million Series E round that MasterClass closed a year ago, bringing its total funding to date to more than USD475 million. The latest capital will further advance the company’s strategic initiatives including:
Increased content production: Over the
Handshake, an early career network, has secured USD80 million in a venture financing round and is set to invest a tranche of the funding in the UK, supporting early careers recovery post-Covid.
The new funding round increases Handshake’s investment total to USD235.5 million and the company’s valuation to more than USD1.5 billion. This new investment reflects Handshake’s unprecedented growth, unparalleled student adoption, and a rapidly expanding market opportunity to help employers and universities embrace the virtual future of graduate recruitment.
This Series E round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Spark Capital with participation from all prior investors:
Medtech start-up Gelmetix, the developer of a first-in-class polymer treatment for chronic lower back pain, has closed a successful GBP5 million Series C equity financing round.
SageTech Medical Equipment Ltd (SageTech) has completed a GBP2.9 million pre-series A investment, including a GBP1.6 million investment introduced by specialist venture capitalist EMV Capital.
As part of restructuring the company’s arrangements for the commercialisation of the business, EMV Capital’s parent company NetScientific PLC purchased GBP200,000 of shares, in line with its direct investment strategy and demonstrating the Group’s commitment to SageTech.
SageTech’s flexible, low-capex, modular system allows hospitals to capture waste anaesthetic gas exhaled by patients in absorbent, reusable canisters in the operating theatre. These canisters are emptied, the gas stored in bulk tanks and then collected by
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD44 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a growth investment in Homewerks Worldwide, LLC (Homewerks), an innovator in the kitchen, bathroom, and plumbing home improvement categories.
Founded in 2006 by Peter Berkman and based outside Chicago, Illinois, Homewerks develops, sources, and markets a variety of home improvement products under their own brand names as well as retailer private brands across the rough plumbing, fashion plumbing, HVAC, and bath accessory categories. The Company’s reputation for continuous innovation, high quality products and services, and its expansive product portfolio drive significant value for
Diaverum, a global renal care service provider, announces today the acquisition of booknowmed.com, the world’s leading booking engine in renal care that enables patients to browse over 400 dialysis clinics across 54 countries and book their dialysis treatment in real-time, with no booking or cancellation fees.
With its ‘patient-centric’ approach, this innovative booking engine has evolved into an easy-to-use, interactive platform for the renal care community. booknowmed.com is an official holiday dialysis partner of 60 Kidney Patient Associations in 20 countries, organising group and individual trips for their members every year.
Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO of Diaverum, says: “We are delighted
BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has sold CivicPlus, a provider of integrated software solutions for local governments, to Insight Partners.
CivicPlus is an innovator in the new field of Civic Experience, which enables local governments to deliver consistently optimised interactions between citizens and local governments across every department and every service. With the company’s solutions, local governments drive more revenue, operate more efficiently, and take citizen satisfaction to new heights.
Brian Rempe, Chief Executive Officer of CivicPlus, says: “Our partnership with BV allowed us to
Funds advised by Apax (the “Apax Funds”) have reached an agreement with high-growth pet food brand Nulo to buy out its existing investor group – which includes CAVU Venture Partners and Main Post Partners. The transaction is expected to complete in early June 2021. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Established in 2010 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Nulo is one of the fastest growing major pet food brands in the US pet specialty channel. The company’s diversified portfolio of products spans both dog and cat foods and formats across kibble, wet food, freeze-dried raw, treats, and
London-based private equity advisory firm ADM Capital Europe’ Cibus Enterprise Fund (Cibus) has invested in the personalised health and wellness company Rem3dy Health Limited, (Remedy Health).
Apex Group has launched an Outsourced Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Chief Operating Officer Solution via subsidiary Throgmorton US.
Daniel Strauss, CEO of GlassBridge Enterprises, a holding company focused on asset management opportunities, will be joining Apex in an advisory capacity to help guide and deliver the Outsourced SPAC COO Solution.
Apex and subsidiary Throgmorton understands the complexity of compliance and regulatory considerations around SPAC vehicles. These considerations now requiring even more dedicated oversight and coordination, following the accounting guidance issued by US Securities and Exchange Commission last month. The Outsourced SPAC COO Solution, part of Apex’s single-source offering, provides
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