China-name chipmaker CanSemi Technology secured $672 million in a new funding round led by Guangzhou Yuexiu Industrial Investment Fund Management, the private equity (PE) unit of Chinese publicly-listed firm Yuexiu Financial Holdings, according to a report by DealStreetAsia. The new funding will be used to finance the construction of new

BaltCap, a Baltics-focused private equity and venture capital investor, has sold Latvian company Vendon SIA to Azkoyen, a Spanish technology company. Vendon SIA is part of Draugiem Group and is a leading company in connectivity and IoT solutions in digital payment and telemetry in Central Europe.   Vendon provides remote

GCM Grosvenor, through its Labor Impact Strategy, and New York-based Blue Wolf Capital Partners (Blue Wolf) have acquired Hallcon Corporation (Hallcon) from Novacap, a Canadian private equity firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Hallcon is a North American provider of mission-critical transportation services and infrastructure for a

Growth capital investor BGF has committed a further £5 million to support Operam Education Group’s buy-and-build growth strategy. Operam Education Group, an education recruitment agency in the North of England, has received a further £2.5 million from BGF, alongside £2.5 million of senior debt from HSBC, to support the acquisition

A fund managed bybEuropean-Asian private equity firm AGIC Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in Eulitha AG, a specialised technology provider of non-contact nano-UV-lithography equipment and services. Founded in 2006 in Switzerland, Eulitha offers unique and cost-efficient non-contact, high-resolution photolithography systems and customised patterning services for a wide range of

New Fortress Energy (NFE) and Apollo have entered into a definitive Equity Purchase and Contribution Agreement to sell 11 LNG infrastructure vessels owned by NFE to a newly formed joint venture (JV) between funds managed by Apollo and NFE in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. The JV will

SymTerra, a communications platform for the construction project supply chain, has closed its first seed round at $1.7m, led by Samaipata, with participation from Nemetschek, Pi Labs and Accel. The ‘Slack for construction’ platform is designed to eliminate construction uncertainty through its communication, collaboration and visibility tool. Over 30% of

Zeed, an investment platform that uses short-form video to empower Gen-Z investors in Europe, has secured £205,000 in pre-seed funding led by SFC Capital. The London-based FinTech startup makes investing more accessible to Gen-Z by pairing in-house finance content with trade execution. The funding will be used to continue building

Verdane has led a $21 million growth equity investment in Danish IoT network Onomondo. The round also included participation from existing investors Maersk Growth, People Ventures and The Danish Growth Fund. The new funding will be used to scale Onomondo’s team and internationalise by accelerating growth in Europe. The company

Integral Venture Partners (Integral) has made an investment in Econic One, a technology company focused on the design and manufacturing of smart electric bicycles. Integral’s investment is structured to come in two phases: in the first phase (already executed in the second quarter of 2022), Integral is leading an investment