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NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) has invested GBP500,000 in Yimba Ltd (Yimba).
Yimba has developed a digital wallet technology that allows banks to deliver personalised banking services to their consumers via mobile banking and payment wallet integrations.
The funding will enable the business to invest in product development, expand its team to service a growing number of customers, and create 10-plus high value jobs in the region. The funding has been seen as the most effective way of boosting growth whilst earning the support of an
Plum Life has closed a USD5.3 million seed round led by ManchesterStory with additional participation from MTech Capital, Sonostar Ventures and other investors.
This round of funding will be used to make several key hires, continue the enhancement the platform and drive sales through targeted advisor outreach.
Plum Life offers agents a fully digital, friction-free selling experience enabling a quicker, more efficient life insurance sale. The platform is designed to be a one-stop-shop for Agents to manage the entire sales process: from application submission to case management and commission reconciliation.
FluidOne, a portfolio company of UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge, has acquired SAS Global Group (SAS), a provider of managed networks and IT services to mid-market and enterprise customers.
This transaction marks FluidOne’s third bolt-on during Livingbridge’s tenure. Founded in 1989, SAS designs, deploys and manages SD-WAN hybrid networks, which are supported by its innovative monitoring and management portal, serving over 150 customers with sites in 65 countries, with a focus on companies that have over 1,000 employees.
Digital agency CTI Group (CTI) has secured a GBP25 million minority investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC, to support the next stage of its international growth plans.
Headquartered in Manchester, award-winning CTI helps companies to grow and develop through digital transformation, providing a range of services that includes digital marketing, web and app development and digital strategy. Founded almost 20 years ago, it has developed an enviable reputation as an industry leader through its commitment to its people, its clients and its use of cutting-edge technologies.
LDC’s investment will help the existing management team, led by Founder Nick
Business leaders in the healthcare sector are more likely to seek an IPO than in any other sector, with over a quarter (27 per cent) saying becoming listed is their end goal for the business, according to ECI Partners’ Growth Characteristics report.
ECI, the growth-focused private equity firm, surveyed over 500 fast-growth SME business leaders as part of its Growth Characteristics report in order to define what makes a successful CEO, as well as to understand current challenges and growth plans.
The report also found that healthcare businesses have performed well over the last two years, with a flux
Goji Investments, a UK-based technology investment platform that provides investors with digital access to private asset investments, has appointed Aidan Connolly as an independent non-executive director of the Company.
Over the past 20 years, Connolly has held board roles at a number of private and publicly listed companies in the UK and internationally. Most recently, he served as CEO of Alter Domus Group, a leading provider of fund and corporate services for the alternative investment industry. He has also held executive board roles at My Travel Group, Sodexo UK, Worldpay and Wilko.
LeapFrog Investments has appointed new Partner Yalin Karadogan to head its Global Investor Solutions team, as it scales its impact investing platform.
Yalin is a 23-year veteran of the private equity industry, most recently serving as Partner, Fundraising and Investor Relations, for USD37 billion global private equity firm Cinven.
Yalin will lead an expanded Investor Solutions team with many decades of top-tier private equity experience, including recent hires Greg Jones, formerly of CVC Capital Partners, and Alice Maltby, formerly of Apax Partners. He succeeds retiring Partner Nick Moon, who has been instrumental in the growth of LeapFrog across a decade
Delio has raised a further USD8.3 million to enable financial institutions of all sizes to create greater investor access to alternative assets such as private equity, private debt, and real estate.
The fintech, which digitises the private markets strategies of leading banks, wealth managers and other financial firms, received the backing from Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s most active venture capital investors. Additional investment from early-backers Maven Capital Partners brings the total equity funding raised by Delio to USD15.5 million.
The USD8.3 million investment will further enhance Delio’s international operations and lay the foundations of its non-conflicted private markets infrastructure.
CesiumAstroa developer of advanced aerospace communication systems, has closed an oversubscribed USD60 million Series B fundraising co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures, with strategic participation from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX).
Xpansiv, a global marketplace for ESG commodities, is to acquire a 100 per cent ownership stake in APX, Inc, a provider of registry infrastructure for energy and environmental markets.
Upon receipt of regulatory approvals, Xpansiv will initially acquire a 20 per cent minority ownership interest in APX and is expected to acquire the remaining stake later this year.
The parties have previously partnered to launch various spot contracts for voluntary carbon and renewable energy credits, and in 2019 Xpansiv acquired EMA from APX. EMA is a multi-registry environmental portfolio management system, through which more than one billion environmental credits were
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