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ClauseMatch, a RegTech startup that aims to automate the entire regulatory lifecycle to help companies ensure compliance, has announced a Series A investment of USD5 million led by Index Ventures joined by Talis Capital and with participation from previous investors, including SpeedInvest.
The round also involves investment from high-profile angels Tom Glocer, former CEO of Thomson Reuters, and Cristobal Conde, former CEO of Sungard. The funding will be used to continue to rapidly scale-up and accelerate development of the product.
Compliance, legal, finance, operations and risk departments use ClauseMatch to help automate impact assessments, streamline the implementation of regulatory change and to
Paladone, a designer and supplier of gifting products, has secured a GBP13 million minority investment from mid-market private equity investor LDC, to accelerate its international growth.
Headquartered in Brighton, Paladone specialises in the design, development and wholesale supply of licensed and own brand gifting products. Paladone has established strategic license partnerships with leading global brands including Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Star Wars and Nintendo. Its own-label brands such as Purple Donkey and Scott & Lawson currently account for 30 per cent of revenue.
With a catalogue of more than 800 products, and offices in Los Angeles and Hong Kong,
Noerr has advised Mutares AG as Corporate Counsel with regard to the stock exchange and capital markets law on the planned IPO of its subsidiary STS Group AG and is also supporting the preparatory corporate actions at the level of STS Group AG.
Mutares was advised by a team led by partners Ralph Schilha and Julian Schulze De la Cruz.
The shares of STS Group AG are to be quoted on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company is a leading global system supplier to the car industry of soft and hard trim components for commercial
Guernsey is set to launch what it says will be the world’s first regulated green investment fund product following the publication of a set of draft rules by the island’s financial services regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Fund managers will be able to apply for a green label for their funds if they can demonstrate compliance with defined green rules. The system will be open to all types of new and existing funds, authorised, registered, Guernsey Private Investment Funds, open-ended and closed-ended, with different levels of certification available.
“This move is part of our strategy to be the
The Clearway Group, a vacant property services business, has secured a GBP23 million funding package from BGF and Santander to support its organic and acquisitive growth strategy.
The funding is initially being used to make two acquisitions – Cerberus Security and Monitoring Services Limited (Cerberus), a Leeds-based security and monitoring business, and Protim SAS, a Paris based void property services company.
Clearway provides technology-led solutions including alarms and CCTV to monitor; and steel window and doors to secure vacant properties.
The Group Board, led by Chairman Stephen Walls, CEO Ian Quinlan, CFO David Gratton and co-founder and non-executive
SEMrush, a competitive intelligence and end-to-end analytics platform for digital marketing professionals, has raised a total of USD40 million in funding led by Greycroft, Siguler Guff, and e.ventures.
SEMrush is used brands such as Booking.com, eBay, HP, and BNP Paribas.
“In today’s increasingly connected world, many companies win or lose based on their marketing strategy, specifically their digital strategy,” says Oleg Shchegolev, CEO and co-founder of SEMrush. “In 2017, digital ad spend finally surpassed TV. While competition in digital marketing intensifies, SEMrush is dedicated to continue helping marketers all over the world build and execute winning marketing strategies.”
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OMERS Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager of OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada, is to sell its interests in Airports Worldwide (AWW) to Vinci Airports.
Active on two continents, AWW is a portfolio of airport assets and management contracts located in the United States, Costa Rica, Northern Ireland and Sweden.
“OMERS first invested in AWW in 2009. We have focused our efforts since that time on positioning the asset for long-term success, and are very proud of the value we have created with this investment for OMERS members. We wish the
NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge) has supported the MBO of Prohire, a specialist provider of commercial fleet management solutions, backing the existing management team led by Managing Director Dave Barlow.
Headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent with an additional office in Tunbridge Wells, Prohire delivers fully outsourced solutions to commercial operators incorporating vehicle specification, procurement, funding and fleet management, with a focus on compliance, minimising costs and maximising vehicle and driver efficiency. The business has delivered strong historic growth and completed the acquisition of Sunrent in December 2016 – increasing the scale of its fleet to around 3,500 units. This enabled Prohire to increase turnover
Link Asset Services has selected AltaReturn as a technology partner for fund accounting and reporting services.
The solution will offer Private Equity clients streamlined processing, greater scalability and increased transparency – enabling both Link Asset Services and its clients to deliver consistent, sustainable and controlled growth while managing risk and minimising the potential for human error.
AltaReturn is a leader in providing back to front office solutions for Private Equity, Venture and Real Estate fund managers. The firm’s offerings include Fund Accounting, CRM, Investor Portal, Portfolio Monitoring and Business Intelligence solutions.
The technology will be rolled out across
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP3 million development capital investment from Foresight Funds into managed services provider Luminet.
Luminet is a provider of connectivity and managed IT services to businesses and organisations in London. Founded in 2005, the Company was one of the first to offer commercial wireless broadband solutions to businesses and has grown its client base in London to more than 550 businesses.
Foresight’s investment, alongside the continuing support from Santander, will be used to scale up the company’s marketing and sales functions to grow the client base and to expand the Company’s footprint and improve network density
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