Led · Debt Financing · Nov 2025

Klarna operates a payments and commerce network that serves more than 118 million consumers and works with over one million merchants, processing millions of transactions daily. The company leverages its regulated banking license as a strategic advantage to access funding structures used by established financial institutions. Klarna has pursued multiple Significant Risk Transfer transactions — the recent $1.7 billion deal is its sixth and largest — to optimize capital deployment and reduce risk-weighted assets. It also announced a $2 billion facility intended to support up to $17 billion of U.S. financing expansion. Combined, these funding initiatives are intended to enable Klarna to support over $40 billion in lending capacity. Klarna is using these capital-efficiency structures to scale its consumer credit offerings and expand lending, particularly in the United States.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2024

Travelport provides a marketplace, Travelport+, that connects buyers and sellers of travel and simplifies how brands connect, upgrades how travel is sold, and enables modern digital retailing. The company operates in more than 165 countries and is led by CEO Greg Webb. Travelport’s platform supports a wide range of carrier NDC offerings and includes a Content Curation Layer — an AI/ML-powered search engine that normalizes and personalizes sources of travel content. The company intends to use recent financing to continue investing in its technology platforms and customer offerings. Its stated product roadmap includes accelerating new developments in Travelport+, expanding NDC support, and further developing the Content Curation Layer. Travelport is a Langley, UK-based technology company that powers bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide. Its next-generation marketplace, Travelport+, connects buyers and sellers and aims to simplify how brands connect, upgrade how travel is sold, and enable modern digital retailing. The company operates in more than 165 countries around the world. Led by CEO Greg Webb, Travelport reported a strong first-quarter performance and best-in-class tech achievements. It recently acquired Deem, a corporate travel management platform, and intends to use new capital to continue executing its growth strategy.

Participated · Series C · Aug 2021

Oddup is a Hong Kong-based provider of data-driven insights for the startup and cryptocurrency ecosystems. Led by co-founder and CEO James Giancotti, the company offers technology that delivers startup, investor, sector, and ecosystem data insights and analyses used by management consultancies, corporates, data companies, startups, and investors. Its tools are used daily by organizations including Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters Refintiv, Factiva and Amazon. Oddup currently tracks more than 300,000 companies, 63,000 investors across 15 sectors and 30 territories. The company closed a $12.8M Series C funding round. It intends to use the funds to accelerate global expansion and product development, with a particular focus on crypto-assets, digital ledger technologies, blockchain and virtual currencies. Oddup is a Hong Kong-based research platform that uses data and analysis to provide information to startup investors. It gives analytical information on startups, rates them on a 0–100 score, and delivers startup data, research, and media aimed at angel investors, venture capital and private equity professionals. The platform is free to sign up with paid subscriptions for premium reports and in-depth analysis. Oddup also offers an API for customers to integrate startup data and mobile apps for iOS and Android. The company partnered with Thomson Reuters and relaunched its website to broaden access to the Asian startup landscape. Oddup has raised US$6m in a Series A (bringing total funding to US$7m) and intends to use proceeds to expand into India and complete expansion throughout Asia.

Led · Equity · Jan 2021

Removery is an innovative tattoo removal company formed in 2019 through the merger of four leading tattoo removal brands. Led by CEO Tom Weber, it operates 40 locations across the U.S. and Canada. Its laser specialists have completed more than 250,000 laser tattoo removal treatments. The company offers tattoo removal, change, and fade services across North America. It will use a $50M strategic investment to support domestic and international expansion. The business has completed three capital rounds and was initially funded by Australian incubator Normanby Capital, collaborator Peter Chapman, and key members of the management team.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2020

Plum Lending, operating under Plum Inc., is a fintech platform focused on reinventing the $4 trillion U.S. commercial real-estate mortgage market through the use of data science and artificial intelligence. By automating and optimizing loan underwriting, the company aims to deliver faster, more transparent financing solutions to property owners and investors. Founder and CEO Bill Fisher positions the venture as a technology-driven alternative to traditional CRE lenders. Backed by notable investors such as QED Investors and Renren Inc., Plum plans to leverage its technology to scale into a national commercial real-estate lending franchise. The firm’s recent partnership with Elliott Management is intended to accelerate this nationwide expansion. While specific revenue or user figures were not disclosed, the company highlights a substantial market opportunity and the credibility of its institutional backers as key strengths.