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Wearable Link Limited, trading as Plinx, has secured GBP500,000 in funding to support its investment in product development and enter new markets as well as supporting the creation of seven new jobs for the local Worcestershire economy.
Plinx secured funding from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), from the West Midlands Debt Finance fund managed by Maven Capital Partners (Mave) and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme.
Based out of Malvern Science Park, Plinx is an IoT technology provider specialising in the development of an innovative health and safety system for the construction sector.
Three senior executives from alternative investment platform CAIS have joined Forbes Councils, an invitation-only organisation where top business leaders and entrepreneurs across industries share insights via educational content published on Forbes.com.
Abby Salameh, Chief Marketing Officer, joins the Communications Council, Shane Williams, Chief Technology Officer, joins the Technology Council, and Alessandra Van Der Meulen, Director of People Experience, joins the Human Resources Council.
All three leaders were vetted and selected by an independent review committee based on the depth and diversity of their respective experience. Criteria for acceptance includes a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well
TitanHQ, an invested company of UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge, has acquired Cyber Risk Aware, a security awareness platform.
Headquartered in Galway, Ireland and with offices in Florida, TitanHQ provides Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and businesses with advanced web filtering, email security and archiving solutions.
Having identified the growing market momentum for SaaS-based security solutions, Livingbridge invested in Titan in 2020, and has supported TitanHQ’s growth plans through increased investment in product development and people.
Cyber Risk Aware is a leading security awareness platform, with a portfolio of blue-chip clients including Invesco, Standard Chartered and Glen Dimplex.
Northlight Capital Partners, a leading middle-market real estate credit fund manager, has announced the second closing of its third institutional fund, Northlight Real Estate Opportunity Fund III (NREOFIII).
Together with Northlight’s co-investment separately managed accounts, total capital commitments now exceed USD125 million.
NREOFIII has already closed on 14 transactions, totalling USD109 million of fund and co-investment equity capital. These investments range from acquiring sub- and non-performing loans secured by real estate to originating new loans secured by residential land development projects.
Northlight expects to have the NREOFIII final closing at the beginning of the second quarter of 2022.
Actyv.ai, an AI-powered Enterprise SaaS platform with BNPL for B2B embedded, has raised USD5 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Dubai-based 1Digi Investment management firm, the family office of Raghunath Subramanian, Global CEO, Actyv.ai.
With these fresh funds, Actyv.ai plans to scale and expand globally.
Actyv.ai is an easy to adapt Enterprise SaaS low-code no-code platform. It is used by large enterprises to transform their supply chains and to empower their partners with an intuitive platform and financial products.
Actyv.ai solves complex business and real-life problems for enterprises by leveraging existing IT systems (using the low-code no-code
Facilio, a property operations software platform specialist, has raised USD35 million in a Series B funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group with participation from Brookfield Growth and existing investors Accel India and Tiger Global Management.
Founded in 2017, Facilio offers a unified software platform that leverages an AI-led predictive engine to help real estate portfolios digitise processes and optimise their property operations. The platform encompasses a suite of SaaS applications for maintenance [CMMS/CaFM solutions] and operational visibility, sustainability, and remote equipment performance monitoring.
Founded four years ago by Prabhu Ramachandran, Rajavel Subramanian, Krishnamoorthi Rangasamy, and Yogendra Babu, Facilio has
AgDevCo, a specialist investor in early-stage African agribusinesses, has secured a USD90 million package of new funding from the CDC Group, Norfund and DFC which will allow AgDevCo to continue to grow its investment activities in agriculture across Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is in addition to the announcement of supplementary funding of up to USD5.4 million from CDC, Norfund and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for AgDevCo’s integrated technical assistance facility.
This new funding builds on the original endowment funding provided by the UK government which helped establish AgDevCo over the past decade. This endowment has
Blackstone has appointed Sara Clemens, former Chief Operating Officer at Twitch and Pandora, as a Senior Advisor.
Clemens has over 25 years of experience helping lead high-growth companies at the intersection of streaming content and consumer technology. She will advise across Blackstone’s businesses, with a focus on Blackstone Growth (BXG), the firm’s growth equity investing platform.
As Chief Operating Officer at Twitch, Clemens was responsible for the corporate, revenue and go-to-market functions globally. Previously, she served as COO at Pandora, the internet radio pioneer, and was a member of the Executive Teams at LinkedIn and Xbox. Clemens is currently a
Giift, a provider of loyalty management solutions around the globe, backed by Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, has acquired a significant strategic interest in Xoxoday, a fintech disruptor in the rewards, incentives and payout space.
The partnership includes both primary and secondary capital components, and the collaboration will enable both Giift and Xoxoday to enlarge their service offerings and collectively accelerate growth globally.
Xoxoday provides technology infrastructure to enable businesses to automate rewards, incentives and payouts across the value chain. Xoxoday will use the USD30 million investment to fuel the next stage of
Northern Trust has partnered with 5th Century Partners (5CP), a purpose-driven private investment firm based in Chicago, to provide fund administration and related services.
The relationship includes banking, investor services and support for the launch of 5CP’s oversubscribed debut fund, which closed to investors earlier this year with $144 million in capital commitments.
5CP invests in growing middle-market companies with a focused approach that taps into diversity as a tool to drive strong financial outcomes that can create transformative wealth opportunities for diverse communities and stakeholders. The firm’s investment strategy was designed to embrace an increasingly diverse world and create
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