Graycliff Partners sold HarperLove Holdings, LLC, a Charlotte, NC-based provider of specialty chemicals and services, to HBM Holdings Company.

The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

For over 40 years, HarperLove has worked with packaging manufacturers to provide a suite of additive solutions that impart physical attributes to corrugated and paper-based products.

Since acquiring HarperLove in 2014, Graycliff recruited the senior management team led by Alan Clark, CEO, embarked on a series of growth initiatives and improved margins through vertical integration – more than doubling profitability.

Graycliff Partners is an investment firm focused on making lower middle market investments, typically in manufacturing, business services and value-added distribution businesses. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578063609.7051895/Graycliff-Partners-Sells-HarperLove-to-HBM-Holdings-Company?ref=audio_experience

What is a PDF file and how can you open a PDF?

How To Open a PDF FileAn easy way to open a PDF is with your favourite web browser.

· Identical appearance: No matter what device clients use, your product catalogs and other PDF documents retain their flair.

Great Ways To Use a PDFNow that you know what is a PDF file and how to open them, what can you use this format for?

PDF files have one of the most flexible file types available, so the limits for business and personal use are endless. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578061909.903498/What-Is-a-PDF-File-And-What-Are-PDFs-For??ref=audio_experience

UK startup Receipt Bank, one of the world’s leading digital bookkeeping platforms, has raised more than €65.4 million in a successful Series C funding round.

Receipt Bank was founded in 2010 and is now one of the fastest growing UK technology companies.

Receipt Bank automates bookkeeping to save businesses time and money on their taxes, saving accountants one hour per client weekly and frees up small businesses from 120 hours of annual financial admin.

The platform processes and stores 45 new fields of small business financial data every second from receipts, bank accounts, invoices and bills.

Receipt Bank CEO, Adrian Blair, commented: “This investment is an endorsement of our mission at Receipt Bank – to help accountants do more, empowering millions of small businesses to save time on their finances and focus on growth. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578060006.7757065/Receipt-Bank-snaps-up-€65-million-to-expand-automated-bookkeeping-platform-globally?ref=audio_experience

When a company wants to compile its sales, production and other types of data, it relies on certain types of computer programs to do that.

Business intelligence software can sort these figures so that they can be studied and the results can be put into effect.

Here are some types of business intelligence tools available to corporations.

Many software programs that offer spreadsheets will allow you to email them to customers or others within the business.

Using business intelligence tools for your company can help boost your sales by combining the information from several different databases and delivering them to your company in the manner that works best. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578058206.8827996/Types-of-Business-Intelligence-Software?ref=audio_experience

Apart from solving problems maligning the agricultural sector, PM Modi said that the government is working towards creating a better future for farmers in India.

It has facilitated Indian farmers to sell their produce on e-mandi via eNam network, cold storage facilities, and logistics facilities among others.

eNam, Cold Storage Facilities And MoreAn online marketplace for trading agriculture commodities eNam currently has a total of 1.65 Cr farmers from 18 states and union territories across India.

The scheme also helps farmers cover their entire infrastructure facilities along with the logistics assistance or supply chain facilities, be it pre-cooling, sorting, waxing facilities at farm level, blast freezing, mobile cooling units among others.

PM Modi, at the event, had also announced about electronically transferring of INR 12 Cr to six crore families of farmers across India under the PM-KISAN programme. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578056408.5589368/Creating-Better-Future-For-Farmers-With-eNam-And-Other-Facilities:-PM-Modi?ref=audio_experience

In December 2019, European Investment Fund and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti reaffirmed their cooperation to boost Italian SMEs, Mid-Caps and startups.

Furthermore, the EIF and CDP, through the “Social Impact Italia” investment platform, will finance Italy’s main ethical financing institution, Banca Etica, and the leading microfinance institution, PerMicro.

Jointly promoted by CDP and EIF in 2018, the Caravella Fund is dedicated to supporting Italian startups and innovative SMEs, through co-investments with Italian “business angels”.

FUND I – Technology Transfer – the target of allocating EUR 200 million through the ITAtech investment platform has been reached ahead of time.

The platform, dedicated to financing technology transfer in Italy, was jointly launched three years ago and is managed by the EIF. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578054607.2589917/EIF-and-Cassa-Depositi-e-Prestiti-Continue-To-Cooperate?ref=audio_experience

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a new consultation paper on issues related to traffic management practices (TMPs) and the setting up of a multi-stakeholder body on net neutrality.

The paper discusses various challenges in the measurement of internet traffic and compilation of reasonable traffic management practices, the regulatory body said.

Related Article: Trai To Start Consultation For Internet Traffic Management Under Net Neutrality FrameworkEarlier in 2018, in response to TRAI’s net neutrality recommendations, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked TRAI to “recommend the composition, functions, role and responsibilities of the multi-stakeholder body”.

It had also asked the regulatory body to “recommend necessary traffic management practices for consideration of the DoT.”Why Net Neutrality Is Important?

As per the recent TRAI report, India has a total of 665.31 Mn internet subscribers, out of which, wired internet subscribers are 21.6 Mn and wireless internet subscribers are 643.6 Mn. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578052807.7785742/TRAI-Releases-Consultation-Paper-On-Internet-Traffic-Management,-Net-Neutrality?ref=audio_experience

UK sleep-tech firm Simba, which produces the multi-award winning Simba Hybrid mattress range, has today announced it has agreed to €21.5 million in investment from Cartesian Capital Group, to fund its global sleep ambitions.

Launched in February 2016, the sleep-tech brand landed €45 million Series B investment in 2017 (and we included them in our list of European startups to help keep you comfy at home this winter!)

Today, half of the UK’s retail distribution network stocks the brand, whilst in Canada, Simba has partnered with Canada’s largest specialist sleep store, Sleep Country.

Steve Reid, CEO at Simba said, “In 2019, we cemented our position as the world’s most five-star reviewed mattress brand with over 80,000 five-star online reviews.

Simba’s innovations and proprietary technology create a uniquely attractive value proposition and a truly global appeal.” | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578051006.6006389/London-based-Simba-raises-€21.5-million-to-become-the-world’s-number-one-sleep-brand?ref=audio_experience

Cadent, an advanced TV platform company, acquired 4INFO, a data activation platform provider based in San Jose, CA.

The acquisition will enable Cadent to expand its cross-screen solutions for national advertisers with advanced audience targeting, and over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) video buying capabilities.

Led by Tim Jenkins, CEO, 4INFO provides a data activation platform that incorporates patented audience graph technology that resolves multiple TV devices back to a household.

This matching fabric enables national TV advertisers to de-duplicate and map audience segments into the full universe of television, providing a precise measurement of targeted reach.

Led by Nick Troiano, CEO, Cadent provides marketers, agencies, operators, and media owners with data-driven solutions for buying and selling TV advertising. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578049208.6430042/Cadent-Acquires-4INFO?ref=audio_experience

Receipt Bank, a London, UK-based provider of a digital bookkeeping platform, raised $73 million (£55 million) in Series C equity and debt funding.

The round was led by Insight Partners and Augmentum Fintech plc with participation from existing investors Kennet Partners (Kennet) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).

The company intends to use the funds to continue expansion in Europe, Australia and North America, and build on its product suite.

Led by CEO Adrian Blair, Receipt Bank provides a digital bookkeeping platform which leverages proprietary machine learning technology.

The company’s solution processes and stores 45 new fields of small business financial data every second from receipt photos, bank accounts, invoices and bills. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578047408.087949/Receipt-Bank-Raises-$73M-in-Series-C-Funding?ref=audio_experience