FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Solutions

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has made a significant strategic growth investment in 3Pillar Global (3Pillar), a developer of digital products.  “At 3Pillar, our industry-leading teams, our passion for digital innovation, and our unique customer-focused go-to-market strategy have driven over 15 years of tremendous growth,” says David DeWolf, Founder and CEO of 3Pillar. “This strategic growth investment from HIG Capital will enable us to continue our goals of attracting and developing top engineering talent and accelerate our ability to become the preeminent product development specialists in the market.” “Our strategic investment reflects our confidence in 3Pillar’s outstanding capabilities and
Dallas Venture Capital (DVC), a Dallas-based venture capital firm focused on early and growth stage companies in cloud infrastructure, AI/ML, mobile, XR and other emerging technologies, has made a follow-on investment in CoreStack’s USD30 million Series B financing round.  Dallas Venture Capital had earlier led the USD8.5 million Series A financing round in March 2020. This brings CoreStack’s total funding to USD45 million.   “CoreStack is at the cusp of exponential growth and our follow-on investment reaffirms our confidence in CoreStack’s vision and execution,” says Dayakar Puskoor, Founder and Managing Director, Dallas Venture Capital. “The leadership of CoreStack has been
Aztec Group is to deploy Fenergo’s cloud-native, Software as a Service (SaaS) CLM. The independent fund and corporate services provider will leverage Fenergo’s AWS-powered multi-tenant SaaS CLM solution across its offices in the Channel Islands, Europe and the US to digitalise and streamline onboarding journeys and due diligence processes for anti-money laundering (AML), KYC and regulatory compliance. By replacing legacy systems and existing processes for onboarding and compliance, Fenergo enables Aztec Group to onboard investors faster while significantly enhancing the user, client and investor experience.    Aztec Group, which specialises in alternative asset classes and administers more than 450 funds
Hybrid cloud and IT managed services provider, Celerity, has secured a GBP15 million investment from UK growth capital investor, BGF. Preston-headquartered Celerity is a fast-growing provider of high value, complex hybrid cloud and IT managed services. The business leads organisations through digital transformation and modernisation to deliver greater efficiency in management and optimisation of critical enterprise infrastructure. Its services include cyber security, data recovery and data visualisation.   BGF’s funding will allow Management, led by founder Chris Roche (CEO) and Craig Aston (COO) to continue scaling their managed service proposition, which is delivered alongside Celerity’s proprietary IP.   Roche says:
Vesttoo, a global Alternative Reinsurance and Investment platform, has secured a USD15 million Series B equity investment from Mouro Capital, which is backed by a large multinational bank, and MS&AD Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund of Japan-based MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, the fifth largest insurance conglomerate in the world.
MarkLogic Corporation, a specialist in complex data integration and a portfolio company of Vector Capital, has acquired Smartlogic, a metadata management solutions provider and specialist in semantic AI technology.  As part of the transaction, Smartlogic’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Bentley, as well as other members of the senior management team, will join the MarkLogic executive team. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Founded in 2006, Smartlogic has deciphered, filtered, and connected data for many of the world’s largest organizations to help solve their complex data problems.  Global organisations in the energy, healthcare, life sciences, financial
The MCG Group has secured a GBP20 million funding package from Tosca Debt Capital LLP (TDC) to support its ambitious growth plans. The MCG Group was recently named as one of ‘The UK’s 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work For’ as well as one of ‘Recruitment’s 40 Best Companies to Work For’ by the Best Companies List, with nearly 300 employees across the Group. It offers recruitment, consultancy and project-based solutions within construction, education, healthcare and technology sectors in the UK and internationally.   TDC is a private debt fund, headquartered in Manchester, with a focus on supporting the growth
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist mid-market private equity investor in technology enabled financial services, has made a majority growth investment in German FinTech fintus, a low-code software provider in the Financial Services sector.    AnaCap will partner up with fintus Founder & CEO Benjamin Hermanns and provide significant growth capital, financial sector & technology expertise as well as operational support, as fintus continues its ambitious growth strategy by solidifying its strong position in the DACH region and expanding its low-code banking platform (fintus Suite) across Europe. The fintus team will also benefit from significant investment in talent to expand operational
Payhawk, a payments and expense solution with offices in London, Sofia, Berlin and Barcelona, has raised USD112 million just three years after its inception, valuing the company at USD570 million.  The Series B round is led by the San Francisco-based investor Greenoaks, who has a strong track record of investing in high-growth technology companies such as Gorillas, Robinhood, Stripe and Brex. All existing investors, including QED Investors, Earlybird Digital East and Eleven Ventures are participating in the round.   Currently, finance teams are still bound to a high amount of manual work as they are using multiple disconnected tools for
Borderless Capital, a Miami-based venture capital firm dedicated to the Algorand ecosystem, has closed PLANETS.Fund, a USD10 million fund focused on building a green data economy.  The fund will invest in the ecosystem surrounding PlanetWatch, the world’s first decentralised indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring network built on the Algorand blockchain.  “PlanetWatchers” or Air quality sensor hosts participating in the PlanetWatch network are compensated with PLANETS tokens for streaming air quality data. The PLANETS.Fund is planning to invest the raised capital to deploy a global network of thousands of PlanetWatch air quality sensors across the globe. The Fund will also

Events

12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am

Directory Listings