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Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform, has received just over USD100 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total raised to date to USD200 million. Tide is now valued at over USD650 million post-money, after only four years of operation.
The round was led by funds advised by Apax Digital, the growth equity team of Apax Partners. Anthemis, Augmentum, Jigsaw, Local Globe/Latitude, SBI, and SpeedInvest, existing investors, also participated in the round.
Tide has experienced rapid and sustained growth since launching in 2017, with 2020 seeing the business more than double its user base in the UK.
Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, and Eurazeo have provided a EUR103 million financing solution to pan-European mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) for its acquisition of Spanish agriculture business Sustainable Agro Solutions (SAS).
Founded in 1989, SAS is a leading developer and producer of biostimulants, soil and water improvers, defence activators, and specialty plant nutrition solutions. The Company operates in the highly attractive biosolutions segment, which is characterised by double-digit growth rates across all regions, underpinned by positive secular trends. SAS offers a high-quality and broad product portfolio, global footprint, robust
Seraphim Space Investment Trust, a newly established closed-ended investment company which will invest in a diversified international portfolio of early and growth stage Space Tech businesses, has successfully raised gross proceeds of approximately GBP178.4 million pursuant to the Initial Issue of its ordinary shares as described in the prospectus published by the Company on 22 June 2021.
Gross proceeds of GBP150 million by way of the Initial Placing, the Offer for Subscription, Direct Subscriptions (other than any Direct Subscription in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the Initial Portfolio) and the Intermediaries Offer (the “Capital Raise”); and
Gross proceeds of
Venture capital firm DN Capital has announced the launch of its latest USD350 million fund, focusing on early-stage founders developing tech to boost the global post-Covid recovery.
Traeger Grills (Traeger), a specialist in wood-pellet grills, has acquired MEATER, a global leader in wireless meat thermometers for all cooking and preparation methods.
Traeger has been at the forefront of outdoor cooking innovation since the late ’80s when it blazed a trail for the wood-pellet grill category. But what started with an auger feeding wood-pellets into a fire pot has morphed into an integrated connected cooking platform thanks to Traeger’s WiFIRE technology. WiFIRE provides the ability to control the grill through a mobile app, allowing you to monitor, change and receive real-time updates on your grill from your smart phone
Bullish, a technology company focused on developing financial services for the digital assets sector, is to go public through a merger with Far Peak Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: FPAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
Bullish plans to launch a revolutionary, regulated cryptocurrency exchange that offers deep, predictable liquidity for investors to generate yield from their digital assets.
The business combination of Bullish and Far Peak has a pro forma equity value at signing of approximately USD9.0 billion at USD10 per share, to be adjusted at transaction closing based on crypto asset prices around that time.
Proceeds include net cash in
Warburg Pincus has invested in Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), a provider of laboratory testing services for customers in the food & beverage end-markets.
The company serves a broad range of product categories within the broader food & beverage sector (eg, meat, dairy, produce, dietary supplements, pet food, nutraceuticals, restaurant, ready-to-eat). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
As part of the investment, FSNS will merge with Certified Group, a leading North American platform provider of testing and regulatory consulting services. Certified Group provides mission critical and time sensitive testing and regulatory consulting services to the food & beverage,
Nordstjernan has invested in the rapidly expanding insurtech company Insurello and will become a partner to the founders and existing shareholders.
Insurello is a Swedish insurtech company formed in 2016 and headquartered in Stockholm. The company helps private individuals to receive their fair compensation following an accident. Through a scalable and automated process, Insurello helps individuals with the entire claims management process towards insurance companies, and can also identify unknown insurance policies that the individual is unaware of.
Insurello has built a scalable platform for claims management, enabling the customer to gain an overall view of their insurance policies, as
KKR, a global investment firm, has agreed to acquire Neighborly, the world’s largest provider and franchisor of home service brands, from Harvest Partners. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1981, Neighborly is a home services platform that connects more than 10 million residential and commercial customers with a community of professional services focused on repairing, maintaining and enhancing consumers’ homes and properties. Through a portfolio of 28 brands, the Company offers a wide array of services including plumbing, pest control, restoration, electrical, cleaning, HVAC, home inspection and many more.
As one of the largest franchisors
UniversalCIS, a technology-enabled provider of credit data and related origination solutions in the mortgage industry, has acquired the Lending Solutions and Appraisal Management Divisions of Data Facts, a national and international consumer reporting company.
The acquisition will enhance UniversalCIS’ customer-centric origination solutions platform while expanding its foothold in new geographic regions. The transaction also marks UniversalCIS’ fifth acquisition and its first since receiving an investment from Lovell Minnick Partners in March 2021. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Cordova, TN, Data Facts provides information lenders and employers rely on to make
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