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GP Bullhound has made a follow-on investment in wallapop, Spain’s leading classifieds marketplace app for unique and second-hand goods, as part of a Series G funding round of EUR157 million bringing the company’s valuation to EUR690 million.
The round is led by Korelya Capital and backed by NAVER, Korea’s leading Internet company, with existing shareholders including Accel, Insight Venture Partners, 14W and Northzone.
Wallapop’s geo-localised technology connects a community of 15 million users in Spain by offering an easy and convenient way to buy and sell items that are no longer used. The platform, which has found a second
TreeCard – the world’s first wooden Mastercard payment card that plants trees with everyday spending – has raised a USD5.12 million in a seed round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp and Episode 1.
Angel investors including Matt Robinson (the founder of GoCardless) and Charlie Delingpole (founder of ComplyAdvantage) also participated in the round. The funding will be used to hire fintech talent, support product roll-out across the UK, and expand into the US and key European markets.
TreeCard links with current bank accounts, making it easy and convenient for users to integrate TreeCard into their usual
BGF has exited its investment in CHS Healthcare, a provider of outsourced services for the NHS and social care, following its acquisition by Acacium Group (formerly known as Independent Clinical Services), a specialised healthcare solutions partner with its head office in London.
Battery technology specialist Nyobolt has secured USD10 million in a Series A funding led by IQ Capital with participation from Cambridge Enterprise and Silicon Valley investors.
The funding will enable Nyobolt to expand globally, building new facilities, and growing the engineering and operational teams, which work with customers to implement and integrate the unique technology into commercial applications to solve their battery challenges.
Nyobolt (formerly CB2Tech) developed out of years of research at the University of Cambridge led by world-renowned battery materials expert, Professor Clare Grey, and Dr Sai Shivareddy. The company is rapidly expanding its global technical
Private equity investor Francisco Partners is to acquire family history specialist MyHeritage.Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since 2003, MyHeritage has pioneered a new approach to discovering family history, making it easier and more accessible to millions of people around the world. Founder-led and fuelled by a deep-seated passion for genealogy and a commitment to innovation, MyHeritage has built a successful, subscription-based global enterprise. Powered by unique and proprietary technologies, the MyHeritage platform is currently used by 62 million users worldwide and is available in 42 languages, which is a testament to the company’s international reach and
Diligent Corporation (Diligent), a governance company with a platform used by nearly 700,000 board directors and leaders, across 19,000 clients, is to acquire Galvanize, a global leader in SaaS governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The Galvanize transaction follows Diligent’s planned acquisition of Steele Compliance Solutions (Steele), a specialist in ethics and compliance SaaS, which the Company signed in February 2021. Both transactions are expected to close in March.
With the acquisition of Galvanize, Diligent will become the largest SaaS GRC provider. The combined solution with enrichment from Steele will
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, is to acquire EFG Fund Management SA, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group.
Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, is to acquire the Scholl footcare brand, which operates globally outside of the Americas, from UK-based consumer-goods company Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB).
The acquisition will reunite Scholl with the Dr Scholl’s brand as one entity after 30-plus years of separate ownership. The combined business generates annual retail sales exceeding USD700 million with leading market shares in the footcare category globally.
The Dr Scholl’s brand is a category leader at major bricks and mortar and ecommerce retailers in the US. Similarly,
Wellington Management, has hired two senior investors focused on private market sustainable investing.
This additional investment in resources builds on the firm’s 14 years in climate investing, 27 years in alternatives investing and close to USD5 billion in dedicated committed capital in the private markets.
The new investors include Greg Wasserman, who brings 20 years of venture and growth investment experience across energy transformation, mobility, enterprise digitalisation, infrastructure, and fintech, the majority of which has been focused on climate solutions and sustainability, and Sean Petersen, who brings 15 years of global venture investing experience focused on climate, e-logistics, education
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1 million into Fintech platform, Pockit as part of Pockit’s GBP15 million Series B funding round.
The business has secured GBP1 million funding through the North East Development Fund, supported by the European Regional Development, and GBP1.3 million via private investors, Crowdcube and the Future Fund, a government scheme backed by the British Business Bank.
Funding will allow the business to invest in its newly opened Newcastle base to deliver on its ambitious expansion plans and embark on a recruitment drive to grow its local team, creating 17 new jobs over the
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