Solutions
The Helper Bees, a full-service insurtech company that creates innovative ageing-in-place solutions for both payers and insureds, has secured USD12.8 million in a Series B funding round led by Trust Ventures, with additional support from Silverton Partners, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Impact Engine, and Congress Avenue Ventures.
KYND, a provider of cyber risk management solutions for the insurance industry, has secured a GBP3.25 million investment from BGF.
KYND will use the investment to accelerate its rapid growth and global expansion plans, as well as continuing to develop transformative cyber risk technology to launch new products.
The company has achieved a 1000 per cent growth on annual recurring revenue since June 2020 and developed partnerships with high-profile insurers and brokers, such as Beazley, Howden, Paragon and Alliant.
Quantum Workplace, a provider of employee engagement and performance software, has secured an investment from private equity firm, LLR Partners.
The partnership is expected to help accelerate the Company’s growth through continued investment in its industry-leading software platform and sales and marketing engine, as well as in the exploration of strategic acquisition opportunities. Quantum Workplace will also advance its data science-based analytics and people-focused intelligence solutions.
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, business services, and education industries, has made a growth investment in GLOBO Language Solutions (GLOBO), a global provider of technology-enabled, on-demand interpretation services.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
The growth investment by VSS – a firm with over three decades of experience investing in and building technology-enabled businesses – will be used to pursue additional organic and inorganic growth, expand service offerings into new sectors, and scale up to meet the increased demand for cloud-based language support services.
Delancey Street Partners and Royer Cooper
Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a full-service wealth management firm and national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Cordasco Financial Network (CFN), wealth management firm headquartered in Naples, Florida.
CFN serves over 400 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD510 million. CFN was founded by Steve Cordasco, CEO, in 2011. CFN offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, families, and corporate clientele. CFN’s team will be joining Mercer Advisors.
With a staff of retirement specialists, CPAs, insurance consultants and more, CFN’s team combines expertise in a variety of fields to
Diligent, a specialist provider of SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG, has acquired Insightia, a SaaS provider of expert insights and intelligent analytics for listed companies, with a focus on shareholder activism, proxy voting and corporate governance.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Formed from the 2020 merger of Activist Insight and Proxy Insight, Insightia offers a single source of global public company information to a range of global investment banks, law firms, proxy solicitors, and other corporate advisors. Representative clients include PJT CamberView, Glass Lewis, Morrow Sodali, FTI Consulting, and Georgeson.
District Capital Partners
Redstor, a data management and SaaS protection company, has secured a growth investment from Bregal Milestone, a European technology growth capital firm.
With more than 40,000 customers worldwide, Redstor will use the financing to fuel its international expansion into the United States and accelerate its AI-enabled platform and overall growth.
Previous Redstor investor Beech Tree Private Equity realised its investment in full as part of the transaction.
Results served as corporate finance advisor to Redstor with Osborne Clarke serving as legal advisor for the transaction. Bregal Milestone were advised by Goodwin (legal), Deloitte (financial and tax) and Endava Private Equity
Softline, a global IT and digital transformation provider, is to acquire Academy IT, a provider of corporate training and learning management solution.
Academy IT, which creates, develops, and deploys bespoke corporate training solutions, will join Softline’s existing technology education and training business, including a learning centre where more than 300,000 information technology specialists have trained over the past 18 years.
London-listed Softline is also targeting expansion in the global education technology (EdTech) market, an industry which is forecast to grow to USD404 billion by 2025.
AI enabled fintech company Qraft Technologies has closed a USD146 million investment from SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank), which includes primary growth capital and secondary capital that will be used to fund share purchases from investors.
TMF Group, a provider of global administrative services, has completed the acquisition of Paraty Capital, a Brazilian fund administration platform which focuses on private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt funds.
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