Occupier, a lease management software solution for commercial real estate tenants and brokers, has raised USD11 million in its Series A fundraising round. The round, which  was co-led by OMERS Ventures and Stage 2 Capital with participation by seed stage investors Alate Partners and Metaprop, brings the total raised by Occupier to date to USD16 million.   The company has created an intelligent tech stack for real estate management from the tenant’s perspective, automating the complicated process of lease administration, lease accounting and transaction management.   Occupier plans to double its team, hiring engineering, product, sales, customer success and marketing

Enboarder has raised USD32 million in Series B funding, bringing its total investment to USD50 million. The round was led by NewSpring, with participation from previous investors, Greycroft and Next Coast Ventures, and new investors Golub Capital, Escalate Capital Partner, Alumni Ventures and Gaingels.     Enboarder will use the new funds to double down on international growth. With plans to double its headcount over the next year, Enboarder will also use its new capital to invest in additional infrastructure and systems to further accelerate its global growth and expansion.

Boutique lower middle market private equity firm L2 Capital Partners (L2) has sold Insight 2 Design, Inc and Elevate (collectively “Worldwide Camping Holdings”) to Clearview Capital. This transaction represents the successful realisation of L2’s 2018 investment in Worldwide Camping Holdings.  Terms of the transaction have not bee disclosed. Headquartered in Overland Park, KS, Worldwide Camping Holdings is a rapidly growing, multi-channel pioneer in the outdoor camping equipment industry.

Foresight Group (Foresight), a private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made a GBP4.5 million investment in SafeGuard Glazing Supplies (SafeGuard), a specialist manufacturer and installer of glazing products, based in Peterborough. Foresight’s investment will support the company in its next phase of growth. Investment is planned to extend the site and to invest in additional capital equipment – as well as expanding and developing the skilled workforce to meet the high customer demand for SafeGuard’s products. This is another successful investment from Foresight’s East of England Fund which is an evergreen pool of patient capital supporting SMEs in the

FoodDocs – an specialist in the food safety industry – has raised GBP1.8 million in a funding round led by Bonnier Ventures. Forward Venture Capital, and Spring Capital also joined the round along with existing investor United Angels VC.  The funds will be used to continue FoodDocs’ strategic growth, drive further expansion in the US and the UK to reach more clients and partners, and further improve AI capabilities.    The solutions that FoodDocs has developed are already valued by over 15,000 customers including Huboo, Smart Lunches, The Oxford Food Co., and Bolt Market. The latter company has used FoodDocs solution

Xeinadin Group Limited, a professional services group in the UK and Ireland, has agreed a strategic partnership with Exponent, a private equity firm with a proven track record in professional services. This partnership will involve Exponent making a significant minority investment in Xeinadin to support the business’s ambitious growth plans. Subject to regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to complete in Q1 2022.   Xeinadin is a group of business advisory and accountancy practices in over 100 locations across the UK and Ireland that provides over 40 service lines to over 50,000 clients, predominantly small and medium sized businesses and

FloodFlash, a parametric insurance technology company that pays catastrophic flood claims within 48 hours, has announced a Series A raise of USD15 million. The round was led by Chicago-based Buoyant Ventures with San Francisco-based fund Munich Re Ventures also featuring as an investor. Sony Financial Ventures/Global Brain (Tokyo), MS&AD Ventures (San Francisco) and PropTech1 (Berlin) all participated in the round alongside existing investors Pentech, Local Globe and Insurtech Gateway. The investment comes three months after FloodFlash announced a new insurance capacity partnership with Munich Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions.

Apex Group has acquired BEST Alternative Advisory Services (BEST), an India-based, specialised financial services provider. The acquisition of BEST will add assets under administration (AuA) of USD30 billionn to the Apex Group, and an additional 35 employees based in Mumbai. BEST delivers fund services tailored to both open and closed-ended fund client profiles including Private Equity, Fund of Funds, Mutual Funds, Managed Accounts and Hedge Funds.   The addition of BEST will support current and future Apex clients looking to enter the Indian market, and for Indian domiciled funds to operate and invest internationally.   Terms of the transaction are

Blue Horizon, a pure-play impact investor accelerating the transition to a new Sustainable Food System, has made a seed financing round investment in Tomorrow Foods, a specialist developer of plant-based protein systems and solutions for the food and beverage industry. This marks Blue Horizon’s very first seed investment in South America.  Tomorrow Foods is a regional expert in the development of plant-based protein systems for the Latin-American food and beverage industry. The new funding will allow the company to accelerate its business expansion across the region.  To date, Blue Horizon has raised funds of over USD850 million and invested in