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TXOne Networks, a specialist in Industrial IoT (IIoT) security, has closed a USD12.9 million Series A financing round led by JAFCO Asia Investment, Jade Stone Jinghua Limited Partnership Fund, and a number of other well-known investors.
The company has now raised USD23.7 million in investments since its inception.
The funds raised will be used to refine TXOne’s Industrial Control System (ICS) security products, to expand its business in certain regions, and to strengthen marketing and after-sales service teams. Long-term, TXOne will continue to place its focus on simplifying the complex and fast-changing cybersecurity issues that are troublesome for organisations at
Trifecta, an organic food delivery service in the United States, has closed a USD20 million series-B funding round, led by Spring Lake Equity Partners (Plated, Signify Health), a Boston-based venture capital firm.
Additional investors who contributed to the round include Data Point Capital (Draft Kings, Rent the Runway), Raptor Group (Airbnb, Spotify, Twitter, Uber), and Hall Group. While already profitable with an annual run rate north of USD100 million, this round will enable the Company to continue growing at its current rapid pace. Over the past four years, the company has experienced annual average revenue growth of over 145.0 per
Sport Alliance, a Hamburg-based provider of software solutions and services to gyms and fitness suites, has secured a growth investment of EUR60 million from PSG, a growth equity firm that focuses on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies.
With its vision of ‘More Sports’, Sport Alliance’s objective is to digitize the global fitness industry. The Group delivers innovative software solutions and services to fitness chains, franchise systems, and independent fitness providers in an effort to make gym management more efficient and broaden digital access to sports and exercise for their members.
Sport Alliance already counts more than
Prudential Financial has made a USD200 million commitment through the Prudential DEI Portfolio to private equity investments constructed with a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) lens.
Investments will focus on limited partner stakes with substantial ownership and/or management by women and minorities, particularly those raising capital for first or second funds.
Within private equity, structural barriers exist that prevent women-led and diverse teams from raising sufficient capital in support of their first funds. As such, only 1.3 per cent of the investment industry’s USD69 trillion in assets under management is managed by women or people of colour. This is despite
Permira, a global private equity firm which backs leading, scaling, tech-enabled businesses, has made a strategic investment in CommentSold, a leading digital commerce solution that enables small and medium-sized retail businesses (SMBs) to unlock sales growth through live and social selling.
The company will use the investment to accelerate its next phase of business growth. CEO Brandon Kruse, who has driven CommentSold’s rapid expansion over the past four years, will continue to lead the company alongside the existing management team. Previous investor ZMC will exit its position as part of this transaction.
CommentSold is a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables
Joanna Scott, formerly BOOST&Co’s head of London and the east, has been promoted to managing director. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role, having worked for the independent asset manager for almost five years.
A key part of Scott’s role will be cementing the lender’s reputation as a leading provider of term loans for UK SMEs, particularly fast-growing, high-tech firms. She will take on the day-to-day running of BOOST&Co’s front office in the UK and will help to inform the strategic direction of the business from a customer-facing perspective.
In addition, former principal Adam Brinn
The team of insect entrepreneurs at Beta Hatch has announced it has closed a new USD10 million funding round, led by Lewis & Clark AgriFood, with support from existing investors Cavallo Ventures and Innova Memphis.
Beta Hatch has secured product interest far exceeding existing capacity, and this latest round of funding will be used to finalise and expand Beta Hatch’s flagship facility in Cashmere, Washington, as the company grows its footprint in rural America.
Beta Hatch is focused on scaling up the farming of insects for a more sustainable food chain. Through a proprietary process, it provides an alternative
Audax Private Equity-backed Global Nephrology Solutions (GNS), one of the largest physician-led and physician-owned kidney care platforms in the United States, has added six senior executives to its team.
The expanded leadership team will accelerate the scaling of the company’s best-in-class kidney care delivery platform that puts nephrologists and patients at the centre of care. In January 2021, GNS announced a partnership with Audax Private Equity (Audax) when the platform included more than 315 providers and 700 employees providing the complete continuum of kidney care across 10 states to over 170,000 patients. The GNS value-based care delivery platform is driven
DWS has appointed Stephen Davies as Senior Principal in its London-based Infrastructure Investments team, reporting to Hamish Mackenzie, Head of Infrastructure.
Davies’ responsibilities include leading the acquisition financing and refinancing of portfolio companies as well as managing the relationships with lending banks and other financing counterparts for DWS’s series of Pan-European Infrastructure Funds (PEIF).
Davies joins DWS with more than 15 years’ experience as a debt advisor in the infrastructure market, with expertise across the full spectrum of funding sources including bank debt, private placements, bonds, and green and ESG-linked financing. Most recently, Davies was an Executive Director at
CAIS, an alternative investment platform, has added Michelle Browning as its Director of Business Development for the CAIS IQ learning platform.
Browning brings two decades of experience in financial services education to the role, having served in a variety of different roles ranging from advisor relations to sales leadership at Merrill Lynch, ATEL Capital Group, W P Carey Inc, AI Insight, and most recently Alternative Investment Exchange. Browning has also managed relationships across the entire wealth management ecosystem including advisors, broker dealers, and custodians.
Browning says: “I share CAIS’s commitment to transform advisor education. With CAIS IQ, we have an
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