Goldman Sachs has led a Series A investment in the cyber security skills platform, alongside private backers.
"Large organizations are facing a dual cyber security talent problem; not only is the number of professionals seriously lagging but so is the pace at which their skills are developed. If you are able to recruit the right people in the first place, today’s attackers move so fast your team may quickly fall behind."
Beringea led the £9m investment to help the Manchester-based company expand its engineering and sales teams.
"The world of banking and financial management has changed and continues to do so at pace. Legislation, customer demand and rapid advances in technology, mean the choice of banking and financial services providers available to finance and treasury teams, especially those looking to transform their operations, is greater than ever before."
Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers backed the utility platform through its AIIF3 fund for a minority stake.
"This latest deal with AIIM shows BBOXX’s commitment to mobilising greater investment and capital in the off-grid sector, through partnering with major global companies."
The healthcare analytics firm raised the venture funding from Guinness EIS Funds to scale operations and enhance its artificial intelligence capabilities.
"our software platform business has been accelerating significant recently and so we are raising capital to scale the business through increased penetration of our existing customers and territories, as well as converting our expanding pipeline of new prospects. We have tripled our AI and ML investment over the last year through a number of long-term projects with existing customers. Our strategy continues to focus on real value creation with better outcomes for healthcare providers and their patients. As outcomes, efficiency and patient flow becomes more of a challenge globally, I’m fortunate to lead a team of people who are all dedicated to advancing the capabilities of data analytics in healthcare and improving care delivery."
The funding round was backed by GC Angels and Deepbridge Capital to fast track the consumer launch of the platform.
"Consumers are increasingly aware of the advantages of using digital investment managers as a simple, low cost way to invest money, whether that’s to save for a specific future goal such as a house purchase or for retirement, or just to build a rainy day pot."