Financials
Primomiglio, CDP Venture, Innogest in €5.8m round for Sardex
Fondazione Sardegna and Nice Group also take part in the investment to support the company's growth
Global Founders, Picus invest in £12m round in Selina
Global Founders Capital closed its most recent fund on €150m in March 2013, according to Unquote Data
BlackRock et al. back €50m round for Scalable Capital
HV Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann also back the digital asset manager's largest funding round yet
Anthemis leads €5m round for Goin
K Fund, Encomenda, Atresmedia, Hard Yaka and TA Ventures also take part in the funding round
Montagu's Universal Investment buys CapInside
Montagu acquired the asset manager from Berenberg and Bankhaus Lampe in 2016 via its fifth fund
Bridgepoint's Cyrus Group buys V2A Patrimoine
Bridgepoint bought a minority stake in the asset and wealth management consultancy in March 2020
Milaya in £15m round for Lanistar at £150m valuation
Established in 2019, the London-based company has 45 employees, with plans to triple its headcount
Neva Finventures leads €3m round for Yolo
Primomiglio, Banca di Piacenza, Intesa Sanpaolo Vita, Be Shaping the Future and CRIF also take part in the round
Synova-backed Fairstone acquires Mantle Financial Planning
Synova committed £25m to the development of Fairstone in 2016, drawing equity from Synova III
Northzone leads £20m round in Wagestream
Wagestream's platform allows clients' employees to access their pay cheque at any time of the month
S7V and Presight back Penta's €4m series-B extension
In March 2020, Penta raised €18.5m from HV Holtzbrinck, RTP, ABN Amro, VR Ventures and Finleap
Searchlight-backed GRP acquires Premier Choice
Searchlight Capital bought a majority stake in GRP in February 2020 from Penta Capital
HV Holtzbrinck leads €60m round for SolarisBank
Existing investors including Lakestar, Yabeo and ABN Amro Ventures also back the banking platform
Royalton-backed Certasig goes under - report
Royalton acquired a majority stake in Certasig in 2007 via its Royalton Capital Investors II fund
Equistone-backed FirstPort to merge with Mainstay
Hampshire-based FirstPort recorded a turnover of £28.9m for the year-ending in December 2018
Consortium in €20m series-A round for Memo Bank
Company also announces it has been given the seal of approval to be a fully-fledged bank
Eurazeo-backed Planet acquires 3C Payment
Planet is said to pay between the high millions and low tens-of-millions-of-euros on an acquisition
Seventure, Vostok lead $10m round for TransferGo
Venture capital firms Hard Yaka, Revo Capital and Bootstrap Europe also participate
VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous £113m funding round valued the company at £2bn in June 2019
Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance
Financing for the acquisition of the insurance broker has been provider by Pemberton
Zamo invests in SASC
Zamo Capital I, the firm's debut fund, has made its first investment in investment manager SASC
BlackRock et al. acquire minority stake in Nordic Capital's Trustly
Nordic Capital will remain a majority owner in the company
Sovereign backs Acolin MBO
Spencer House provided corporate finance advice on the acquisition of the fund adminstrator
Warburg Pincus invests >£250m in S&W merger with Permira's Tilney
Despite changes in the capital structure, the merger's £1.8bn price tag will remain the same