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Exegy Incorporated, a provider of front-office trading solutions differentiated by hardware acceleration, predictive analytics, and premium managed services, has acquired Enyx, a developer of FPGA-based, high-performance trading solutions.
Granite Creek Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm based in Chicago, in partnership with Knox Capital Holdings, LLC, has invested in Bundle, a national provider of compliant real estate document preparation services, to support its acquisition of Rosenberg LPA LLC (RLPA). Together, the two make up the largest document preparation company and will continue to provide the best of process-improvement technology, coupled with the benefits of an experienced panel of attorneys. As part of the Granite Creek investment in Bundle, Partner and Co-Founder Brian Boorstein will join its board. 
Good Sixty, an ethical groceries company, has secured £1.5m of funding through GroVentive’s investor network. With customers in London, Bristol, Leeds, Copenhagen, Malmo and many more cities around Europe, Good Sixty enables people to buy great food from multiple local retailers and have it delivered in a single delivery; supporting locals and being able to order from specialist retailers or producers nationwide and have it delivered next day.
Buff City Soap, a plant-based home and personal care brand franchise, has secured additional funding from General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm. This new capital follows General Atlantic’s initial growth investment in Buff City Soap announced in June 2021 and makes General Atlantic the largest shareholder in the company.
Housfy, the end to end residential real estate service provider, founded by Albert Bosch, Miquel A Mora and Nuclio Venture Builder, raises a €30m Series B led by Frog Capital. A/O PropTech joins the round as a new investor, and returning investors include Banco Santander, DN Capital, Seaya Ventures, Aldea Ventures and ICF. Other key investors include Banco Santander, DN Capital, who have previously invested in Purplebricks and McMakler, Seaya Venutres and Aldea Ventures and ICF (Institut Català de Finances), who took part in Housfy’s last funding rounds. A/O PropTech, Europe’s largest PropTech venture capital firm, also participated.
Sphera, a global provider of ESG performance and risk management software, data and consulting services, has launched its new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Automation software, building on the company’s existing LCA solutions. The move comes as investor and regulatory pressures surrounding the standardisation and digitalisation of end-to-end sustainability data measurement continue to mount, necessitating increasingly sophisticated and granular reporting and compliance tools. The LCA Automation solution serves as an extension of Sphera’s existing Product Sustainability capabilities which include life cycle assessment software and content. The service allows a company to increase the number of LCAs by a factor of 1,000,
Sharper Shape Group, a company in powerline inspection solutions for the utility industry has completed an $18 million Series B round, with Michael Harvey Trust leading the round. The investment will support Sharper Shape’s ambition to enhance its Shaper CORE Living Digital Twin (LDT) offering, delivering improved safety, efficiency, accuracy and operational cost saving to utilities through enhanced digital inspection workflow decision making and management.  
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (PIC), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has completed a £130 million debt investment with Raven Housing Trust (Raven), which will be used to finance the development of 630 homes by 2026. 58% of the homes will be for social or affordable rent and 30% will be for Shared Ownership accommodation. PIC has invested £3.3 billion in social housing across the UK since 2012 and was chosen as sole lender following a full market tender due to its flexibility on maturity and deferral capabilities.
Permira, the global private equity firm, has agreed to sell Althea Group SpA (Althea), an independent provider of technology management services to the European healthcare industry, to a consortium formed by F2i, Italy’s largest independent infrastructure fund manager, and DWS, a global infrastructure investor, via its portfolio company Inframedica. The transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022. The Permira Funds were advised by Rothschild & Co, EY, Giliberti and Triscornia e Associati.
Pembroke VCT plc, the venture capital trust focused on backing early-stage businesses, has achieved a record fundraise of £46 million. New investors have gained immediate access to a maturing portfolio of growing businesses and to a well-established dividend paying VCT. The portfolio includes high growth, innovative brands – such as Popsa, One Plan, COAT Paints, LYMA, and Thriva – in the design, education, food, beverage & hospitality, wellness, digital services and media sectors.

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