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Keensight Capital raises EUR200 million for first closing of fund IV

Growth private equity firm Keensight Capital has held a first close of EUR200 million for its new fund Keensight IV. With this fund, the fourth vehicle to be managed by the investment team, Keensight Capital will continue to execute the same strategy it has pursued with success throughout the years.

Palamon secures 3x return from Prospitalia exit

PS Sà rl, which is majority-owned by the funds managed by private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners, has sold its investment in PS TopCo GmbH to an undisclosed investor.  PS TopCo is a parent of Prospitalia.  Over the term of its investment in PS Sà rl, Palamon has generated a

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Morgan Lewis advises Blue Water Energy on investment in Unique Maritime Group

Law firm Morgan Lewis has advised London-based Blue Water Energy (BWE), an energy focused private equity firm, on its investment in Dubai-based Unique Maritime Group (UMG). BWE was founded in 2011 and closed its Fund I in 2013 with USD861 million in commitments.   Fund I’s investment strategy is focused

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Lariat Partners closes first fund at USD118m

Private equity firm Lariat Partners has held the final closing on Lariat Partners Fund I at USD118 million. The firm has closed three of an anticipated five Fund I platform companies since November 2013, including its most recent deal in March: the USD100 million acquisition of Newpark Environmental Services through

Zoyi Capital invests in Taiwan Farm Industry

Zoyi Capital has invested in Taiwan Farm Industry (TFI), a processed meat producer in Taiwan. TFI has a strong presence in both the retail and wholesale Taiwanese markets and has developed long-term relationships with a group of distributors that exclusively sell TFI’s meat products to wholesale customers.   Zoyi Capital,

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Beamz Interactive completes PE investment financing

Beamz Interactive has raised USD1 million of private funding from selected accredited investors at a price of USD0.05 per unit. Each unit consists of one share of restricted common stock and one three-year warrant with an exercise price of USD0.05.    The offering was led by management, who invested USD400,000

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Octopus backs Elliptic Bitcoin storage

Elliptic, the digital asset services company, has completed a USD2m funding round led by venture capital firm Octopus Investments. This funding comes just six months after the launch of Elliptic Vault, the world’s first insured Bitcoin storage service.   The seed-funding round, which sees Octopus invest alongside a number of

Dundee Corporation increases stake in Latin American holding company Union Group

Union Group, a major investor in real assets in emerging Latin American countries, has completed a capital increase with Dundee Corporation, a Canadian asset manager with a track record in resources investments. The sale takes Dundee’s stake in the company to 40 per cent and proceeds will be immediately deployed

Cisco invests in Georgian Partners Fund II

Cisco has made an investment in Georgian Partners Growth Fund II, the newest fund from Georgian Partners, a growth equity firm investing in expansion-stage software companies. "We are very pleased to have Cisco investing our second fund," says Simon Chong, co-founder and managing director of Georgian Partners. "To have a

Bridgepoint Development Capital acquires Phlexglobal

Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has acquired Phlexglobal, a provider of Trial Master File and electronic Trial Master File solutions and services to the life sciences sector. Phlexglobal was previously backed by Inflexion.   BDC will support Phlexglobal’s plans to develop technologies, expand its client base across pharma, biotech and contract

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