Wavecrest Growth Partners and Abry Partners Make Growth Investment in Pole Star
April 7, 2021
Wavecrest Growth Partners and Abry Partners completed a growth investment in Pole Star Space Applications Limited to accelerate hiring, scale sales, and expand product development for its cloud-based maritime compliance, surveillance, and sustainability SaaS solutions. The capital will support commercialization and innovation into AI, ML and distributed ledger technologies as Pole Star pursues broader digitalisation across maritime trade, ports, and commodity finance markets.
- Buyers
- Wavecrest Growth Partners, Abry Partners
- Targets
- Pole Star Space Applications Limited
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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