Solutions
Following an initial investment in 2019, Diligend, an institutional-grade due diligence platform vendor, has secured a third round of capital to realise its growth ambitions in 2022.
The funding will support development of Diligend’s core platform, designed for institutional investors and consultants which is continually evolving to meet client requirements. Recent new features include the SEC Form ADV module, which allows investor and consultant clients to review and monitor Form ADV data, getting notifications when changes occur. The ESG and Diversity disclosure module released this year allows clients to request specific data sets quickly and easily, pulling results into tailored,
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Digital Room, (Digital Room) to an affiliate of Sycamore Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA, Digital Room is a leading e-commerce provider of customised marketing products to small and medium sized businesses. The Company reaches its diversified customer base through a series of its own websites and fulfils the products through an extensive network of facilities across North America.
HIG acquired Digital Room in December 2017 in partnership with the Company’s senior management. Through a combination of significant organic growth as well as highly
Victor van Eijk has joined Maven 11 Capital, an Amsterdam-based blockchain and crypto asset investment firm, as Director Institutional Sales.
FNZ, a global wealth management platform, has completed the sale of financial technology provider GBST to Anchorage Capital Partners, a global private equity fund with extensive financial services and systems experience.
Anchorage Capital Partners’ investment is focussed on GBST’s Wealth Management division and is committed to supporting GBST’s experienced management team in executing its growth strategy and delivering market leading solutions to clients. This includes support for continued investment and the rollout of the technology transformation of GBST’s market leading platform solution Composer to current and prospective clients.
Following the transaction, FNZ will reacquire GBST’s capital markets division including
COSIMO Ventures, a venture capital investment firm that provides investors access to high-potential blockchain projects through the world’s first tokenised, evergreen venture fund, COSIMO X, has made the COSIMO X tokens available for trading on digital assets marketplace Securitize Markets.
Cosimo X’s listing, allows a broader group of global investors access to the growth potential of COSIMO’s venture portfolio of blockchain and cryptocurrency projects and trade the token on a secondary market. The ability to trade the token on the secondary market may improve liquidity and access for the fund and its investors.
Paylend, a Kenyan FinTech startup focused on providing access to finance and digitising MSMEs in Kenya, has raised USD2 million in seed investment from Next Chymia Consulting HK Limited, an Asian based company that provides blockchain applications, consultancy services and training to global entities.
Founded in September 2019, Paylend has digitised over 10,000 SMEs and growing with its users enjoying an array of services including access to credit for products and services and crowdfunding tools.
Paylend is an Adanian Labs startup, a Pan African smart technologies venture studio with a mission to build, nurture and scale 300 impact driven tech
Diversis Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled services organisations, has made a significant growth investment in SalesRabbit, a specialist in field sales software.
Founded in 2013, SalesRabbit has been enabling field sales organisations with end-to-end native mobile and web-based software. Its complete sales enablement platform aims to solve the needs of outside sales organisations at every step of the sales process from lead to close and delivers solutions that include team management, lead management, lead conversion, presentations, proposals, forms and contracts.
Software investment firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY), a provider of business payments financial technology in an all-cash transaction that values the company at approximately USD2.6 billion.
Endicott Growth Equity Partners (Endicott) has acquired a majority stake in Information Clearinghouse Inc and Market Service Inc, home to the Creditntell, F&D Reports, ARMS and AggData brand.
Lawrence Sarf, Founder and CEO of the Company, will remain a significant owner and serve on the Company’s board. The current executive management team will continue to run day-to-day operations. Additional terms of the transaction have not b been disclosed.
Information Clearinghouse and Market Service are providers of financial, credit, and geospatial intelligence to a diverse set of customer segments, including consumer product companies, retailers, retail real estate owners and investors,
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed a strategic growth investment in Integrate.com, a specialist in B2B Precision Demand Marketing.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Integrate connects data, channels, technology, and team members to create intelligent buyer and account journeys and deliver Precision Demand Marketing at scale. Its core offering, the Demand Acceleration Platform (DAP), centralises, connects, and elevates multichannel B2B buying experiences to help accelerate demand and convert leads to revenue. In 2021, Integrate’s B2B marketing customers processed over 14.5 million marketable and compliant leads through their governance engine.
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