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NEWSLETTER | 11 Mar 2021

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud native security leader, announced today the completion of USD135m in Series E funding led by ION Crossover Partners, putting Aqua’s valuation in excess of USD1 billion.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Learndirect has acquired Animal Courses Direct (ACD) and i-to-i (TATG Ltd), two specialist training providers operating in the Animal Welfare and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) sectors respectively.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

The Kempen European Private Equity Fund, the private equity investment fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen), has acquired a direct interest in GSRI.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, has closed its sale of Pet Supplies Plus (PSP), the third largest pet specialty chain in the US, to Franchise Group, Inc.

Flatfile raises USD35m in Series A Funding Led by Scale Venture Partners

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Flatfile, a data onboarding software company, has secured USD35 million in Series A funding round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Workday Ventures, plus previous investors including Afore Capital, Google's AI-focused venture fund, Gradient Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access decentralised machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has secured a GBP5 million investment from GDA Group and affiliates.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Kirkland & Ellis has advised Alpine Investors, a San Francisco based private equity fund and its portfolio company Alpine Software Group, on the acquisition of Sendible, a UK social media management and data analytics provider.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Sovereign Capital Partners, a UK private equity Buy & Build specialist, has backed Skerritts, a successful Independent Financial Advisory (IFA) and Wealth Management business, in a deal worth GBP55 million.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Rubicon Partners, an investment partnership focused on the acquisition of industrial businesses in Europe and North America, has acquired a majority share Bamboo Distribution.

Edtech Marketplace Preply raises USD35m in funding

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising efforts since 2013.

LDC exits Lucid Group to ICG

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Lucid Group, the international multi-capability healthcare communications group, to alternative asset manager ICG, following a significant period of growth.

Exabel closes USD9m seed round

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Exabel, an analytics and data platform for investment teams, has closed a fourth seed investment round from investor AWC (formerly Awilhelmsen Capital Holdings), bringing its total capital raised to over USD21 million.

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Pluto Digital Assets (Pluto), a crypto venture capital and technology company has closed its third and largest funding round to date.

BGF completes investment in Stark

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

BGF has completed a multi-million-pound investment in Stark, a leading provider of energy data and analytics services, based in Horley, Surrey.

Passion Capital opens third fund to crowd investors through Seedrs platform

Thu | 11 Mar 2021, 11:53

Early-stage tech venture capital firms Passion Capital is opening up its latest GBP45 million fund, Passion Capital Fund III, to investors registered and qualified by the Seedrs platform.

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