Pollinate, the global software business that partners with banks to help them deepen and extend relationships with their business customers, has closed a $50 million Series C funding round, led by Insight Partners, the global venture capital and private equity firm. The round also includes participation from all existing investors including NatWest Group, Mastercard, National Australia Bank (NAB), EFM Asset Management, and Motive Partners.

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has completed a £10.5 million minority investment in e2e-assure, an established, fast-growth cybersecurity business based in Oxfordshire. The funding will be used to facilitate international growth and expand its go-to market offering.

CareLineLive, the all-in-one home care management software that increases efficiency, capacity, compliance and communication of both managers and carers by digitising their work flows, has announced that it has secured a £175k grant from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.

Anthesis, the largest group of dedicated sustainability professionals globally, and one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies[1], has secured a significant minority investment from Palatine Private Equity, a responsibly-driven, mid-market private equity firm.

IW Capital has completed the leveraged buyout and growth equity investment into Olive Jar Digital, this is to facilitate the partial equity release to the founders and provide further growth capital for the business. This investment is focused on enabling the organic growth of the company through continued expansion into new segments in a growing market. IW Capital is pleased to continue to work with the founders that have built the business to its current position and have a clear strategy for the next stage of development.

Inovia Capital has announced the closing of its second growth fund with US$450M in committed capital. As part of the launch, Inovia is confirming its increased  presence in Europe. The London team is led by Inovia Partner Patrick Pichette, also recognized for chairing the board of Twitter and NYSE-Lightspeed. Pichette is now playing a larger role in the European technology industry, in part as a founding member of the CDL Oxford, a jury member of Falling Walls in Germany, and as a Board member of Zwift, the cycling App.

Leading globally compliant prospecting solution, Cognism, has raised $12.5 million in funding led by AXA Venture Partners and joined by Swisscom Ventures.  This latest funding was led by existing investors AXA Venture Partners alongside Investiere and VentureFounders. They are joined by new investor Swisscom Ventures.

Small Pharma Ltd and Unilock Capital Corp. have announced the closing of the brokered private placement of subscription receipts of Small Pharma Financing Inc., a special purpose British Columbia company incorporated solely for the purpose of the Financing, at a price of CAD$0.96 per Subscription Receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of CAD$58,000,000, with substantial U.S., UK and Canadian institutional investor support, including significant participation from leading biotech funds.

Lead generation technology company, ROI Media UK, has acquired Copenhagen-headquartered Firstborn Capital 

Fy!, the next gen home, living and lifestyle retail platform for today’s modern shopper, has announced a £5 million funding round led by Hoxton Ventures, with additional investment from a number of angel investors. The funding will enable the team to focus on growth in international territories including the USA, Australia and the EU, and speed up the innovation of their proprietary, machine learning driven technology platform.

MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland has successfully closed its second private equity investment fund at €135 million.  The MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Fund 2 has been supported by leading investors including British Business Investments, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), AIB Bank, the European Investment Fund and a number of large US institutional investors.

Edtech marketplace, Preply, has secured an additional USD $35 million of funding, a sum that exceeds the platform’s cumulative fundraising efforts since 2013. The round was co-led by Owl Ventures and Full In Partners, with participation from previous investors Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, as well as EduCapital, All Iron, Diligent Capital and Evli Growth Partners. Angel investors Niklas Ostberg, co-founder and CEO of Delivery Hero, Arthur Kosten, co-founder of Booking.com, Przemyslaw Gacek, co-founder of Grupa Pracuj, and David Helgason, co-founder of Unity Technologies are also participants.