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Data integration and transformation software developer Matillion has raised $100 million in a Series D Scale up funding.

16 Feb 2021

The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners, along with financing from Silicon Valley Bank U.K.…

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Tech investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has advised InvestSuite on its investment from PMV and 365.fintech.

16 Feb 2021

InvestSuite, with HQ in Leuven, Belgium but with a growing international presence in London, Sydney, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Madrid and Amsterdam has already acquired enterprise clients in multiple…

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Want to Sell Your Insurtech Biz? Find Out More Here

31 Jan 2021

Despite the COVID crisis, 2020 saw over 700 tech M&A deals in the UK and more than 4,700 globally. ICON believes the market will remain buoyant in 2021 boosted by low interest rates, high…

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The Rise of buy-and-build. How PE-backed acquirers are proving a force to be reckoned with.

08 Jan 2021

It’s been as great few years for Tech M&A. In the past four years 800-900 deals have been announced per year, 2019 was a vintage year. One of the drivers behind the wave of deals has been the…

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Virtual GP provider Doctor Care Anywhere has raised $102m to fund its UK and international expansion following the completion of its oversubscribed IPO

09 Dec 2020

UK-based Doctor Care Anywhere (DOC) raised $102 million after selling its CHESS Depositary Interests – a share equivalent generally used when the company is domiciled in another country – for 80¢…

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Top ten tips for preparing for a FinTech capital raise in 2020

19 Oct 2020

Low interest rates mean money is cheap. Understandably, many FinTech founders are asking whether now is the time to dust off the business plan and seek new investment? Is this really the moment to…

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ICON's Monica Shupikai Simmons in October 2020 Corporate Financier magazine

05 Oct 2020

Monica Shupikai Simmons, Director at ICON discusses with Corporate Financier the Cross-border pan-African deal that will boost growth and inclusion. Read the article here

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ICON's Ben Kolada featured in September 2020 Corporate Financier

05 Oct 2020

ICON Corporate Finance has expanded with a new location in San Francisco in addition to its UK offices in London and Bristol. Ben Kolada, former vice-president for big data investment banking at…

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ON DEMAND - Watch now The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

28 Sep 2020

Hear insights from a stellar line up of global FinTech leaders and investors including Guillaume Tellez of J.P. Morgan, Varun Purandare of Accel, Nigel Verdon of Railsbank, Maayan Levy of Viola…

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Stellar list of global FinTech leaders and investors to guide tech stars of tomorrow

21 Sep 2020

Tech-focussed investment bank ICON Corporate Finance has brought together some of the world’s brightest minds in FinTech and investment to provide a masterclass on how to successfully raise…

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Podcast: Once wary PE firms increasingly look to tech investment

14 Sep 2020

The pandemic has left a variety of market sectors in disarray. Technology companies, especially those in digitisation and enterprise software, are proving to be among the most resilient investments,…

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The FinTech Sector Will Lead M&A Activity Out of the Doldrums, and This Is Why … 

27 Aug 2020

Seven months into a global pandemic, the harsh lessons learned are creating a sweet spot for FinTech companies and start-ups and an expected uptick in deals involving US tech giants. And while…

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