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As Australians approach retirement, there can often be a sense of trepidation about what lies ahead. And, for a significant proportion of Australians, retirement comes unexpectedly early which can be a cause of considerable angst. Our research shows that those who plan ahead and expect the unexpected retain a greater sense of control and have much less of an emotional roller coaster as they move through their retirement journey. We can help retirees build and retain their sense of control by keeping on building trust and educating them, modelling possible outcomes and demonstrating a planned approach – including providing a Plan B. - Richard Dinham, Fidelity International. Earn 0.25 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum

“To me, the arts community really is the soul of a community… We love the idea of contributing to the arts community and contributing to the soul of Brisbane.” 

Paul Taylor is the Head of Investments at global funds manager Fidelity International and a member of Brisbane Festival’s Giving Committee.  

His family’s patronage and passion for the arts runs deep, and they are motivated to support local artists to produce new works and assist Brisbane Festival to deliver significant works developed elsewhere – giving the people of Brisbane the opportunity to experience artistic works they may not see otherwise.  

In this podcast, Paul discusses Australia’s unique culture of philanthropy, his personal ‘why’ for giving, and the reasons that Brisbane Festival is a sure-fire bet for an investor. 

“It’s about participation. Everything makes a difference. You don’t have to donate thousands of dollars - a donation of $100 is a great way to make a contribution.”

Brisbane Festival returns to fill the city with three weeks of wonder, delight and celebration from 2 – 24 September 2022. For information and tickets, visit brisbanefestival.com.au 

Beginners’ Call records on Turrbal and Yugerra country in Meanjin, Brisbane. Brisbane Festival recognises the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples play in our creative, artistic and celebration spaces and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Podcast Curator: Louise Bezzina (Brisbane Festival)

Podcast Guests: Paul Taylor (Brisbane Festival Giving Committee)

Podcast Host: Adam Brunes (Aruga) 

Podcast Producer: Gilberto Castillo (The Podcast Boss) 

Welcome back to United Kingdom Tech Weekly Deals Roundup, a weekly podcast by Tracxn for key startup deals in the United Kingdom from last week. 

In this edition, we will cover funding rounds of Gousto, EyeBio, Redsift, and more. In exits, we will cover the acquisition of The GP Service by Kanabo among others.

Starting with our deep dive into funding rounds, tech companies in the United Kingdom raised around $534 million of funding across 26 funding rounds during this week.

In a major funding round event, London-based Online Grocery startup Gousto, raised $230 million in a Series F funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Railpen, Fidelity International, Grosvenor Group, and others. Gousto achieved unicorn status on 2nd November 2020 when it raised $32 million from Perwyn and others. Gousto is an online subscription platform offering recipe boxes. Gousto operates a recipe kit subscription service where users are sent three recipes per week. Gousto offers recipes such as beef wraps, chicken noodles, biriyani, and more. Founded in 2012, Gousto has raised $592 million till date.

Life Sciences startup, EyeBio, has raised its first Series A funding of $65 million from Jeito, SV Health Investors and Samsara with participation from MRLV. EyeBio is a developer of therapies to treat ophthalmological diseases. EyeBio focuses on the generation of therapies that restore and improve vision in patients with sight-threatening eye diseases. EyeBio's lead product is an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drug for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. London-based EyeBio was founded in 2021.

Enterprise Infrastructure startup, Redsift, raised $54 million in a Series B funding round led by Highland Europe with participation from MMC Ventures, Sands Capital and Oxford Capital. Redsift offers an anti-phishing solution. Redsift offers a visualisation platform for business data related to CRM, email, websites, and customer data in real-time. Redsift provides an SDK to connect to major services such as Gmail, Home Buyer, Slack, and Facebook. Redsift offers email security services against phishing attacks. Founded in 2015, London-based Redsift has raised $69 million till date.

In another funding round event, HealthTech startup, Automata, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Octopus Ventures with participation from ABB, In-Q-Tel and Latitude, and others. Automata is a provider of lab automation robots. Automata offers human collaborative and arm-based lab automation robots. Automata offers robots for processing samples, drug screening, colony counting, and acid testing. Automata also provides cloud-enabled robot management software to schedule and orchestrate the protocols from a single platform. Founded in 2015, London-based Automata has raised $66 million till date.

London-based FinTech startup, Weavr, raised $40 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from LocalGlobe, QED Investors, United First Partners, and others. Weavr is a cloud-based virtual card payment solution for innovators and payment providers. Weavr offers virtual cards for business payouts, consumer payments, and business purchasing. Weavr also provides API keys to configure and develop the pre-built payment templates, which can be embedded in consumer applications and can be used to drive business processes. Founded in 2018, Weavr has raised $55 million till date.

This was all from the funding updates, moving on to the exits. United Kingdom Tech observed 10 exits during the week of 27 Feb 2022.

Leicester-based HealthTech startup, The GP Service, was acquired by Kanabo for $18 million. The GP Service is an online doctor consultation platform and pharmacy store. The GP Service enables users to seek online doctor consultations, and request prescriptions and refills. The GP Service also enables users to opt for home delivery of medication from a pharmacy of their choice. Founded in 2014, The GP Service has raised $4 million till date from Maven Capital Partners, Midlands Engine Investment Fund, and others.

Energy Storage Tech startup, InstaVolt, was acquired by EQT. InstaVolt is a provider of electric vehicle charging solutions. InstaVolt operates DC charging stations and offers solutions for consumers and fleet operators to manage their charging operations. InstaVolt provides a mobile application for users to find charging points in their vicinity. Founded in 2016, InstaVolt has raised $62 million till date from Zouk Capital.

London-based Fintech startup, Purely Capital, was acquired by Pipe. Purely Capital offers a platform to accept payments from account receivables. Purely Capital enables users to accelerate long-dated contracts from a range of global streaming and broadcast platforms. Purely Capital ensures data privacy and also has a Purely Collection platform that manages the entire collection by digitising all agreements as smart contracts built on a decentralised blockchain platform. Founded in 2018, Purely Capital has raised $2 million till date from Finch Capital.

In another acquisition event, Blockchain Technology startup, Trustology, was acquired by Bitpanda. Trustology is a provider of digital-key safeguarding and custodial solutions for cryptocurrencies. Trustology offers customisable accounts which safeguard the digital assets of an individual, business, exchange, and institutional client. Trustology also provides a platform to safeguard crypto assets. Founded in 2017, London-based Trustology has raised $8 million till date from Two Sigma Ventures and Consensys Labs.

Overwatch Research, a Belfast-based Life Science Tech startup, was acquired by Benchling. Overwatch Research is an online platform for tracking and managing clinical data. Overwatch Research's platform is used to manage in vivo experiments, create workflows, manage multiple studies, study randomisation, assign and manage tasks in CROs, preclinical labs, and academic institutions. Founded in 2017, Overwatch Research has raised $4 million till date from Operator Partners, Frontline, Techstart Ventures, and others.

This was all for today, we will be back next Monday with more updates. You can subscribe to our podcast on Google Podcasts to stay updated. If you have any feedback, please reachout to us at podcast@tracxn.com. Thank you for tuning in today, see you next week.

A recent independent research study looking into retirement from the perspectives of over 1,500 older Australians found that finances are at the fulcrum of their happiness and well-being. But it's complicated. There is a paradox in that while the absence of financial stress is a major driver of well-being, increasing wealth is not. And, the study found that financial advisers are the keystone to retirees' well-being: relieving retirees of their short-term stressors; providing retirees with a sense of control in their lives; providing confidence that they can deal with the unexpected; enabling retirees to nurture relationships; and, helping retirees live consistent with their values. - Jason Andriessen, MYMAVINS for Fidelity International. Earn 0.50 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum 

Fidelity is a recognized pioneer in multifactor investing in credits. The asset manager employs an award-winning strategy that uses a unique long-term dataset to capture the characteristics of the global corporate bond market with a keen eye on sustainability. In this podcast, Ilia Chelomianski, portfolio manager at Fidelity International, explains the fundamentals of multifactor investing in credits and discusses the risks and benefits of this systematic approach to the corporate bond market.

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Deze informatie is uitsluitend bedoeld voor beleggingsprofessionals en niet voor particulieren. De waarde van beleggingen kunnen fluctueren, en u loopt het risico het belegde bedrag niet terug te krijgen. Dit voorbeeld is gebaseerd op veronderstelde cijfers en is uitsluitend bedoeld ter illustratie. Dit fonds belegt op buitenlandse markten en de waarde van de beleggingen kan dan ook worden beïnvloed door wijzigingen in de wisselkoersen. Er bestaat een risico dat uitgevers van obligaties niet in staat zijn de rente of het geleende geld terug te betalen. Wanneer de rentevoeten stijgen, kan de waarde van obligaties dalen. Stijgende rentevoeten kunnen dan ook een daling van de waarde van uw belegging tot gevolg hebben. Door het hogere risico dat de emittent in gebreke blijft, is het beleggen in bedrijfsobligaties over het algemeen minder veilig dan het beleggen in overheidsobligaties. Het ETF volgt een aandelenindex en daardoor kan de waarde van het fonds zowel dalen als stijgen. De rendementscijfers zijn gebaseerd op de intrinsieke waarde (IW) van het ETF, die mogelijk afwijkt van de marktprijs van het ETF. Individuele aandeelhouders kunnen een rendement realiseren dat afwijkt van het IW-rendement. Ingenomen standpunten zijn mogelijk niet langer actueel en er is mogelijk reeds naar gehandeld. Resultaten uit het verleden bieden geen garantie voor de toekomst. Verwijzingen naar specifieke effecten mogen niet worden opgevat als advies om deze effecten te (ver)kopen.

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The days when investors and corporate decision-makers could succeed without much understanding of geopolitics are over. Portfolio construction practitioners must stop relying on news flow for their political analysis, and instead go back to the drawing board and focus systematically on the constraints facing global policymakers, in order to successfully extract the implications for portfolios. - David Bridges & Marko Papic. Earn 0.50 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum

The playbook hasn’t just been rewritten, it’s been thrown out! The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a step change in policy, accelerated trends and transformed investment frameworks. Government intervention, fiscal activism, corporate governance, sustainability and the continued Asian economic strength characterise this new world and new economic order. Opportunities will arise out of dislocation - but risk assessment and risk management are ever important and the impacts on asset allocation, security selection and portfolio construction mean a more regional view is required. - Paras Anand, Fidelity International. Earn 0.50 CE/CPD hrs on Portfolio Construction Forum

Andrew McCaffery is the Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity International. Coming from humble beginnings Andrew quickly rose through the ranks and over the past 3 decades has been advising, allocating and closely working with some of the most successful and largest hedge funds worldwide. In this interview, you will learn about Andrew’s lifelong dedication to learning, the mindset of challenging yourself and entrepreneurial spirit focused on innovation. 

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