NexGen Cloud, a Web 3.0 focused IaaS company, has made a USD14 million investment in the development of Europe’s Largest decentralised storage project. This investment has enabled the development of two large-scale Filecoin storage operations located in Belgium and The Netherlands, featuring Tier III data centres across both sites. Over the coming 12 months, this landmark project will provide over 100 Petabytes of data storage capabilities aimed at managed service providers (MSPs), businesses and consumers seeking more affordable storage solutions, without having to compromise on security.   The company has also announced that it has entered into a swap with

TargED Biopharmaceuticals (TargED), a private biotechnology company focused on developing improved treatments for thrombotic diseases, has raised Series A financing of EUR39 million to accelerate development of its lead compound, Microlyse. The financing was led by an international syndicate with equal contributions from Andera Partners, Fund+, Hadean Ventures, Inkef Capital and Sunstone Life Science Ventures, and joined by existing investors FIRST (Managed by BioGeneration Ventures), Curie Capital and Utrecht Health Seed Fund.  TargED will focus development on two initial indications: acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura (aTTP) and Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS).

Hambro Perks has completed an investment in Finnish industrial technology business Altum Technologies. Headquartered in Helsinki and founded in 2016, Altum has developed market-leading power ultrasound technology to clean fouling from industrial equipment without stopping production. Altum’s patented ZPD technology also minimises maintenance time, energy consumption and use of hazardous chemicals in these cleaning processes.   Altum is the latest investment from Access Fund II, the second fund in Hambro Perks’ venture secondaries franchise. The Access Fund purchases minority stakes in UK and European private technology companies, providing liquidity to early shareholders, whether they be founder, former or current management,

Beaufort Capital and Pollen Street Capital have formed a strategic joint venture to improve access to finance for high quality real estate developers nationwide. The new lending partnership is expected to fund senior and stretched senior loans to support the development of much needed homes across the UK, as well as student accommodation, care homes and other mixed-use assets.   Beaufort Capital is an award-winning specialist real estate lender with a long track record, having financed and developed more than 5,000,000 sqft of UK real estate over 50 years. Pollen Street Capital, a private equity and credit focused manager, has

Planet Smart City, a London headquartered specialist in smart affordable housing, has launched a EUR60 million capital raise to accelerate the Group’s ambitious business plans. Since its establishment in 2015, Planet Smart City, which specialises in large-scale projects that create smart neighbourhoods and affordable homes – has raised more than EUR160 million, from 390 institutional and private investors. In 2021, the Group recorded revenues of approximately USD105 million dollars (EUR93 million), doubling the result of 2020 which had been USD52 million dollars. The EUR60 million capital increase is aimed at accelerating the implementation of Planet’s ambitious business plan that includes

Semarion Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out company from the Cavendish Laboratory combining materials engineering and cell biology to tackle unmet drug screening needs, has closed a GBP2.14 million seed funding round led by Parkwalk Advisors. University of Cambridge Seed Funds, Martlet Capital, and angel investors also contributed to the fundraise.   The funding will support the commercial development of Semarion’s SemaCyte cell assaying platform. It will also enable further expansion of the team, as Semarion recruits scientists and engineers, and establishes additional research partnerships with biopharma partners for bespoke solutions to cell screening challenges.

Jeito Capital (Jeito), an independent private equity firm dedicated to biotech and biopharma, has co-led a USD65 million Series A financing round in EyeBiotech Limited (EyeBio), a privately held ophthalmology biotechnology company working to deliver a new generation of therapies for eye diseases.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider Beyond Identity has closed a USD100 million Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Jim Clark also participated in the round, which brings the company’s total funding to date to USD205 million and propels its valuation to USD1.1 billion, along with newcomers Potentum Partners, Expanding Capital, and HBAM.  The new funding will be used to further expand Beyond Identity’s research and development and extend the company’s footprint and resources into Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Additionally, the “Father of SSL” and 2019 Marconi Prize recipient Taher Elgamal of

MarketForce (MarketForce360.com), a Nairobi-headquartered B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has closed a USD40 million Series A round led by V8 Capital Partners. The raise, the largest Series A round of its kind in East and Central Africa, comes seven months after the closing of a pre-Series A round. Ten13 VC, SOSV Select Fund, Vu Ventures, Vastly Valuable Ventures and Uncovered Fund, along a number of existing investors; Reflect Ventures, Greenhouse Capital, Century Oak Capital and Remapped Ventures also participated in the round, as did Ken Njoroge, Cofounder and former CEO of