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Johan Blomquist has been elected as a new Board member at Nordstjernan AB.
Blomquist, born 1978, holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has previously worked at Altor Equity Partners (2005-2018) and Goldman Sachs (2004-2005). He is currently a private investor with experience in technology-related companies such as Trustly, Tink, Telavox, Gelato, Estrid and Kognity.
“We are very pleased that Johan has decided to join the Board. He has solid experience of investments in a wide range of industries and from being part of a successful investment organisation. In addition, he will bring in-depth expertise in technology-related
Omnio, a Banking-as-a-Service specialist, has closed a EUR30 million funding round led by pan-European venture fund GrayBella Capital.
Omniom a high-growth pre-IPO banking infrastructure leader based in London, will pursue its organic Pan-European growth strategy including selected acquisitions in its core markets.
Omnio offers a white-label, highly scalable service and is the secret ingredient that transforms retail banking. Omnio empowers smaller financial institutions, including credit unions and building societies to compete vigorously with their larger, tech-enabled rivals, and large brand driven corporations (non-banks) to deliver state-of-the art financial and loyalty products as part of their digital ecosystem. This is disrupting
Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners (SFW) has completed a majority recapitalisation of Granite River Labs (GRL), a specialist in test and certification services and automated test solutions for digital connectivity and charging technologies.
Co-founders Johnson Tan and Quintin Anderson will continue to lead the business and remain significant shareholders. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Santa Clara, California-based GRL specialises in helping product developers implement the latest connectivity and charging interfaces – such as USB, Qi wireless charging, Ethernet, and PCI Express – in a rapidly expanding universe of connected devices and applications, including consumer
Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused on the life sciences sector, has held the first and final closing of Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund II (PXV Fund II) with USD515 million in capital commitments.
The close of PXV Fund II more than triples the firm’s assets under management to USD725 million in less than two years since the closing of the inaugural PXV Fund I, which launched Perceptive’s early-stage venture fund strategy. PXV Fund II includes existing investors from the inaugural fund, new investors including top-tier asset managers, endowments, foundations, family offices, and notable individual investors, and all of the
Velocity Capital Advisors, a leading UK EIS/SEIS investment fund focussed on consumer technology, has launched a new growth capital product – Juice Ventures – to cater for the specific financing needs of early-stage companies primed for exponential growth through cost effective user acquisition.
Juice Ventures www.juice.ventures is born from Velocity Capital Advisors’ understanding of the UK scale- up market whereby promising start-ups require debt financing in form of significant funding for digital UA, with lending focused on the company’s marketing data, rather than its revenues. According to CEO and Founder of Velocity Capital and Juice Ventures, Raj Saxena, “Juice Ventures
By Purva Aggarwal – Warburg Pincus has invested USD110 million into a Series C round for New York-based healthcare tech company Aetion.
This round is the latest in a string of similar investments within the health tech space for Warburg Pincus. The global growth equity PE group has poured in excess of USD12 billion and USD22 billion to date into health care and technology companies respectively, including Alignment Healthcare, Experity, Intelligent Medical Objects, Modernizing Medicine, and Outset Medical.
B Capital and Foresite Capital, as well as existing supporters New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Flare Capital Partners joined the fundraise,
Global early-stage venture capital firm Antler has closed its first Nordic fund, which was oversubscribed at USD36 million. Participants include Draper Esprit, Kistefos, the Danish state fund Vækstfonden, and the Norwegian state fund Investinor.
The Antler Nordic fund will continue to invest in innovative startups in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with strong and complementary co-founding teams, validated business models and global potential. Antler also recently announced that its investment strategy in Denmark would focus on backing green, sustainable companies.
Oscar Westergård, Partner at Antler Nordics, explains: “We’re experiencing rapid growth. Since the start, we’ve invested in over 60 companies across
Azentio Software (Azentio), a Singapore-headquartered software products business owned by Funds advised by Apax, has appointed Tony Kinnear to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
Money Alive, a regulatory technology business based in Bedford, is set for further growth following a GBP749,000 financial investment from Foresight Group (Foresight) using equity finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) as part of a GBP1 million funding round together with a number of private investors.
Founded by CEO Andy Kirby, Money Alive launched its first commercial product in 2018. Its proprietary video engagement platform is licensed to financial advisers, product providers and employee benefit consultants to provide their clients, policy holders and members with engaging, accredited and impartial information using Money Alive’s interactive video experiences. The firm
BGF – the UK & Ireland’s most active investor – has promoted Andy Gregory, current Head of Investments, UK & Ireland, to Chief Investment Officer (CIO).
Gregory has been with BGF since 2011, joining as regional director for the North of England. In his new role, he will oversee investment activity and portfolio management across all business areas including growth, earlier-stage and quoted. He sits on the board of BGF and will report into Stephen Welton, executive chairman at BGF.
Before BGF, Gregory held senior roles in the private equity industry, including LivingBridge and Bridgepoint.
In addition, Richard Taylor, who
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