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osapiens raises USD $100m to reach unicorn status

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German sustainability software firm osapiens raises USD $100m Series C led by Decarbonization Partners, propelling it to unicorn status.
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Summa Equity buys Peoplesafe to boost worker safety

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Summa Equity has bought workforce safety provider Peoplesafe from ECI Partners to back its tech-enabled resilience strategy and expansion.
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STG folds S&P EDM into Gresham & carves out thinkFolio

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STG completes S&P Global EDM and thinkFolio deal, folding EDM into Gresham while spinning thinkFolio out as a standalone portfolio firm.
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GrowthPal raises USD $2.6m for AI M&A deal sourcing

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GrowthPal raises USD $2.6m to scale its AI platform for off‑market M&A deal sourcing and global expansion from its Singapore base.
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Tempo names new product & tech chiefs to fuel SPM push

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Tempo has hired Kevin Nanney as Chief Product Officer and Shams Chauthani as CTO to accelerate its adaptive strategic portfolio management push.
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V2 AI adds Nick & Ebony Williams to leadership team

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V2 AI bolsters Asia-Pacific leadership, appointing Nick Williams as Partner and Ebony Williams as Director of Alliances to drive AI growth.
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BGF backs Origin Tech to expand AI water leak tools

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BGF invests multi-million GBP in Origin Tech to scale AI and satellite water leak detection and trenchless repair tools globally.
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Fulfilmentcrowd posts record global growth on peak days

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Fulfilmentcrowd posts record global peak-day growth as EU orders jump 28% on Cyber Monday and US volumes soar up to 80% on Black Friday.
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BGF invests GBP £16.6m in Workbooks to fund US growth

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BGF invests GBP £16.6m in Workbooks to accelerate US expansion and deepen development of its integrated mid-market SaaS platform.
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PebblePad buys myday to expand global education reach

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PebblePad acquires student portal myday in its first NorthEdge-backed deal, creating an edtech group serving over 200 institutions globally.
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Private markets race to modernise tech amid AI & rules

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AI, data and ‘governance intelligence’ set to transform private markets as regulators, LPs and retail investors demand real-time transparency.
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FourNet wins Palatine award for social value impact

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Manchester’s FourNet has scooped Palatine’s inaugural Leadership in Social Value award after generating GBP £2,660,194 in social value.
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First Connect passes USD $500m milestone in GWP surge

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First Connect’s digital insurance marketplace tops USD $500m in GWP, fuelled by rising demand from independent agents and carriers.
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Accordion buys FCM to boost private equity services

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Accordion buys FCM to fuse data-led finance consulting with operator-led transformation in a push to deepen private equity value creation.
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Virtus Data Centres names Adam Eaton as new chief

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Virtus Data Centres has named industry veteran Adam Eaton as chief executive to spearhead its next phase of UK and European expansion.
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AI expansion triggers global race for power and real estate

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AI growth is straining power grids and land as data centre deals soar past USD $10 billion, with the UK emerging as an AI infrastructure hub.
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Azul buys Payara to build unified open-source Java stack

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Azul acquires UK-based Payara to build a unified open-source Java stack and push deeper into enterprise runtimes and application servers.
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J.P. Morgan adds Crunchbase AI to Fusion for private data

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J.P. Morgan’s Fusion platform has integrated Crunchbase AI, giving institutional investors live startup forecasts and early risk signals.
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Riverside to sell Netwatch stake after seven-year hold

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Riverside is set to exit remote security specialist Netwatch, agreeing to sell its stake to an unnamed buyer after a seven-year hold.
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Hedgehog lab buys Label Sessions to boost AI growth

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Hedgehog lab acquires innovation network Label Sessions to build a full-stack consultancy for AI-driven strategy and product delivery.