Quartr, the app that gives anyone, regardless of their investment expertise and network, access to critical company information and earnings calls, has raised a $2.6 million extended seed round, taking its total seed round to $7.1 million.

Bregal Sagemount (Sagemount), a growth-focused private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in BuildingLink, a provider of operations and resident engagement software for luxury residential properties worldwide. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in New York City, BuildingLink provides property managers with the tools to optimise building management through their operational and communications SaaS platform. The investment from Sagemount will allow the Company to continue to invest in product and feature development efforts, seek out strategic M&A opportunities, and accelerate new customer growth in their core and adjacent markets.

Knox Lane-backed Fingerpaint Marketing has acquired Emcay, a full-service agency designed to provide a balance of pharmaceutical knowledge and multicultural insight, to create Fingerpaint Multicultural, a specialty offering that will focus solely on Pharmacultural marketing. In December 2020, Fingerpaint partnered with San Francisco–based PE firm Knox Lane to accelerate its trajectory through organic growth and strategic partnerships. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.   Fingerpaint Multicultural will fall under the Fingerpaint Marketing brand and tap into both companies’ multicultural expertise. Steve Millerman, who served as president of Emcay, will lead Fingerpaint Multicultural, reporting to Mark Willmann, head of Fingerpaint

Pico, a provider of mission critical technology services, software, data and analytics for the financial markets community, has signed an agreement for a $200 million strategic investment from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. The capital will be used to pursue strategic M&A opportunities that further enhance Pico’s comprehensive global ecosystem of best-in-class technology and services, as well as other general corporate purposes.    Pico was founded in 2009 to address the macro trends in electronification of markets across all asset classes. Since then, it has consistently anticipated market requirements and now offers comprehensive financial services trading cloud infrastructure, connectivity,

Distributed Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm specialising in insurtech, healthtech and fintech investments, has led a $6 million seed series investment in Posterity Health, a digital male fertility centre. Numerous preeminent digital healthcare executives also participated in the round, including Gerry McCarthy, CEO of Merative, Laurie McGraw, former SVP of Health Solutions at the AMA, and Don Holzworth, serial entrepreneur and Chairman of the Advisory Board at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health. Posterity Health’s Male Factor Management Platform offers a combination of virtual visits, at-home diagnostics and in-person consults to help assess and improve patients’ fertility status.

Groundworks, a foundation and water management solutions company backed by private equity firm Cortec Group’s Cortec Group Fund VII, has acquired Basement Systems of West Virginia. The company will now operate as Basement Authority of West Virginia (BAWV) and will significantly expand and bolster the Groundworks service area throughout the state. BAWV is the eleventh acquisition completed by Groundworks since Cortec Fund VII’s investment.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.