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Tarana Wireless has raised USD170 million at a USD1 billion valuation from preeminent venture and institutional investors to support their rapid growth.
The round was co-led by Axon Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Prime Movers Lab.
Also participating were Michigan State Pension Fund, I Squared Capital, and two other large, industry-leading institutional investors.
London-based retailer agnostic mobile app Slip has secured GBP750k in a pre-seed fundraise ahead of its summer launch.
Founded in 2021 by Tash Grossman and Eddy Herman, Slip aims tosimplify the retail experience for customers by allowing its users to receive digital receipts via QR codes, view and manage their omnichannel spending and receive exclusive discount offers and personalised content based on their buying habits.
The company is backed by renowned retail experts with its advisory team having over a century of retail and IT experience at companies including Sainsbury’s, IBM, House of Fraser, Accenture, FARFETCH, John Lewis, Harrods and
Paragin, an education technology (EdTech) software company based in the Netherlands that provides solutions for the development of competency, knowledge and talent of students and professionals, is partnering with leading mathematics software specialist SOWISO.
The collaboration is backed by software investor Main Capital Partners (Main).
The combination of Paragin and SOWISO represents the first add-on acquisition for the buy-and-build strategy of the EdTech group since Paragin started its collaboration with Main in 2021.
Mitek, a leader in digital identity (ID) verification and fraud prevention, has acquired UK KYC (know your customer) technology specialist, HooYu.
The acquisition helps to ensure businesses know the true identity of their customers by linking biometric verification with real-time bureau and sanction database checks.
Through this acquisition, organisations gain a more complete picture of the consumer by marrying biometrics, ID document validation, geolocation and identity confidence scoring with real-time data signals such as bureau checks or matches to politically exposed person or sanction lists. HooYu’s orchestration capabilities will enable Mitek customers to optimise workflows and accelerate the deployment of
Katie Haun, a crypto investor, has raised USD1.5 billion for her new fund, Haun Ventures, according to CNBC.
Pitchbook is reported as saying it is the largest debut venture fund ever raised by a solo female founding partner. The former highest was a USD1.3 billion fund raised by investment banker, Mary Meeker.
Haun Ventures will invest in the equity of crypto start-ups and sometimes also invest in their crypto tokens.
The fund will be divided into two – USD1 billion for later-stage projects, and USD500 million for early-stage companies and protocols.
Handle.com, a software platform for construction payment compliance, has closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by Energize Ventures and Ironspring Ventures.
Handle will leverage this funding to expand its support, engineering, and sales teams across the country.
Backed by Y Combinator, Handle already has some of the largest names in construction as customers, including publicly traded and Fortune 500 companies such as CRH/Oldcastle, and US Concrete.
Growth equity investment firm FTV Capital has held the close of FTV VII, its seventh and largest fund, oversubscribed at its hard cap of USD2.3 billion in capital commitments.
The firm will continue its successful 24-year track record of investing in innovative, high-growth companies across the enterprise technology, financial services and payments landscapes.
This new fund provides FTV flexibility to make control and significant minority equity investments, often as the first institutional investor, generally ranging from USD30 to USD200 million that align with the objectives of company management teams to accelerate growth and expansion. With the close of FTV VII,
Elbow Beach Capital, the decarbonisation, sustainability and social impact investor today announces its first investment, backing wastewater treatment and bioenergy company, WASE with an initial GBP400,000 investment, to be followed by a further GBP300,000, following closure of the oversubscribed Seedrs campaign.
Receiving further support from the Science Angel Syndicate, and the European Union’s Climate-KIC’s investment support programme Found by Us, Funded by You, WASE has raised over GBP1 million.
Funds raised this round will go towards installing a commercial industriWASE Biocentre system at Hepworth Brewery, progressing WASE’s sales pipeline, increasing R&D spend and supporting key hires across the commercial,
Crestbridge, a global provider of independent, end-to-end professional administration solutions to corporates, asset managers, institutional investors, and family offices, has appointed Barry Hindmarch as Director and Head of Real Estate – UK.
Based in London, Hindmarch will be responsible for leading Crestbridge’s UK Real Estate business and for the management and evolution of its services, building on its reputation as a leading service provider for real estate asset managers.
With over 25 years’ experience across UK and international real estate, Barry specialises in real estate finance and also has significant expertise in fund management and outsourcing having managed teams in
Investment firm, Certares Management, dedicated to the travel, tourism and hospitality industries, is looking to raise between USD5 billion and USD6 billion for a new PE fund, Certares Holdings II LP, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The New York-based firm may hold a first for close the fund as early as next month at USD1 to USD2 billion and is currently in talks with institutional investors.
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