Culture-as-a- Service Start-up Unlock Lands $2M Seed Investment
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, FinTech StartUps
UK-based Unlock, a SaaS-enabled marketplace to build culture among remote teams, has raised a $2m seed round. The round was lead by La Famiglia, with other investors including Kima Ventures, Antler, GuideStar Ventures and well-known angels Eduardo Ronzano, Thibaud Elziere, Frederic Montagnon, Julien
VC4A & ABAN Announce New Partnership with the UK Government While Gearing up to the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment
The UK South Africa Tech Hub is sponsoring this event, enabling funders to attend AESIS free of charge: thereby facilitating increased investment to African entrepreneurs
Antler Unveils Investments in Eight Technology Start-ups at Restart Summit
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment
Global venture capital firm Antler has invested in eight new portfolio companies as part of its Stockholm cohort. The startups focus on industries including recycling electrical devices, impact investing, and sustainable packaging, improving mental wellbeing, monitoring data centres and making communication more efficient with AI. This is Antler’s fifth cohort out of Sweden, and it has now supported 700 entrepreneurs and invested in 75 early-... more
Insurers Diversifying Assets in Search for Yield
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, SaaS
Clearwater Analytics’ 2021 Insurance Investment Survey Report reveals insurers are shifting into non-traditional assets, recruiting external managers, and deploying cloud-based reporting platforms
Maughan Capital Completes Investment Into Climate Solutions Exchange Ltd. (CSX)
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Fund Management
Climate
HUBX Closes Further Investment Led by Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Fund Management
HUBX, a deal syndication platform for banks and brokerage firms, welcomes two new investors, Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors’ Delta Fund. They join other existing investors including Barclays and Basinghall Partners. HUBX clients and partners include Tier 1 banks, Finastra and Barclays.
RIMES to Acquire Matrix IDM, Creating an Advanced Investment Data Management Solution
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Asset Management, Data Management
• Creates a single destination for shared global client base • Combines advanced, cloud-native technology with superior managed data services • Significantly extends capabilities of RIMES’ managed data service offering • Delivers a unique, rich source of quality ESG, ETF and other datasets from more than 1,600 sources
Vontobel scales Appian Robotic Process Automation (RPA) across the company
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Cloud, Compliance, Risk Management
Swiss investment firm deploys Appian RPA in the cloud to support operational excellence through automated and unified workflows
Confluence Delivers Market-leading 18f-4 Derivatives Monitoring Solution to Large Midwest Insurance and Multi-Strategy Investment Firm
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Management
Confluence Technolog
Net Zero Pension Fintech Cushon Launches Market Leading Investment Strategy With the Largest Allocation to Private Markets in Uk Master Trust Sector
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment
New investment strategy sees 15% allocation to private markets and is the first DC pensions provider to deliver impact across 100% of its portfolio. The investment strategy will invest in wind and solar farms, forestry, battery tech, green hydrogen and social housing. In an industry first, Cushon will engage and connect defined contributions savers with their money through private markets investments in environmental and social impact projects... more
Binance Labs Announces Strategic Investment with Melos Studio
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, IT Innovations
Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and incubator of
Drawbridge Wins ‘Best Cyber Security Provider’ at the 2021 Private Equity Wire US Awards
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Alternative Finance, Security
Drawbridge, a premier provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the alternative investment industry, today announced it was named ‘Best Cyber Security Provider’ at the 2021 Private Equity Wire US Awards.
Black & Multi-Ethnic Community Now Catered for by Wealth8’s Digital Wealth Management Mobile App with ISA Investment Options
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Fund Management, Wealth Management
Wealth8, the new digital wealth management platform with a full-service mobile app, is providing access to global investment funds and diversified funds from the largest global asset manager, BlackRock Asset Management. Their service is aimed primarily at the black & multi-ethnic community being largely the African diaspora in the UK. The mobile app will also be made available to Africans living in major economies on the continent such as... more
CFC Announces Significant Investment from EQT and Vitruvian Partners
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment, Risk Management, Insurance
Investment underpins CFC’s global insurance platform, cyber leadership and the significant growth potential of emerging risk insurance Leading UK-based fintech CFC announced today a major investment joint-led by EQT and Vitruvian Partners, two of Europe’s leading private equity firms.
Institutional Asset Managers Offered New Fintech Altum Explorer Tool To Support Faith Based Investors
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Investment
Altum Faithful Investing has launched Altum Explorer, a professional web-based platform enabling investors to apply a faith-based filter to decide to what extent companies, in which they are considering investing, enter in conflict with Catholic teaching.
