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Baraja has raised USD31 million (USD) in a new funding round to accelerate development of its breakthrough Spectrum-Scan LiDAR technology.
Baraja’s LiDAR sensors are higher performance and more reliable than legacy LiDAR systems, and enable the safe rollout of autonomous vehicles sooner. The latest capital raising was led by Blackbird Ventures and includes new strategic investment from Hitachi Construction Machinery.
Hitachi’s strategic investment comes after a two-year partnership to validate Baraja’s Spectrum-Scan sensors in real-world scenarios that prove the technology’s reliability in harsh environments. The investment will support an expanded rollout of the sensor in mining, construction & industrial
Knowledge platform Arbolus has raised USD6 million in investment in order to scale the platform to serve large enterprises, consultancies and investment firms.
The future of work is shifting towards an ever growing set of collaborations, with experts brought in to plug the gaps of knowledge when it comes to businesses researching new markets, developing products, defining new strategies and differentiating from the competition. Arbolus helps large organisations build valuable expert networks and maintain knowledge by delivering a unique toolset built on AI and natural language processing capabilities in order to make collaboration and knowledge easier and maximise the value
Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG, a subsidiary of the Swiss owner-managed private banking group Reichmuth & Co, has gained AssetMetrix as a partner for the digitalisation of its infrastructure activities.
New York-based private investment firm Orangewood Partners has closed Orangewood Fund II with USD200 million in equity commitments, as well as raising nearly USD100 million in equity across other vehicles.
BPP, a global specialist in professional and vocational education, has welcomed a new investor, TDR Capital (“TDR”), a UK-based private equity firm.
The sale of the business to TDR will facilitate investment and support BPP’s strategy of providing more students and partners with access to a leading portfolio of professional courses, apprenticeships and vocational university degrees.
Since 2009, BPP has been part of Vanta Education, a global education network ultimately owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management and The Vistria Group. TDR is acquiring BPP from Vanta Education.
Following this transaction, BPP will be run as a standalone company
Winter Capital has expanded its edtech portfolio by joining Udemy Series F investment round alongside Learn Capital and other marquee investors.
The round closing was finalised in Q4 of 2020. Udemy is the largest global marketplace for learning and teaching online. The capital raised will enable the company to continue growing its consumer and business product offerings to serve the world’s students, organizations, and instructors.
Education technology (edtech) is one of the key investment verticals for Winter Capital. Other notable investments include a significant interest in SkyEng, one of Europe’s largest online education platforms. Earlier this year, Winter Capital
Volery Capital, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in the financial services industry has added two new Senior Advisors, Michael Arougheti, Co-Founder, Director, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ares Management Corporation, and Renée Beaumont, a leading impact investing adviser and former Partner at Generation Investment Management.
They join Robert Rosen, the Founder and former CEO of National Financial Planners, a Board member of Ares Capital Corporation and Founder or CEO of four other companies in the financial services sector, as Senior Advisors to Volery.
“The experts on our Advisory Board are a critical part of the fabric
An affiliate of Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire) has sold its portfolio company Crane Carrier Company (Crane Carrier) to Battle Motors. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Crane Carrier Company is a leader in the vocational truck industry, providing custom, severe‐service chassis and purpose-built vehicles for the refuse and recycling, infrastructure maintenance, ground support, multi‐stop distribution, agriculture, and oil and gas markets under the Crane Carrier Company and Crane Carrier Company Engineered Chassis brands.
An affiliate of Turnspire acquired Crane Carrier from Hines Corporation in December 2018. During its ownership, Turnspire worked with management to launch Crane Carrier
Yellow Wood Partners (Yellow Wood), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has appointed Mark Malo, an experienced executive with over 30 years’ experience in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, as an Operating Partner.
Dana Schmaltz, Partner of Yellow Wood, says: “Our functional based operational management approach to investing and improving our consumer portfolio companies is designed to maximise a brand’s performance. Mark’s extensive experience working in and successfully leading all aspects of the sales function for numerous brands throughout his career will bring immediate value to our firm and our portfolio investments. He
Nordstjernan is to invest in the rapidly expanding fintech company Roaring and, with a shareholding of just over 20 percent, will become a partner to the founders and existing shareholders on the company’s continued growth journey.
Roaring is a Swedish fintech company formed in 2016, with its office in Täby in Stockholm. The company provides digital services to companies in all sectors with a need to automate customer data processes and know-your-customer (KYC) checks. Roaring offers highly sought-after services in such areas as automated anti-money laundering (AML) monitoring.
In a short time, Roaring has built a high-quality technical solution to
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