Snyk, a company that helps organisations use open source code securely, has closed a USD22 million Series B investment round led by Accel, with participation from GV and existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Heavybit and others. Open source software (OSS) is embraced by over 95 per cent of enterprises, which dramatically
Global fashion brand Michael Kors Holdings Limited is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Italian luxury fashion house Gianni Versace for a total enterprise value of EUR1.83 billion, or approximately USD2.12 billion. Versace, long recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury fashion companies, is synonymous with Italian
Private equity fund manager and central and eastern Europe specialist, ForeVest Capital Partners, has closed a general partner-led secondary transaction of a fund on which it advises, PineBridge New Europe Partners II, LP (NEP II). In this transaction, a new investment fund, advised by ForeVest, has acquired portfolio companies from
Alder II AB (Alder), a Nordic investment fund focussing on developing sustainable technology companies, together with the management team, is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Scanacon Intressenter AB (Scanacon) from Verdane Capital VII K/S (Verdane). Scanacon is a provider of acid management systems used in the
Audax Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Acuant from Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners. Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of Acuant, says: “We selected Audax because they share our vision and commitment to creating frictionless, trusted transactions that protect businesses from unnecessary risk. By
Funds advised by Apax Partners have acquired Authority Brands, a North American franchisor of home services, from PNC Riverarch Capital. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands is the parent company of two home services franchisors:
Hedge fund stalwart, Lord Stanley Fink, has made a GBP3 million investment in UK-based turnkey homes specialist, Project Etopia. Project Etopia creates turn-key properties that combine passive design, affordability, renewable energy generation, intelligent heating and cooling systems and smart home technology. The cash injection from former Conservative Party Treasurer
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand. The
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have launched AltitudeOne Aviation with plans to acquire a portfolio of leased in-production narrow body and wide body commercial aircraft. L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have committed equity capital of approximately USD250 million to AltitudeOne Aviation, which will be supplemented with bank financing. Airborne Capital
TBG AG, a Switzerland-based private holding company and the owner of DTN, an independent provider of decision-support solutions to the global agriculture, oil and gas and other weather-sensitive industries, is to acquire MetoGroup, a global weather specialist. “We welcome the new owner who has significant experience in meteorological intelligence. The
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