Permira and BlackRock Private Equity Partners backed the financing round, which values the company at $2.1bn.
"The rise of open banking presents a once-in-a-generation shift, one that will change the way payments happen all over the world. I am delighted to have partners like Permira and BlackRock Private Equity Partners on board, with their global footprint and strong expertise in tech, to support us in building a direct bank payment network that lets payments flow freely, without cards, expiration dates or extra costs. I look forward to working with them and our new board members to accelerate the future development of GoCardless."
Jenson Funding Partners backed the pre-seed round to help the digital coaching startup expand its market presence and enhance product development.
"In my previous career, I concluded that one-off training isn’t enough to help people upskill. To become successful, young professionals really need a buddy to coach them through their daily activities and monitor their learning to really change them for good. With AI, we’ve been able to create this mentoring personal assistant that is affordable and can be with users all the time."
Kindred Capital led the seed round to support international expansion and product development at m3ter.
"Usage-based pricing offers huge rewards for SaaS businesses, but it isn’t easy to implement. We experienced the pain ourselves when building our previous startup, but we also saw what good tooling can look like at AWS. Today, we’re proud to launch m3ter so that all SaaS businesses can intelligently deploy and manage usage-based pricing."
The oversubscribed round will fund inventory, marketing, product testing, recruitment, and intellectual property protection.
"Until Oodee, there has been an acute lack of evidence and support for women and men who can’t find a solution to random skin flare-ups. It can be a lonely, frustrating, and often painful place to be. Something I have struggled with for over a decade. We are delighted that angel investors have backed our mission to close the gap and change the face of skincare as we know it."
The London-based eCommerce start-up raised the capital from angel investors including backers from Snap, Catch and MoneySupermarket.
"Online shopping is broken with frustrated Shoppers having to open an explosion of tabs just to find a pair of sneakers in a size that fits. I’m not prepared to accept or adapt to that experience. We’ve come a long way since I took out a personal loan to bootstrap the company and this latest round of funding will enable us to turbo-charge the business. Offering our registered aisle 3 Shoppers a single basket across any retailer is possibly the most exciting opportunity in e-commerce right now. We’re always hiring and looking forward to hearing from commercial partners, investors and potential team members ahead of our visit to Shoptalk [in Las Vegas] at the end of March "
