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Alter Domus a provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry has selected EZOPS, a provider of AI-enabled data control, workflow automation, and a regulatory reporting platform, to help with its digital transformation of reconciliation operations, business workflow and process automation across their firm. Alter Domus specialises in servicing complex alternative investment products, funds and clients. It has over 3,300 employees across 36 offices in 21 jurisdictions around the globe.  The EZOPS ARO platform has self-service reconciliation, workflow and reporting modules, AI-driven prediction, analytics capabilities and process automation features that allow clients to enhance and automate operationally intense and
DigitalOwl, a Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology for analysing and summarising medical records, has raised USD20 million in a Series A round led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Ibex and Fusion VC. This latest round of fundraising will be used for additional hires that will strengthen existing teams, particularly technology development, sales, marketing and client service. The round quickly follows the company’s USD6.5 million seed announcement in February 2021. DigitalOwl currently operates in the US, Canada and Israel to help companies get through the tedious process of manual
A new initiative from IQ-EQ will support women to launch and grow their first funds. IQ-EQ Launchpad aims to expand inclusivity for the wider asset management industry and foster a self-sustaining network of women in senior leadership roles. Funds with over 50 per cent women ownership or a woman founder will be eligible to receive preferential service terms, tailored fund administration solutions, capacity building and access to a global network. The Launchpad suite of services is designed to help women overcome the specific challenges they face launching their first funds, and was prompted by a recognition of the limited opportunities
Softline is to acquire a majority stake in SoftClub (SCGroup Investments Limited), a fintech developer of integrated solutions for banks, e-commerce, and stock exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe. The company – considered by industry experts to be amongst the top-100 software firms in the world – has one of the most qualified software engineering teams in Eastern Europe with over 20 years of industry experience and with more than 950 staff, a tenured management team and deep knowledge of the sector.     SoftClub’s suite of products cover 85 per cent of the modern bank application landscape.
MFM Holding Ltd (Moneyfarm), a digital wealth manager, has raised GBP44.1 million in a funding round led by M&G plc (M&G) and included Poste Italiane SpA (Poste), who has been a minority shareholder in the business since 2019. Moneyfarm has now raised GBP139 million since launching in 2021. The new funding round will be used in three key areas, to support future development, expanding its product proposition and building out its new B2B2C proposition through strategic partnerships.   The private placement will be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and will see
Astia, a twenty year old organisation dedicated to levelling the investment playing field through intentional investment in women-led companies, has released the findings from a three-year pilot, which was launched when Astia first uncovered a racial bias within its investment decision-making process. Astia Edge, Our Failure to Invest in Black Founders and What We Have Done About It, highlights that investment, advocacy and access are critical to levelling the playing field for Black female founders, and the pilot demonstrated a 22-times leverage on invested capital, along with portfolio companies raising >USD5 million in outside investment.    Three years on since
Onramper â€“ a fiat-to-crypto gateway aggregator – has raised USD6 million in a seed funding round, led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Backed VC and TRGC.
Securing Investment
Globalization Partners, a global employment platform, has secured a USD200 million investment from Vista Credit Partners (VCP), a subsidiary of Vista Equity Partners (Vista).
PDQ.com, a provider of IT asset management software backed by private equity firm TA Associates, has acquired SmartDeploy, a specialist in remote computer management. The acquisition comes just months after PDQ.com acquired SimpleMDM, further enhancing its value proposition to the broader IT community by making device management easier from start to finish.    SmartDeploy manages Windows devices offline, on-prem, or through the cloud, making it well suited for every computing environment. IT professionals can easily manage drivers, applications, patches, and scripting through SmartDeploy’s single-image management and patented device driver injection technology.
SK AeroSafety Group (SK), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Fire-Tec Aero Systems (Fire-Tec).

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