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Coinpanion, an Austrian start-up for easy entry into the world of crypto investments, has increased its €1.8 million seed investment from last autumn to a total of €5.5 million making it one of the largest seed investments in Austrian start-up history.
Founded in Vienna, the FinTech platform Coinpanion enables anyone to profit from the cryptocurrency market without requiring in-depth knowledge.
No less than three other internationally renowned investors are joining Coinpanion as part of the follow-up financing round, and want to support the Vienna-based FinTech in its further expansion. They include US investor Wicklow Capital, early-stage investor in crypto-custodians Ledger,
Aquila Capital’s Aquila Capital Infrastructure Fund (ACIF) is continuing to deliver attractive and stable performance in its fifth year.
After the company announced in April 2020 that the fund volume had reached €200 million, ACIF’s volume has since doubled due to continued high interest from investors and stands at more than €400 million today.
The defensive fund strategy focuses on core and core+ infrastructure segments with broad diversification across all relevant sectors such as transportation, utilities, energy, telecommunications and social infrastructure.
Applied Monitoring, the Durham-based developer of sensor technology that can detect alcohol and drugs in a person’s blood by scanning their skin, has raised a £600,000 investment to enable it to commercialise its product.
The funding round was co-led by the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, and the Finance Durham Fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham.
The deal also includes a £100,000 investment from the Centre of Processing Innovation to support further research and development of its technology.
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed two strategic add-ons for Protegis Fire & Safety – Florida-based Metro Fire Protection Services, and Ohio-based PDS Systems, LLC (“PDS”) in April 2022.
Founded in 1983, Metro provides installation, inspection and repair services to commercial customers in a variety of end markets. Co-owner Doug Crawford will continue to lead Metro as a member of the Protegis team.
Since its founding in 1994 by Phil Sisia, PDS has been dedicated to being a one-stop-shop for its customers’ fire alarm and access control systems. PDS specialises in the design of fire and smoke detection alarm systems,
Data and technology company mnAI has acquired the assets of connected data specialist Regulation Technologies Limited to further enhance mnAI’s data driven insight offering.
mnAI is a data, insight and analytics platform that uses proprietary technology to provide enhanced research, analytics and due diligence on all UK companies. Utilising cutting-edge algorithms, it specialises in building hard-to-obtain datasets, including ESG and Relational Networks, on private companies.
Regulation Technologies Limited is a provider of “connected data” solutions. It helps financial and professional service organisations to mitigate risk and enhance KYC and KYB practices with a connected dataset of all UK companies and
Traub Capital Partners (TCP), a consumer-focused private equity firm, has appointed Nathan Mullaney and Richard Lenskold, as Vice President and Associate, respectively.
Prior to joining Traub Capital Partners, Mullaney served as Vice President with Tengram Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on investing within the branded consumer products and retail space. He spent the past four years evaluating and investing in businesses across the consumer landscape. In addition, Mullaney assisted in the management of investments, working closely with management teams to drive operational enhancements post-closing. He began his career as an investment banking Analyst in the Consumer
Rathbone Greenbank Investments (Greenbank) has appointed Marian Woodward as impact manager.
She will be based in Rathbones’ London office and will report to Kate Elliot, Head of Ethical, Sustainable and Impact Research.
In the role of impact manager, Woodward will work closely with Greenbank’s investment teams based in London, Bristol, Liverpool and Scotland. She will be responsible for leading the enhancement of Greenbank’s impact investment offering, including identifying further impact investment opportunities for clients and developing Greenbank’s impact reporting.
PFR Ventures invested €22 million (PLN 100 million) into two private debt funds – Polish CVI and UK-based Beechbrook.
Both provide debt financing to companies. With this deal, PFR Ventures has broadened its PFR PE programme to include such funds.
At the beginning of 2022, PFR Ventures’ portfolio has expanded by adding two new private debt (PD) funds managed by CVI and Beechbrook. This brings the number of private markets funds the Polish institutional investor has invested in to a total of 10. To date, these funds have provided nearly €1.3 billion to almost 60 companies operating both on the
Perforce Software (Perforce), a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, backed by Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital Group, is to acquire Puppet, an infrastructure automation software platform which enables users to deliver, update, monitor, and secure software across physical and virtual machines.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
By increasing productivity, eliminating mistakes, enhancing security, and accelerating software delivery for DevOps teams, Puppet’s solutions support customers on their digital transformation journeys.
Puppet was an early developer of what is now referred to as “infrastructure-as-code.” More than 40,000 organisations
Family-owned business Triangle Fire Systems, one of the UK’s industry leaders in the installation of fire sprinkler systems, has secured a £9 million investment from BGF.
Founded in 2006 by three brothers (Colin, Nigel and Steve Chantler), Triangle Fire Systems specialises in the design, installation, and maintenance of sprinkler systems in domestic, commercial and retail buildings across the UK. With a particular focus on residential developments and high-rise apartments, the business has achieved consistent year-on-year growth, emerging as an industry leader in an otherwise fragmented market.
The investment from BGF will enable Triangle Fire Systems to expand its team
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