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Following the acquisition in August of Reference Financial Services SA (Luxembourg), Suntera Global has now signed an agreement to acquire fund and corporate services firm NeoTrust Fiduciary Luxembourg SARL (NeoTrust).
Headquartered in Luxembourg, and founded in 2017 by Martin Hubert and Julien Guillaume, NeoTrust is a highly experienced provider of bespoke fund and corporate services to private equity and real estate firms, institutional clients, large and medium-sized companies and high-net-worth individuals globally.
The team of 14 staff in Luxembourg will add complementary expertise to Suntera Global’s existing office in Luxembourg and the firm’s wider network of offices in Jersey, Cayman,
Seqera Labs – a provider of data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences – has raised USD5.5 million in seed funding. The round was co-led by European VCs Talis Capital and Speedinvest, with participation from existing investor BoxOne Ventures.
The funding also includes a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Dr Priscilla Chan, which supports essential open source software in science. The company will use the funding to further develop its technology, as well as to grow its North American presence.
Seqera Labs span out from the Centre for Genomic Regulation and was
Patria Investments (Patria) (NASDAQ: PAX), a global alternative asset manager, is to combine with Moneda Asset Management (Moneda), an asset manager headquartered in Chile.
The merger will create an investment platform in Latin America, with USD25.9 billion in assets under management focused on private equity, infrastructure and credit investments in the region.
The combination will enhance Patria’s product offering by adding the largest credit investment platform in Latin America. It will also create the number one Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPE) manager in the region. The combination of the two operations will add geographical exposure within Latin America
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s leading fintech ecosystem, has secured a circa USD120 million investment by major global and regional growth investors: Apis Growth Fund II, Development Partners International (DPI), and Lorax Capital Partners.
In addition, the company has also attracted venture capital backing from Middle East Venture Partners, Endeavor Catalyst, and DisruptTech. This round of investment demonstrates confidence in the fintech opportunity in Egypt and further institutionalises the capitalisation table of MNT-Halan. Previous investors of MNT-Halan have included GB Capital, DPI, Algebra Ventures, Wamda, Nowaisi Capital, Unidelta, Egypt Ventures, Battery Road Digital Holdings, and Shaka VC.
Capitalising on MNT-Halan’s first mover
Mainstream Fund Services, a global provider of full-service fund administration, and part of Mainstream Group Holdings Limited (ASX:MAI) (Mainstream), has selected Harmonate to provide private capital data operations.
Harmonate is partnering with Mainstream to consolidate its automation of document and data processing and intelligence. The relationship encompasses both the range of documents and reporting automated, and the comprehensiveness of each workflow.
“Mainstream is one of the first global fund services firms to recognise and respond to private capital leaders’ expectations for software development-style speed and agility in their operations,” says Harmonate CEO Kevin Walkup. “The implementation of more nimble
Greengage Global Holding (Greengage), a UK registered company, which plans to become the first digital merchant bank via its wholly owned Gibraltar subsidiary Greengage & Co Ltd, has received a second institutional investment, in addition to its recent GBP2.5 million investment from IOVLabs.
Greengage & Co. Ltd is currently engaged in the regulatory approval process with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to receive a Gibraltar banking licence.
Aquis-listed Blockchain and Open Finance venture builder, Coinsilium Group Limited (Coinsilium) has invested GBP200K in convertible notes and taken GBP300k equity in a secondary stake sale at a GBP27.3 million valuation
Factorial, a Barcelona-based HR software company that streamlines people management, has closed an USD80 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from previous investors CRV, Creandum, Point Nine, K Fund, and Columbia Lake Partners bringing the total funding amount to USD100 million.
This is not the first time Factorial has attracted a global leader in growth-stage capital. This round comes on the heels of a 2020 USD16 million Series A led by CRV, an investor in tech giants like Twitter, Dropbox, and over 70 IPOs.
Factorial, which serves thousands of clients in more than 65
Manchester-based technology business Culture Shift has secured GBP1.5 million in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures and Blackfinch Ventures.
Accenture is to acquire King James Group, a creative agency with deep expertise in brand strategy, creativity and digital marketing services.
The move will strengthen Accenture Interactive’s focus on putting creativity at the center of experience-led transformation to drive relevance and growth for its clients.
“To succeed today, our clients must create unified brand experiences that make their customers’ lives easier and more meaningful. King James Group’s creativity and strength in driving marketing and communications that result in brand equity, will meet our clients’ demands for a single partner with seamless offerings across marketing, commerce and experience,” says Haydn Townsend,
EFA, a provider of administrative services to the funds industry in Luxembourg, has selected NeoXam’s Impress Regulatory Edition to help meet its regulatory goals.
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