KKR leads a £295m growth investment in commercial intelligence platform Lighthouse to drive product innovation and international expansion.
"We’re extremely grateful to the 70,000+ hospitality providers, who have placed their trust in Lighthouse, I couldn’t be more energized by what we’re working towards. We’re just getting started in making hospitality data and tools more powerful, accessible, and affordable. This investment by KKR significantly accelerates our ability to enhance our commercial platform through expanded AI capabilities and additional data sets, enabling us to better serve our existing customers while continuing to expand across the hospitality market."
Northzone led the Series C financing round, which will fund the platform's expansion into new product categories.
"Nivoda has quickly emerged as a category-defining company that powers small retailers around the world. Nivoda is building a truly pioneering technology platform that creates value for all stakeholders across the ecosystem including consumers, suppliers, and retailers. We had the privilege of getting to know Dave and the team for over a year prior to investment and are very excited to partner with them on this journey."
The Series C financing was led by Elevage Medical Technologies with backing from Patient Square Capital and other investors.
"This significant investment demonstrates continued confidence in our team, our eProtein Discovery system, and our potential to revolutionize the way proteins are made. This funding will accelerate our mission to provide ready-to-use benchtop protein screening and making tools to empower protein scientists around the world. We are excited to enhance our support for our customers, enabling them to make proteins for drug discovery more efficiently and effectively for many years to come."
The investment was led by the BOKA Group to fund the commercial launch of the firm's first-generation terminal.
"All of our investors’ confidence reflects the critical role our technology plays in addressing the growing demand for resilient and seamless connectivity across defence and space industries. We are laser-focused on executing our strategy and delivering the cutting-edge solutions our partners and customers rely on, ensuring critical communications in the most challenging environments."
Optiver led the financing round with participation from FactSet, Nasdaq Ventures, IQ Capital and CTC Venture Capital.
"We are thrilled to welcome Optiver as a significant shareholder and are delighted to have the ongoing support from our existing investors who have backed the latest round. We have an incredibly diverse team of supporting investors, with deep-seated global market and technology expertise, and we are poised to scale the business further, as we build out and scale our data feed business and futures coverage and wider product offering globally."
