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SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc (Nasdaq: SSNC) has been chosen by Gordian Capital, an Asian institutional fund management platform, with AUM of USD7 billion, to expand its relationship with SS&C Technologies Holdings in Singapore and Japan.
Growing tech startup Willo has set its sights on becoming the global leader in video interviewing after receiving a GBP630,000 investment to fund growth in key markets – including the USA.
The cash injection – from high net-worth investors including ex Freeserve PLC COO Mark Danby, ex BT talent chief Susan McRoberts, and entrepreneur and Santander Global Head of Digital Mobility Solutions Jose Ignacio Puente – takes the overall investment in the Glasgow-founded tech firm to more than GBP1 million.
This round has been led by Guernsey-based early stage tech investment firm 1818 Venture Capital, which also invested in Willo’s
White Star Capital, a multi-stage global technology investment platform, has secured USD360 million for its third flagship fund, above its original target of USD300 million, to invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, global businesses.
The firm has successfully raised in excess of USD500 million over the last 18 months, and now manages USD750 million of assets, including USD50 million from its recently announced Digital Asset Fund and more than USD90 million raised from co-investment vehicles. The firm also announced it will open an office in Singapore.
Following two funds of USD70 million and USD180 million, announced in 2015 and 2018
Trill Impact has closed investments in Arctic Group AB (Arctic Group) and ID North AB (ID North) to form a cybersecurity services platform jointly called European ID Security.
Trill Impact has identified several attractive companies across Europe, including Arctic Group and ID North, which address a strong societal need for improved cyber resilience. Trill Impact aims to create a leading group that seeks to address this societal challenge by investing in European ID Security, a thought leader in identity security, an attractive and important vertical of the fast-growing and fragmented cybersecurity service provider market. European ID Security has a highly
SERB and BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals have appointed Ben Watt as the group’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Watt is an experienced CFO with a track record of building global finance teams and integrating business acquisitions.
Watt most recently served as CFO of Crouzet, an independent manufacturer of electronic components used in heavily regulated industries. He previously worked as a Director at Eight Advisory, a Paris-based advisory firm focused on due diligence for leveraged buyout funds and large corporations, with extensive exposure to the US and international markets. He started his career in audit and due diligence at Arthur Andersen.
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Online investment platform, Seedrs, has launched Seedrs Private Deal Room, a new feature to improve professional investor access to angel, private equity, and venture capital opportunities.
The launch of Private Deal Room is another step towards Seedrs’ mission to become the world’s largest private equity marketplace.
The addition of Seedrs Private Deal Room means that the platform is now supporting European businesses at all stages, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, by encouraging a wider variety of deals – from angel investment, private rounds and secondary sales to public crowdfunding campaigns. Seedrs is allowing a new, more diverse generation of entrepreneurs to
London-based investment firm RDCP Group (RDCP) has acquired one of the UK’s largest tech BPOs, Intelling, from NVM Private Equity (NVM).
RDCP has acquired a 67.4 per cent stake in Manchester-based Intelling. NVM first backed Intelling in 2017 when the company was delivering business process outsourcing (BPO) and communications services to a range of clients, including a major contract with O2.
As a result of both investment and additional Board support, the company has been transformed into a GBP40 million turnover, tech-enabled business employing more than 1000 staff at multiple sites, both in the UK and overseas. The company
Pembroke VCT has invested GBP2 million into JustWears, a men’s basic wear brand focused on comfortable, sustainable and high-performance fabrics.
JustWears was launched in 2018 by co-founders Yang Liu and Alex Walsh to address a gap in the male underwear market and meet the needs of consumers by focusing on comfort and sustainability. Since launch, JustWears has featured on the BBC’s Dragons Den and sold over 150,000 underwear to happy customers with more than 3,000 five-star reviews.
In a sector dominated by legacy brands, a key point of difference for JustWears is the brand’s bold content and humorous marketing,
Orion Advisor Solutions is strengthening its compliance technology offering for clients by acquiring BasisCode Compliance, a provider of regulatory compliance and risk management technology.
Founded in 2011, BasisCode provides trusted compliance management in a secure cloud environment with capabilities ranging from compliance testing and risk assessment to trading surveillance, insider trading, staff certifications and audit-ready reporting. Orion will add BasisCode to its best-in-class fintech integrations, cementing its status as the premier provider of the tech-enabled fiduciary framework that boosts financial advisors’ capacity to Prospect, Plan, Invest, and Achieve within a single, connected digital experience. The combined platform experience is expected to come to market quickly.
“The adoption
Foresight Group Holdings Limited, a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a joint venture investment into geothermal energy in the Netherlands.
Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP), Foresight’s energy transition fund, has invested in a joint venture with 85 Degrees Renewable Ltd (85 Degrees).
Located in the Netherlands, the joint venture investment entails both the acquisition of operational wells and construction of new wells. There is also a significant pipeline of development projects representing a potential build out capacity of c200MW.
Geothermal heat energy is supported by the Dutch government as a strategic priority, given it
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