TAINA Technology, an award-winning regulatory technology company, has announced that it is closing a substantial funding round, welcoming onboard Deutsche Bank and HSBC Asset Management’s Financial Technology Venture Capital Fund alongside its existing investors led by Anthemis.

Sphere Fluidics, has closed a $40 million (circa £30 million) investment round. 

SimScale, the SaaS platform making high-fidelity simulation technically and economically accessible to engineers worldwide, has raised an additional €25M as an extension to its Series C funding. The investment is co-led by Draper Esprit and New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with Earlybird, June, Vsquared and USV also participating in the round. 

Admix, the leading In-Play monetization company that bridges the gap between gaming content and brands, has raised USD $25 million in a Series B round to scale up its In-Play solution worldwide; and establish it as the content monetization layer for the metaverse.

PALATINE the leading mid-market private equity investor has made a successful partial exit from CET Group with the sale of its tech-enabled insurance claims management division to HomeServe plc for £53m. Based in Castle Donington, CET is a leading provider of outsourced home emergency, drainage and subsidence services to one in eight UK households. 

NorthEdge-backed Altia has acquired VeriSaaS, a field intelligence and evidence collection software business.

The digital insurer Getsafe received its insurance licence from Germany's financial regulator, BaFin. The licence will allow Getsafe to accelerate its expansion to the rest of Europe.

Turquoise, the UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced a follow-on investment by Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) in its existing portfolio company, Spark EV Technology. The investment is part of the company’s £250,000 capital raising round involving both existing and new shareholders. 

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has announced a successful exit from Lightfoot, a fast growth business that creates connected vehicle technology. The Exeter-headquartered company has been acquired by Volpi Capital in a deal that has delivered a 3.1x MM return for BGF and an IRR of 51%.

Xergy Group Limited (Xergy) has announced the closing of a £4.25 million Series A+ fundraise to significantly scale-up Proteus, its software-as-a-service (SaaS) work automation management offering.

A UK company that provides an ethical alternative to the ad tracking techniques used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google has raised a £1.5m investment to build its global presence.  CitizenMe has secured funding from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, alongside funds from 1818 Capital and private investors.  The platform was developed in response to concerns over current practices, where consumers’ data is collected via apps or website cookies and may be used by multiple companies for marketing purposes.

Aiven, a software company that combines the best open source technologies with cloud infrastructure, has announced a $60M Series C extension at a $2B valuation,