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Cyber Manufacture Co, a narrative-based Web3 platform behind the next generation NFT project GAMA, has closed a USD6 million pre-Series A funding round led by Synergis and Collab+Currency.
Seneca Partners’ EIS portfolio company, Manchester-based Wejo Limited (Wejo), a specialist in connected vehicle data, has completed a reverse merger with Virtuoso Acquisition Corp (VOSO.O) and the enlarged business is now trading on Nasdaq.
The deal will enable Wejo to accelerate expansion of markets across traffic management, advertising, fleet management, insurance, remote diagnostics, car sharing and rental, roadside assistance, payments, SaaS solutions and more.
Every day, Wejo collects in near-real-time 14.6 billion data points and analyses 66 million journeys across a network of 10.7 million live vehicles from a supply base of over 50 million connected vehicles. Wejo expects its
ScaleUp Capital, a specialist in investing in and supporting scaling B2B digital businesses with revenues of GBP1 million to GBP10 million, has closed a GBP4 million investment round in Sifted.
The investment will enable the media outlet to continue scaling the definitive resource for insights on the European startup ecosystem. It will use the capital raised to expand its existing team of 40 employees to double that number next year, adding to its editorial, commercial, marketing and tech and data teams. The editorial team already consists of 15 journalists in London, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, with plans to expand
Ropes & Gray has represented Bain Capital Private Equity in its majority investment in InnovaCare Health, a regional leader in integrated and value-based healthcare services.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Throughout its 20-plus year history, InnovaCare Health has owned, operated and managed an integrated portfolio of leading medical groups, health plans, medical service organizations and clinical networks. Bain Capital Private Equity has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since its founding in 1984.
The Ropes & Gray team that represented Bain Capital Private Equity was
RiverGlade Capital (RiverGlade), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has sold its controlling stake in US Oral Surgery Management (USOSM) to Oak Hill Capital (Oak Hill).
Formed by RiverGlade in 2017, in partnership with the Thurston Group, USOSM is a healthcare management services company to the oral surgery sector and represents the largest network of oral surgery practices in the country.
“Early on we recognised the positive industry tailwinds within oral surgery and saw a strategic opportunity to create the first platform of scale in the space,” says Garrick Rice, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of RiverGlade. “Starting with two anchor
Ravesncroft has announced plans to acquire the Channel Islands’ operation of MitonOptimal Group.
European venture capital fund KOMPAS has launched a USD160 million early-stage fund that will back breakthrough innovations that accelerate the adoption of digital technology and industrial automation in the real estate, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and dramatically reduce waste and CO2 emissions.
The new fund will be managed by Partners Sebastian Peck and Talia Rafaeli.
Increasing regulatory pressure to reduce CO2 emissions and promote a circular economy in the building sector, and the prospect of stranded assets coupled with rapid technological advancements, create a unique opportunity for nimble, innovative companies to capture immense economic value. This is a familiar pattern
Judo, a mobile experiences platform company, has secured seed funding of USD3 million, in a round co-led by TenOneTen Ventures and Freestyle Capital.
The company raised capital after operating profitably to realise the market potential of its category-defining platform, which has been built to meet the needs of the most demanding mobile publishers. The company’s no code, server-driven UI technology, which is used by dozens of leading mobile applications, supports efficient delivery of rich contextual user experiences at scale without updates typically saving between 20 and 80 hours of development time.
To date, the company has built a market leading
Private industrial investment company HLD Group has acquired Thurston Group – a specialist in modular building solutions for the education, commercial and healthcare sectors.
This major acquisition, which will ensure the ongoing operation and growth of Thurston Group, was facilitated by Independent Growth Finance, through a GBP16 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility that formed part of the total acquisition cost.
The acquisition is the largest deal in HLD Group’s 10-year history and is an important addition to its portfolio of companies. It also marks an ambitious step in the group’s investment strategy.
Demis Ohandjanian, CEO, HLD
Future Planet Capital, a global university, impact and innovation investment group, has completed the acquisition of two venture capital firms: Milltrust Agricultural Investments and RT Capital.
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