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Astorg and Bridgepoint have completed their acquisition of Fenergo, a provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) software solutions for financial institutions, following approval by the European Commission.
Entering its third chapter of growth, Fenergo reinforces its commitment to developing innovative, digital solutions that equip financial institutions with the tools to navigate the highly complex regulatory environment and fight financial crime, transforming client operations, accelerating growth and enhancing client and employee experience.
Fenergo recently strengthened its C-suite to work alongside Marc Murphy, who will continue to strategically steer the business towards organic and inorganic growth. Fenergo
By Thomas Holm Moller (EY-Parthenon EMEIA Digital Leader) and Laura McGarrity (EY-Parthenon Principal, Digital Innovation) – Private equity can develop and deploy digital capabilities in a portfolio company by building in-house capabilities, entering into collaborations, acquiring businesses with the necessary capabilities or outsourcing the need completely. Ambitious PE firms should consider the currently under-explored route of partnering with start-ups to stoke digital transformation.
Why work with start-ups? Based on successful examples in industries and organisations outside of PE, there is good reason for general partners to consider an ambitious partnership strategy:
Expertise: Start-ups tend to have specific expertise and the relevant
Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Trimlite, a manufacturer and distributor of residential doors and related door products.
Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Renton, Washington, Trimlite has developed a strong presence in the US and Canada by providing high quality products and value-added services to its diverse network of wholesale distributors, dealers, local door retailers, and OEM customers.
“Over the years we have developed a strong reputation in the market for providing our customers with exceptional service, quick lead times and a broad offering of quality door products. Wynnchurch shares our commitment to putting the customers first and we are excited
Secured Finance, a platform provider for the cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market, has raised USD4.0 million in its oversubscribed seed funding round.
Phoenix American, a transfer agent and fund administration provider for alternative investments and the Founder Institute, a global startup accelerator, have partnered to provide fund administration, investor services and fund accounting for graduates of Founder Institute’s VC Lab programme.
The partnership will enable program alumni to benefit from institutional-class back office infrastructure. The referral of top quality service providers to VC Lab alumni is part of the Founder Institute’s ongoing post-program support.
Founder Institute is the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Founded in 2009, the company has helped over 5,000 entrepreneurs get the focus and support needed to build businesses
Biconomy has raised USD9 million in a private funding round led by DACM and Mechanism Capital, with strategic investments from Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, True Ventures, Bain Capital, NFX, Proof Group, Ledgerprime, Huobi Innovation Labs, Primitive Ventures, Genblock and Rarestone Capital as well as angel investments from Stani from Aave, Hasu, Stephane Gosselin from Flashbots, Prabhakar Reddy from Falcon X, Arbitrum founders and more.
The completion of this round of financing includes participation from previous investors including Woodstock Fund, Eden Block, and Zee Prime Capital.
Web3.0 applications face critical roadblocks to user adoption including complex user onboarding and confusing transaction experiences.
Prime Trust, a one-stop shop for financial infrastructure for fintechs, has closed a USD64 million Series A funding round.
The timing of the raise coincides with the firm having crossed USD100 million in annual revenue-run rate and 250 million API calls per month from its B2B customers. This is the first institutional round of funding for Prime Trust.
Led by Mercato Partners, the round also includes strategic participation from Samsung Next, Nationwide, Commerce Ventures, Ayon Capital, Kraken Ventures, STCAP, s20 Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures, Diverse Angels, University Growth Fund and Nevcaut Ventures. Along with the raise, Zane Busteed, a principal
Fintech, broker and asset management company Darwinex has raised EUR3 million to pursue its ambitious growth aspirations.
Leading investors in the round were Stefan Jaecklin and Pinorena Capital who were joined by Darwinex co-founders and a number of key employees in the company. Pinorena Capital, a fintech-focused investment company led by entrepreneur Illimar Mattus, has contributed with this first investment to supporting Darwinex expansion journey.
Darwinex is regulated by the FCA in the UK (Tradeslide Trading TechLimited – FRN 586466) and its latest financial figures show revenue for the financial year 2020 jumping by 72 per cent, exceeding EUR4.69 million.
Spark RE Technologies has closed a USD5 million Series A investment round led by BDC Capital and Pender Ventures.
Spark was founded with the purpose of streamlining the entire sales, marketing, and management process for real estate developers. Today, Spark is the fastest growing and only comprehensive sales transaction platform in the new development space.
“This is a huge step for both Spark, and the industry. From day one, we have always strived to provide tangible value to our clients. As a direct result, we’ve seen developers sell out projects 3x faster, simply by implementing our platform. Another advantage is
The Craftory, a global investment house focused exclusively on championing the world’s boldest, mission-driven consumer brands has invested USD60 million in Freddie’s Flowers.
The progressive flower box subscription brand intends to use the funds to support the company’s rapid growth and international expansion, enhance its range of products and hire new talent, all whilst amplifying its positive impact.
Freddie’s Flowers aligns perfectly with The Craftory’s bold vision to deliver best-in-class consumer goods that champion sustainability and challenge their category, benefitting both the planet and society. This new partnership is intended to disrupt the industry status quo and will see The
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