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Quadrata, a passport network bringing identity, reputation and compliance to blockchain applications, has announced a $7.5 million seed funding round, led by blockchain-focused venture capital firm, Dragonfly Capital.
The raise also saw participation from institutional investors such as Franklin Templeton, Abra, GSR Ventures, Orange DAO, Fellows Fund, GreatPoint Ventures and August Capital. Prominent Angel investors include Balaji Srinivasan (FRM Coinbase), Ryan Selkis (Messari), Mathieu Nouzareth (The Sandbox), Zeneca (ZenAcademy) and Wilson Lee (The Littles).
The funds will allow Quadrata to grow its ecosystem with the goal of integrating hundreds of dApps and offering the Quadrata Passport to millions of blockchain
Dedicated Swiss blockchain investor Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) and its ecosystem company CV Labs have opened CV Labs Cape Town, the African region’s first in situ blockchain incubation and ecosystem hub.
As an initiator of Crypto Valley, Switzerland – the world’s most mature blockchain hub, with an admirable regulatory landscape and 14 blockchain Unicorns, the opening of CV Labs Cape Town is a result of CV Labs actioning its expertise to enable blockchain as a transformative tech in Africa.
CV Labs already has blockchain hubs in Switzerland (Zug) and Liechtenstein (Vaduz). This new hub in Africa will soon
Conscious Venture Partners has raised $15.8 million for Conscious Venture Fund II which has a target size of $50 million.
Sagamore Ventures – the investment arm of Under Armour founder Kevin Plank – has made a $2.5 million commitment to the Baltimore-based fund.
Conscious Venture Partners seeks out minority and women founders to invest in entrepreneurs that others are ignoring for all the wrong reasons. They support companies that are using technology to break down barriers to access and create a more equitable society, including in the healthcare, food, technology, media, mobility, and education industries.
Conscious Venture Partners believes businesses that practice
Insight automation platform Zinklar has raised €5.5 million ($5.7 million) in a Series A funding round led by Caixa Capital Risc.
New investors including UK-based Beacon Capital, as well as EASO Ventures, Full Global Investments and CDTI Innvierte, also participated in the rind.
As part of the deal, a representative from Beacon Capital has joined the board, alongside Caixa Capital Risc, Inveready and Zinklar’s founders. Together, they will bring their extensive experience in scaling-up technology businesses.
Zinklar’s insights automation platform provides critical information about consumer needs and preferences to improve businesses’ decision-making.
Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a growth-focused private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Optima Partners Holdings (Optima), a provider of specialised compliance advisory services to the investment management industry in the United States, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.
Headquartered in New York City, Optima provides clients with a broad suite of outsourced compliance services to help them remain compliant with relevant regulatory bodies and major regulatory and legislative regimes. With approximately 1,000 clients, Optima’s global team of regulatory and compliance experts provides customised services tailored to each client’s individual needs.
Sagemount’s investment was led by Gene Yoon, Pavan
Blue Sage Capital has completed an investment in Baker Manufacturing Company (Baker) a manufacturer of residential, industrial, municipal, and environmental water well equipment and accessories, as well as specialised rotary gear pumps and ductile and grey iron castings.
Baker is well positioned in several niche markets and has established a portfolio of well-known products, including the pitless well adapter.
Blue Sage was represented in the transaction by Queen Saenz + Schutz PLLC (Legal), Cherry Bekaert (Accounting, Tax, IT), and USI Insurance Services (Insurance).
Baker was represented by Kroll Securities, LLC (Financial Advisor) and McDermott Will & Emery LLP (Legal).
Aduro Advisors (Aduro), a fund administration provider for venture capital and private equity firms, has acquired VMS Fund Administration (VMS), a venture capital and private equity fund administrator based in Princeton, New Jersey.
Partners Capital has held the final closing of its inaugural private equity environmental impact fund, Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund, LP, with $143 million in client commitments.
The fund has strong support from a variety of limited partners globally, including foundations, endowments, and family offices.
The fund will invest in private equity opportunities focusing on proven technological innovations and long-established businesses which are most critical to the global energy transition to net zero carbon emissions. The private equity investment partnership will invest via specialist fund managers as well as direct co-investments in a diversified set of environmental sustainability sectors and
Resource Partners, a consumer-focused private equity group in Central and Eastern Europe, has held the first closing of its third fund – Resource Eastern European Partners III SCA SICAV-RAIF (REEEP III) – which has a target size of €200 million.
The first investment of the newly established vehicle will be Deeper UAB, a global leader in the castable sonar market that is supported by Resource Partners since mid-2021.
REEEP III will continue the investment strategy of its predecessors, supporting private consumer-focused companies with equity tickets in the range of €5-30 million.
Resource Partners in its third-generation fund is supported by
OMERS Private Equity has entered into an agreement with management shareholders and Livingbridge to acquire Network Plus, a utility and infrastructure repair and maintenance service provider in the UK.
OMERS Private Equity invests on behalf of OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
As one of the UK’s leading utility and infrastructure service providers, Network Plus partners with blue chip organisations to maintain and deliver essential services – including water, electricity, gas and telecoms – to homes, businesses, and industry. The Company is headquartered in Worsley, Greater Manchester with a team of
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