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BasicBlock, a financial technology company aiming to reshape financing options for the trucking industry, has raised USD78 million in a debt and equity raise led by Autotech Ventures, Clear Haven Capital Management, Emergent Ventures, and Nelnet alongside continued investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, SaaS Venturesand TNT Ventures.
BasicBlock launched in 2018 as a simple trucking document capture tool that allowed drivers to scan and send load documents at low rates. The company has evolved to become a complete payment platform for carriers nationwide that ensures same-day payment and exceptional customer service. The influx of capital will
ClimateTrade, a blockchain-enabled climate marketplace, has raised EUR7 million in a pre-Series A European funding round and is raising another EUR13 million in a US-focused round set to close on its reincorporation in the next five months.
In total, the company is targeting EUR20 million of funding for international expansion.
The first round was oversubscribed, with interest from more than 90 investment funds. The EUR7 million was provided by Spanish investment firm GED via its VC fund Conexo Ventures, US power and technology fund ClearSky, blockchain investors Borderless Capital and Algorand, SIX FinTech Ventures, the VC arm of Swiss financial
Luna Wealth (Luna), an International investment and asset management group, has launched a new USD50 million liquidity fund, aimed at providing new liquidity solutions and opportunities to early-stage shareholders and investors in high growth technology companies.
The companies that venture capital investors back have the potential to have significant positive and negative impacts across the spectrum of ESG issues as they scale up – including privacy violations, human rights issues, poor governance and climate-related risks.
That’s according to a new on PRI report on the interplay between venture capital activity and ESG, which outlines how VC firms are adopting ESG considerations into their activity and the work still needed to drive adoption further.
The report says that managing these issues at an early stage of a company’s growth is key – evidence of failing to do
OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, a sector-focused, theme-driven investor to support the “buy and build” strategy of its newly-launched Special Educational Needs (SEN) provider, Melrose Education.
Innervation Capital focuses on investing in platform companies in essential services sectors such as education. It then works closely with the management team to accelerate growth through a mixture of organic and inorganic growth. In 2017, OakNorth Bank provided support to ICP Nurseries, and in 2019, did the same with Cresswell Nurseries – both were Innervation Capital-backed businesses.
ICP Nurseries and Cresswell Nurseries were combined to form ICP
Growth Capital Ventures has led a GBP150,000 seed investment round into n-gage.io, a technology company transforming the way audiences engage and experience leisure, visitor, and sporting attractions.
The funds will be used to drive the development of the technology forward and support n-gage.io’s market entry strategy. The funds are in addition to GBP150,000 worth of resource provided by Growth Capital Ventures through its GCV Labs venture builder division.
County Durham-based n-gage.io aims to transform audience experiences through a highly customisable, data insight driven Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with an integrated mobile-web application. This will help operators deepen their audience and
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire EYSA Group (EYSA), a provider of smart mobility solutions.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is led by the HIG Infrastructure Partners fund. Terms have not disclosed.
EYSA has long term relationships with municipalities and private clients who desire comprehensive, automated solution integrating all their mobility needs.
Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.. acted as financial advisor to HIG.
Alpha Real Capital (Alpha), a specialist manager of secure income real assets, has closed its largest solar transaction to date with the acquisition of Innova Energy, a GBP86 million multi-asset operating portfolio.
Précis Capital Partners (Précis Capital), a real estate development lending platform, has entered into a funding partnership with the Global Credit segment of investment firm Carlyle.
The partnership between Précis Capital and Carlyle will finance development loans in the residential asset class, where the acute long-term structural undersupply within the UK’s housing market continues to present compelling investment opportunities, and has already completed its first two loans, with a cumulative value of over GBP330 million.
Précis Capital, with funds and accounts managed by Carlyle’s Global Credit Segment and funds managed by global alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management (Apollo),
Funds advised by Marathon Asset Management are to acquire Kaléo, a privately held pharmaceutical company based in Richmond, Virginia.
The total base purchase price is approximately USD310 million in cash, less certain adjustments, and includes potential net revenue-based milestone payments of up to approximately USD70 million in cash for the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years, in a transaction that will provide liquidity for Kaléo shareholders upon closing. This new ownership structure will accelerate Kaléo’s growth serving patients at risk for anaphylaxis and other serious and life-threatening conditions.
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