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SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc (Nasdaq: SSNC) has been chosen by Gordian Capital, an Asian institutional fund management platform, with AUM of USD7 billion, to expand its relationship with SS&C Technologies Holdings in Singapore and Japan. 
Growing tech startup Willo has set its sights on becoming the global leader in video interviewing after receiving a GBP630,000 investment to fund growth in key markets – including the USA. The cash injection – from high net-worth investors including ex Freeserve PLC COO Mark Danby, ex BT talent chief Susan McRoberts, and entrepreneur and Santander Global Head of Digital Mobility Solutions Jose Ignacio Puente – takes the overall investment in the Glasgow-founded tech firm to more than GBP1 million. This round has been led by Guernsey-based early stage tech investment firm 1818 Venture Capital, which also invested in Willo’s
Trill Impact has closed investments in Arctic Group AB (Arctic Group) and ID North AB (ID North) to form a cybersecurity services platform jointly called European ID Security. Trill Impact has identified several attractive companies across Europe, including Arctic Group and ID North, which address a strong societal need for improved cyber resilience. Trill Impact aims to create a leading group that seeks to address this societal challenge by investing in European ID Security, a thought leader in identity security, an attractive and important vertical of the fast-growing and fragmented cybersecurity service provider market. European ID Security has a highly
Online investment platform, Seedrs, has launched Seedrs Private Deal Room, a new feature to improve professional investor access to angel, private equity, and venture capital opportunities.  The launch of Private Deal Room is another step towards Seedrs’ mission to become the world’s largest private equity marketplace.  The addition of Seedrs Private Deal Room means that the platform is now supporting European businesses at all stages, from pre-seed to pre-IPO, by encouraging a wider variety of deals – from angel investment, private rounds and secondary sales to public crowdfunding campaigns. Seedrs is allowing a new, more diverse generation of entrepreneurs to
Orion Advisor Solutions is strengthening its compliance technology offering for clients by acquiring BasisCode Compliance, a provider of regulatory compliance and risk management technology.  Founded in 2011, BasisCode provides trusted compliance management in a secure cloud environment with capabilities ranging from compliance testing and risk assessment to trading surveillance, insider trading, staff certifications and audit-ready reporting. Orion will add BasisCode to its best-in-class fintech integrations, cementing its status as the premier provider of the tech-enabled fiduciary framework that boosts financial advisors’ capacity to Prospect, Plan, Invest, and Achieve within a single, connected digital experience. The combined platform experience is expected to come to market quickly.   “The adoption
Managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, has exited Intec Business Solutions (inTEC); a group offering end-to-end technology consultancy and specialist support services for SMEs. Manchester-based inTEC has now entered into a royalty financing agreement with AIM-listed provider of royalty finance Duke Royalty, who provided GBP7.7 million to facilitate a refinancing of the Group’s debt and equity. Duke Royalty has also committed additional funding to support inTEC’s ongoing M&A strategy. NPIF – Maven Equity Finance invested GBP750,000 into the business across two tranches in 2018 and 2019, with
Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider enabling global commerce at scale, has received USD30 million in Series C financing led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital. Sierra Ventures and Sonae IM also joined the round. The new funding will support the rapid addition of staff and global expansion that builds on the company’s international presence on four continents. “Citcon enables global commerce at scale by allowing merchants to accept payments by mobile wallet and alternative currencies with the same ease as they process traditional credit card payments today,” says Chuck Huang, CEO and founder at Citcon. “We are honored
MFS Africa, a pan-African digital payments platform, is to acquire Capricorn Digital, owner of Baxi, one of Nigeria’s leading super-agent networks. A team from Akin Gump advised the sellers on the transaction. The deal, which is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will be the second-largest fintech acquisition in Nigeria.   Founded in 2014 by Degbola Abudu and Folu Majekodunmi, Baxi is one of Nigeria’s largest independent electronic payment networks, processing over USD1 billion in transaction annually through a network of more than 90,000 agents.    The Akin Gump team was led by London corporate partner
Trilantic North America has made a strategic capital investment in WebFX, a tech-enabled digital services provider for premium SMBs.  This partnership furthers the mission of WebFX to provide Digital Marketing That Drives Revenue for companies around North America. WebFX partners with businesses looking to earn more website traffic, drive more qualified leads, and increase revenue growth through revenue maximisation services.   The capital partnership between WebFX and Trilantic North America’s Fund VI will assist future growth for the Pennsylvania based company, supporting expansion in talent, new services, geographic offices, technology, data analytics, and AI. WebFX plans to create 300 additional jobs over
JTC has supported the GBP125 million launch of Disruptive Capital Acquisition Company Limited (Disruptive), a Guernsey registered Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) on the Euronext exchange in Amsterdam. JTC will provide administration and registry services for the new vehicle. The listing of Disruptive creates a structure aimed at acquiring another company within the financial services sector throughout Western Europe and/or Northern Europe, though the potential target has not been publicly identified. It is also the first SPAC on Euronext Amsterdam to be listed and traded in sterling SPACs are publicly traded vehicles with the sole purpose to create a merger

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