BGF, a UK and Irish investor, has completed a £1.6 million investment in Aiber, a Scottish med-tech firm, headquartered in Inverness. This completes a £2 million fundraising round, with existing investors Scottish Enterprise and Equity Gap also participating.

Aiven, a software company that combines open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, has announced it raised $210 million in its Series D at a pre-money valuation of $3 billion. The round was led by Eurazeo, and joined by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock as well as existing investors IVP, Atomico, Earlybird, World Innovation Lab and Salesforce Ventures.

Funds advised by EMH Partners, the Munich-based private equity firm with focus on investments in medium-sized businesses, has acquired a significant minority share in Acrolinx Holding GmbH. GENUI, owner of the majority in Acrolinx, will remain the major shareholder.

Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital arm of CriteriaCaixa and lead investor through its Criteria Venture Tech fund, and Iberdrola, through Perseo, its programme for start-ups to promote the development of technology-based companies, have joined forces to accelerate the digitisation of smart grids and cybersecurity with a €2.5 million ($2.6 million) investment round in Barbara IoT.  

The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has completed a $3 million loan to Colombia-based Finamiga, which focuses on lending to small farmers and independent workers. The lending brings the fund’s total number of investments to 23 companies worldwide, as it continues its missions to tackle poverty, improve the lives and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and increase opportunities for women and young people.

Monroe Capital LLC (Monroe) has closed its Monroe Capital Opportunistic Private Credit Fund I with approximately $500 million of investable capital, including targeted fund leverage. The Fund has limited partner commitments from over 75 investors located across the US, Asia, Middle East and Europe. Aaron Peck and Kyle Asher, Managing Directors and Partners of Monroe, are co-Heads of Monroe’s Opportunistic Private Credit Group.     The Fund received $286 million of LP commitments, plus targeted leverage of approximately $215 million.

Worldwide insurance and asset management company AXA, global consumer goods company Unilever, and global alternative asset management group Tikehau Capital, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This outlines their ambition to create an impact fund dedicated to accelerating and scaling the regenerative agriculture transition.