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Typeform, a conversational interaction platform, has raised USD135 million in Series C funding round led by Sofina.
Returning investors including General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Connect Ventures, as well as new investors Top Tier Capital Partners, GP Bullhound, Teamworthy Ventures and Trium Venture Partners, also participated in the round.
This latest funding brings Typeform’s total investment to more than USD187 million.
With this investment, Typeform will accelerate product development, nurture emerging technologies, expand headcount and deepen strategic partnerships across its platform as it continues its efficient growth trajectory.
STP Investment Services (STP), an end-to-end, technology-enabled investment operations service provider that supports more than USD340 billion in total assets, has received a significant growth investment from Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, financial technology and related business services.
This investment will enable STP to accelerate ongoing investments in innovation, technology, workflow, and talent. STP plans to advance its organic growth initiatives while also accelerating its strategy of pursuing impactful M&A opportunities in the future.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
As a result of LMP’s investment in STP, members
TELEO Capital has appointed Kevin Hatch as an Operating Partner. Hatch brings over 20 years of financial, operational, and executive leadership experience, including a decade of work with private equity portfolio companies.
He has led multiple strategic growth initiatives, restructurings, and carve-outs across software, technology, business services, and industrial companies.
Hatch most recently served as an executive of Avalex Technologies Corp and AppRiver. He was instrumental in the successful exit of both companies. Previously, he worked as an Operations Director at Marlin Equity Partners and as a Director in the Transaction Services Group at KPMG.
SmithRx, a next-generation pharmacy benefits management company, has closed a USD20 million series B financing round, following a year of record growth in which the company surpassed 1,100 employer clients.
Venrock led the oversubscribed round and was joined by existing investors, including Founders Fund.
The proceeds will support Smith’s plans for continued growth as it becomes the leader in next-generation pharmacy benefits management (PBM).
With this round, Venrock partner Bryan Roberts has joined the Board of Directors partner Bob Kocher, another Venrock partner and MD is a Board Observer.
Polkadot was the most popular alt coin with venture capital and hedge funds in the final quarter of 2021, according to a report by Forkast.
Twenty four of 57 funds investing in the space held Polkadot – the 11th latest cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of USD18.7 billion – in Q4 2021.
Oasis Network (ROSE) and Near Protocol (NEAR) were the next most popular assets among VCs and hedge funds, according to analysis by Messari says the report.
Private equity firms could be prevented from passing on legal costs to investors under new rules being considered by the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
The move is aimed partly at addressing investor concerns that they could end up paying for wrongdoing on the part of fund managers.
Under the proposed new rules, managers would be prohibited from passing on the costs of regulatory examinations, investigations, or SEC settlements and fines.
The Minnesota State Board of Investment has approved an additional allocation of more than USD2.6 billion to global private markets investments, according to a torpor by AlternatvesWatch.
The USD136 billion board already has a USD18.6 billion private markets portfolio including private equity, private credit, real estate and real assets investments with over 100 managers
An additional 21 fund commitments across private equity and private credit asset classes have now been made, with 18 private equity funds selected to manage a combined USD2.2 billion, including Clearlake Capital Partners VII (USD100 million); Siris Partners V (USD100 million); Advent International GPE X (USD150
Leap, a leading provider of home contractor sales enablement software, has acquired JobProgress, a workflow and CRM product for home contractors.
Together, Leap, a portfolio company of private equity firm Next Equity, and JobProgress will serve more than 2,400 home contractors in North America.
JobProgress’ product suite offers CRM, project management, scheduling, and employee management tools to both exterior and interior residential contractors. As part of Leap, home contractors will now have access to even more tools to help them manage, estimate, record, and close deals on a single platform, without the need to use multiple technology providers.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against venture capital fund adviser Alumni Ventures Group (AVG) and its CEO Michael Collins, according to a report by AltenativesWatch.
The SEC complaint alleges that the firm made misleading statements about its management fees and engaged in interfund transactions that violate fund operating agreements. Collins has been charged with causing
The SEC charged the entity’s CEO, Michael Collins, with causing AVG’s violations.
Both AVG and Collins have agreed to a cease and desist order and agreed to pay USD700,000 and USD100,000 respectively without admitting or denying the charges.
Auction-based advertising infrastructure startup, Topsort, has raised USD8 million in a seed funding round.
Founded just over a year ago, Topsort closed its seed round from various marketplace investors including Pear Ventures, Quiet Capital, FJLabs, Micky Malka (Ribbit Capital), Lydia Jett (Softbank), Akhil Paul, Comma VC and various other individual investors. This seed funding round sees the company valued at USD110 million.
Topsort will use this round of funding to fuel its continuous growth, scale its product further and continue its mission to empower marketplaces by democratising the previously exclusive auction-based advertising technology that has been used to drive profits
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