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Stake, a first company on a mission to make renting financially rewarding, build renter’s savings with no fees or debt accumulation, and empower owners to create financially safe and secure rental communities, has closed its seed funding of over USD4 million.
The round was led by Shadow Ventures, a thesis centred venture capital firm focused on seed-stage technology companies disrupting the built environment, with Hometeam Ventures, Olive Tree Holdings, Blue Field Capital, Hampton VC, Gaingels, and Ellen Levy, Managing Director at Silicon Valley Connect. The capital will accelerate Stake’s mission to make renting financially rewarding, build renter’s savings with no
Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions, a leading private fund administrator, has appointed Todd Werner as Senior Vice President, Private Fund Operations.
Werner will play a central role in working with the client services teams on deliverables and will also help to continue evolving the firm’s operating model through the use of technology. Werner’s 25-year career includes a strong emphasis on developing and enhancing operations to meet client and business challenges for major asset management firms covering alternative investments, including hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds.
In this new position at Ultimus LeverPoint, Werner will lead the firm
Alternative investment platform CAIS has announced that CAIS IQ is supporting independent broker dealers and home offices through its membership and sponsorship of two leading trade associations: the Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) and Institute for Portfolio Advisors (IPA).
These sponsorships represent CAIS’s commitment to empowering financial advisors with the education they need to allocate to alternative investments.
“We are happy to have CAIS join ADISA as a new member and sponsor as they work to broaden their relationships throughout the broker-dealer community,” says John Harrison, DBA, Executive Director of ADISA. “ADISA prides itself on broadening access to
Alpha FX Group, a provider of FX risk management and alternative banking solutions to corporates and institutions internationally, has launched an alternative banking platform for the alternative investment sector.
As part of this launch, the Group intends to open an office in Luxembourg to show its commitment to the local market, which represents a significant opportunity for the alternative investment banking solution.
This follows a lengthy and highly successful ‘private launch’ of the platform within Alpha’s existing client base. This provided the Group with the time to gather user insights and develop further enhancements as it worked towards launching
YFM has made a multi-million pound investment in tech business, Vuealta, which will enable the planning and forecasting software and services business to further its growth and overseas expansion.
Vuealta was founded in 2017 and delivers scenario planning and forecasting solutions for supply chain, finance and operations. The business has grown rapidly to a team of 70 staff, with offices in four countries spanning the EMEA, North America and APAC regions.
Vuealta works with customers across a wide range of sectors including global direct-to-consumer beauty company Glossier, growing consumer finance provider NewDay, co-operative dairy company Fonterra and outdoor gear
WILsquare Capital, a St Louis-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Rock Energy Systems, LLC, a market leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of highly engineered heating and air movement solutions located in Janesville, WI.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“My management team and I are very excited to be working with our new partners, WILsquare Capital,” says Jeff Townsend, CEO and President of Rock Energy Systems. “WILsquare quickly understood and valued our culture, appreciated the fantastic foundation created through our dynamic history, and demonstrated a commitment to support our efforts to continue to grow Rock
The Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham, the business support service for Durham County Council, has invested GBP185,000 in Project Control Tools, as part of a GBP300,000 funding package.
The investment through Finance Durham, which is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), will provide the business with a relocation package as it expands to open a site in County Durham, as well as allowing the business to invest in its in-house product development to grow its portfolio, and enhance its sales and marketing function.
Project Control Tools delivers intelligent software solutions to enhance
Vision Ridge Partners (Vision Ridge), an investor in sustainable real assets at the forefront of he energy transition, has made an initial commitment of USD100 million to support the establishment and build out of Vision RNG LLC (VRNG), a full-service developer and operator of Landfill Gas (LFG) infrastructure to capture and process LFG into sustainable Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) assets.
VRNG will partner with landfill owners to develop, design, build, own and operate technologies that convert LFG into RNG product. In doing so, VRNG will provide solutions for landfill sites previously considered too small for viable projects and enable landfill
Omaha National Group, a tech-enabled provider of workers’ compensation insurance and payroll services, has raised USD45 million ins a Series B round led by Accomplice.
The company plans to use the funds to support its transition to operating as a direct insurance writer and to continue the expansion of its advanced proprietary software.
Omaha National was founded in 2016 by a team of executives with a track record of building successful workers’ compensation businesses at other carriers, including Berkshire Hathaway. They are combining their established strategic approach with new proprietary technology to provide care and support to injured workers while
NovaSignal Corp, a medical technology and data company specialising in the assessment and management of brain health, has closed a USD37 million Series C1 funding round.
The company will use the capital to support NovaSignal’s continued commercial expansion, consistent delivery of product innovation, and new clinical trials to increase indications within and beyond stroke. The funding round was led by Alpha Edison and Reimagined Ventures.
“Cerebral blood flow is a critical indicator of overall health, but it can be difficult to accurately assess. By applying robotics and artificial intelligence to ultrasound, NovaSignal uniquely captures cerebral haemodynamics in real time,
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