DeHaat, the technology-based platform offering end-to-end agricultural services to farmers in India, has raised $115 million in Series D funding, led by Belgium-based investment firm Sofina and Lightrock India. Temasek co-invested in the round, with participation from existing investors Prosus, RTP Global, Sequoia Capital India and FMO.

The London Technology Club has invested in Cogniac, a leading provider of enterprise-class Artificial Intelligence (AI) image and video analysis across a variety of industries, including automotive, railway, manufacturing and government.

Market research platform Attest has raised $60 million in Series B funding, to continue its mission in helping brands be truly customer-centric via continuous insights. The round brings the total funds invested in the company to over $85 million.

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. 

HUBX, a deal syndication platform for banks and brokerage firms, has raised over $1.5 million extension led by Mandalore Partners and ACF Investors’ Delta Fund. This follows an initial raise of $5.5 million announced earlier this year, led by Barclays, Elite and Basinghall Partners, and brings the total to $7 million for this round.  HUBX clients and partners include Tier 1 banks, Finastra and Barclays.

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.

More than one in eight (13%) claims for Entrepreneurs’ Relief were for gains of more than £1 million in 2019/20 with the average claimed at just over £627,000, new analysis* from Handelsbanken Wealth Management shows.

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. 

Climate Solutions Exchange Ltd. has received an initial £500,000 investment from Maughan Capital, a strategic investment fund which manages the investment portfolio of the British businessman, ESG investor and philanthropist, Nick Maughan. Maughan Capital is focused on emerging technologies and market-based solutions for ecosystem service payments through habitat restoration. CSX uses a combination of drones, satellites, ground truthing and detailed carbon analysis and modelling to measure carbon. 

A majority (62%) of private capital fund managers in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia will increase the amount of automation and new technologies used to administer their funds over the next five years.