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Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, have made a EUR10 million debt facility commitment to the Advans Group, an international microfinance group serving over one million clients in nine countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Myanmar. University of Helsinki is also participating in this investment with Finnfund.
Through this funding, Finnfund and University of Helsinki aim to generate funding for micro and small businesses and promote responsible business practices and gender equality within microfinancing.
Established in 2005, the Advans Group together with its subsidiaries has had a pioneering role in
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of innovative technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, is to acquire Cymba, a provider of mobile marketing solutions to businesses and charities.
The acquisition strengthens ClearCourse’s not-for-profit and online payments offering and sees the Company joining the Group’s Business Services division.
Founded in 2004, Cymba provides solutions to help leading charities as well as big-name brands connect with their audiences through mobile marketing. The Company offers its clients a wide range of services such as mobile messaging, competitions and mobile donations for the charity sector. As part of the Group, Cymba will benefit
Forterro, a European provider of ERP software solutions to nearly 8,000 mid-market manufacturing and production companies, backed by Battery Ventures, has added two new C-level leaders to its executive board – Frederic (Fred’ Stark joins as chief technology officer (CTO) and Sharon Looney as chief human resources officer (CHRO).
Stark, based in Paris, and Looney, based in Cork, Ireland, have been tapped to continue the group’s growth strategy in Europe, following the appointments of Dean Forbes, CEO, and Paul Smolinski CFO, who took up their positions in March.
Stark will lead the technology and product strategy of Forterro’s portfolio, including
Accenture is to acquire BRIDGEi2i, an artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics firm headquartered in Bangalore, India, with additional offices in the US and Australia.
The acquisition will add more than 800 professionals to Accenture’s Applied Intelligence practice, strengthening and scaling up its global capabilities in data science, machine learning and AI-powered insights. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2011, BRIDGEi2i specialises in data-driven digital transformation for companies across industries and global markets by combining data engineering, advanced analytics, proprietary AI accelerators and consulting services. It helps enterprises drive insights for faster and more accurate
A new report has revealed a GBP97 billion investment gap to secure key nature-related outcomes in the UK – such as biodiversity protection and restoration – to be between GBP44 billion and GBP97 billion over the next 10 years.
Zouk Capital has committed an initial GBP30 million investment to launch a new public EV charging company called Zest, supported by the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (CIIF). Zest intends to democratise EV ownership by rapidly filling the gaps in the UK’s maturing EV infrastructure.
Today’s EV infrastructure has evolved to serve early adopters, prioritising home driveway and rapid en-route charging. The Zest mission is to make the shift to EV a realistic option for everyone, by rapidly growing a network that makes fast charging available where people regularly park for more than 30 minutes, whether it is when shopping, at
Elliptic, the cryptoasset risk management firm, has raised USD60 million in Series C funding. The financing round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, alongside new investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Existing investors AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI Group, Octopus Ventures, SignalFire and Paladin Capital Group also participated.
The latest fundraise will accelerate Elliptic’s efforts in enabling financial markets participants to embrace the crypto opportunity with trust and confidence. The company serves traditional financial institutions, fintechs, crypto businesses and government agencies with the leading suite of compliance and investigative solutions built specifically for cryptoassets.
With the
Circularity Capital LLP, the private equity firm supporting growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy, has appointed Maximillian Bork as a new member of the firm’s investment team.
Joining Circularity Capital from KPMG’s private equity team in Munich, Bork brings additional pan-European experience and will work to support Circularity Capital’s investment origination and due diligence activities.
Bork says: “Over the past few years, Circularity Capital has affirmed itself as a true sector pioneer. With a proven track record investing in growth-stage businesses, alongside unmatched expertise in harnessing the circular economy as a framework to drive competitive advantage, it’s a
CSG has acquired DGIT Systems, a provider of configure, price and quote (CPQ) and order management solutions for the telecoms industry.
The acquisition brings together solutions specifically designed to streamline the complexities of commercialising the next era of multi-party digital offerings that will drive business growth for communications service providers (CSPs).
Order processing and management is often the root of frustration for CSPs when delivering complex data and digital services to B2B and multi-play B2C customers. As CSPs push to leverage the massive bandwidth and low latency of 5G and edge architectures, order processing demands will continue to rise alongside
KKR & Co (KKR) has appointed Joe Bae and Scott Nuttall as Co-Chief Executive Officers, while Co-Founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts will remain actively involved as Executive Co-Chairmen of KKR’s Board of Directors.
The leadership transition is effective immediately.
“Whether reflecting on the business, our mission or the team that undertakes it, we are proud of what we have built to support companies and serve our clients over the last four and a half decades. Joe and Scott—over the last 25 years—have played a significant role in that endeavour and in shaping the firm, its culture, and our market
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