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A human resources software platform which helps companies to manage remote workers has raised a further GBP1,275,000 to fund its rapid expansion.
StaffCircle has secured a further GBP1 million from Blackfinch Investments, with the additional funding coming from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and private investors.
The Leicester-based company has tripled its revenue since the first lockdown a year ago and begun to expand its customer base into the US and Middle East. The funding will allow it to further enhance its
By Sam Gilbert-Ward, Business Analyst, Pollen Street Capital – Environmental, social and governance issues have been rising up the agenda across all industries, not least financial services. Within the sector, we’ve seen businesses eager to embed impact as an integral part of their overarching company strategy. However, while ESG has become a ‘buzzword’, a lot of businesses don’t know how best to maximise their impact.
Pronovias Group, a specialist in luxury bridal wear, has partnered with global fashion icon, Vera Wang to add a new brand to its portfolio, Vera Wang Bride.
The move will consolidate Pronovias Group’s position as world leader in the bridal industry, expanding its portfolio of brands and supporting its continued growth in the US and Chinese markets, while making Vera Wang gowns more accessible to a wider audience.
Under the terms of the deal, Pronovias Group and Vera Wang have signed a 10-year licensing agreement whereby the Pronovias Group will manufacture, distribute, and market the Vera Wang Bride designs.
ReSolve, a UK business investment and advisory practice, has partnered with RoundShield, a major European investment institution, to significantly increase ReSolve’s ability to assist businesses seeking support and investment.
The economic challenges and uncertainty created by Covid-19 and Brexit have led to many quality companies needing exactly the services that ReSolve has become known for, such as corporate finance and simplification, restructuring, refinancing, and investment. This partnership will enable ReSolve to reach out to many more of those businesses and provide expert knowledge, experience and greater financial backing.
ReSolve has a strong and successful track record of investing in UK-based
Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active investors in growth businesses, has invested GBP2.5 million in Cardinality Ltd, a software and service provider which has developed a data ingestion and analytics platform called ‘Perception’, that enables its customers to run, manage and derive value from datasets in real time and at massive scale.
Cardinality’s proprietary system utilises Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to enable its customers to address the growing challenges of analysing Big Data and extracting the hidden value in that data to provide powerful insights.
Demand for this technology is expected to continue to grow against
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has completed a growth investment in Canadian Orthodontic Partners (COP) alongside current shareholders and management.
Headquartered in Toronto, COP is the largest orthodontics-focused specialty dental support organisation (SDSO) in Canada and actively serves more than 30,000 patients across over 60 clinics in eight provinces.
“We are excited to partner with Pamlico as we look to enter our next phase of rapid growth,” says Anthony Milonas, CEO of COP. “We value Pamlico’s commitment to our mission of delivering the highest quality of care centred around outstanding doctors, superior technology, and unsurpassed patient satisfaction. This collaboration with Pamlico gives
Maverix Private Equity has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as fund administrator for its inaugural growth equity fund.
Maverix will use SS&C GlobeOp’s full suite of private capital fund services to support the Maverix Growth Equity Fund, including its fund accounting, investor services, reporting and data analytics. SS&C’s Toronto team will oversee services for the fund. Maverix was founded in early 2021 by John Ruffolo and Mark Maybank.
“We aim to build a globally-recognized, industry-leading, Canada-based private equity platform, so we want to partner with the best. SS&C is one of the world’s largest private equity administrators,” says John Ruffolo, Managing
Live streaming sponsorships platform inSTREAMLY has raised a EUR1.1 million seed round led by Supernode Global to expand into new markets.
Founded in 2019 by a team of live streaming and marketing professionals, inSTREAMLY has built a platform that enables all streamers – regardless of size – access to brands and to participate and execute sponsorships.
Colopl Next and PKO TFI were also involved in the investment round and previous pre-seed investment was secured from SMOK VC, which is run by Paul Bragiel, an investor in Niantic (PokemonGO), Unity, Uber, and Stripe.
The global live streaming market is
Ingram Content Group (Ingram) has signed a definitive agreement to sell VitalSource Technologies LLC to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses.
Growth capital investor BGF has invested GBP14 million in Bloom (Bloom Procurement Services), based in the North East and headquartered in Gateshead.
Bloom is the UK’s only public sector procurement marketplace offering an end-to-end managed service procurement solution.
Founded in 2011 by Adam Jacobs, the executive chairman, Bloom provides a dynamic and open access marketplace for the provision of professional services to the UK Public Sector.
Bloom’s managed service enables public sector buyers to compliantly and transparently award public sector contracts and achieve significant savings. Buyers have access to a dynamic supplier base across a wide range of
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