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A UK gut health food brand, Bio&Me, created by The Gut Health Doctor, has closed a GBP1.4 million funding round in a record 72 hours.
The fundraise was supported by a number of high profile investors including England captain Harry Kane.
The investment round, which was over subscribed and closed within 72 hours, sees Kane become a shareholder in the business. The funds will be used to fuel an ambitious growth strategy including significant innovation in the cereal aisle and beyond.
The funding round was guided by Bio&Me’s lead investor and serial FMCG entrepreneur, Giles Brook.
Tacora, an investment management firm dedicated to optimising the financing of early and mid-stage companies, has held the first close of its inaugural fund at USD250 million.
The fund, which has a target size of USD300 million, is backed by prominent venture capitalist Peter Thiel, providing capital and access to a high quality strategic network.
Tacora’s goal is to deliver creative financing solutions to high-growth, tech-enabled companies with capital-intensive technology platforms in sectors such as Fintech, Insurtech, Proptech, Logistics and Transportation.
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in healthcare, business services and education, has sold its interest in Caravan Health, a specialist in population health management and value-based payment programmes, to Signify Health, a value-based healthcare platform that leverages advanced analytics, technology and nationwide healthcare provider networks.
During VSS’ four years of ownership, Caravan reached more than 200 health systems and 100 Federally Qualified Health Centers with more than 10,000 primary care providers, who collectively manage over 500,000 patients. Together, the combination of Caravan and Signify Health will create one of the largest national networks of providers engaged in
Vauban Infrastructure Partners has acquired a significant minority stake (20 per cent) in Paprec Holding, an integrated French waste and recycling company, operating in the collection, sorting and treatment of non-hazardous waste from private and municipal entities.
Paprec is the third largest player in the French waste management market, with cEUR2.1 billion of sales in 2021. After this operation, Vauban will become Paprec’s second largest shareholder.
Stax, an all-in-one payments platform, has raised USD245 million in its latest funding round, earning unicorn status as a result.
Stax will use the new capital to expand product capabilities, enhance its customer offerings, grow its team and expand internationally.
Investors include Greater Sum Ventures (GSV), HarbourVest Partners and Blue Star Innovation Partners, all of whom have long invested in the payments industry and will serve as strategic partners to Stax.
Rob Wechsler, founder and CEO of Blue Star, will join Stax’s board of directors. After completing a secondary round, Stax raised an additional primary round of capital to reach
NGT, an Israeli VC firm focused on investing in the health technology sector, has raised USD92 million for the NGT HealthCare II Impact Fund, according to a report by CTech.
The fund will target investments around 25 early-stage startups and 16 pre-incubator, academic projects in biotechnology, bio-convergence, and medical devices. It will also place an emphasis on backing entrepreneurs from the Arab community.
Milo, a financial technology company reimagining the way global and crypto consumers access financial solutions, has raised USD17 million Series A funding round led by California-based venture capital firm M13.
QED Investors and MetaProp, who were also investors in the previous seed round, also participated.
Since 2019, Milo has developed trusted innovative financial solutions for global consumers. In January 2022, Milo launched the first-ever 30 year crypto mortgage and has begun processing applications from its waitlist of 7,400-plus
Menlo Microsystems (Menlo Micro) has raised USD150 million in a Series C round, bringing the company’s total cumulative funding to over USD225 million.
Vertical Venture Partners and Tony Fadell’s Future Shape led the round with participation from new investors Fidelity Management & Research Company, DBL Partners and Adage Capital Management along with existing investors, Standard Investments, Paladin Capital Group, Piva Capital, and PeopleFund.
Menlo Micro will use the funding to expand the company’s domestic manufacturing and supply chain for the Ideal Switch, the most disruptive technological innovation in the electronics industry since the advent of the transistor.
Lios Partners, founded by former OMERS Private Equity executive Jonathan Blair, is targeting USD200 million for its debut buyout fund, Lios Partners I, according to a report by BuyoutInsider.
The hard-cap for the fund is USD300 million, but the report quotes sources as saying interest from limited partners means that the Toronto-based firm is expected to increase the fund’s size.
Lios is planning to focus on investments in the food sector, making control or significant minority investments, typically ranging from USD25 million to USD50 million, in mid-market food and agriculture companies operating throughout the value chain.
Yep! has raised USD1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Greenhouse Capital as the company launches its new digital financial app on iOS and Android in five African countries (Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso).
The company has ambitious growth plans of doubling an existing network of about 100,000 merchants to over 200,000 by the end of 2022. The founders are also in discussions with international credit providers to increase the super-app’s debt facility to USD10 million by the end of this year as the company scales its lending operations.
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