21 Partners, a European investment group founded by Alessandro Benetton and Gérard Pluvinet, is rebranding as 21 Invest. The company says its new name and logo more directly reflect the core activity of the Group, which in almost 30 years of activity has expanded from Italy to other geographies and
Mercatus, an asset and investment management platform, has partnered with professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to help customers accelerate digital and data strategies through Mercatus’ Investment Lifecycle Management product. The new wave of digitalised investors that is emerging has data as a strategic core competence. The companies say that
Private equity firm Corsair Capital (Corsair) has made a majority investment in ZEDRA Group (ZEDRA), a specialist in trust, corporate and fund services. Corsair has a long and successful track record of growing financial services firms across a diverse range of sectors, and its partnership with ZEDRA will support the
MPOWER Financing, a fintech company providing educational loans to high-potential international and DACA students, has completed its largest funding round to-date with USD110 million in new financing for students enrolling in major US universities. This latest round, led by Gray Matters Capital and Community Investment Management (CIM), will be used
MicroVest, a global impact investing asset management firm with USD368 million AUM, has appointed Phyllis Caldwell and Greg Gaeddert as new board members, effective November 2018. “We are thrilled to welcome Phyllis and Greg to our board at a very exciting time,” says MicroVest CEO Gil Crawford (pictured). “Phyllis’ experience
Main Post Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with deep experience investing in growth companies across the consumer value chain, has held the final closing of its second fund, Main Post Growth Capital II, with USD700 million of capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap less than
InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, has made a seed investment in WeTrip, a digital platform aiming to simplify group holiday planning and booking. InMotion’s seed stage funding will support WeTrip in its global ambition to become the go-to digital platform for booking personalised group experience holidays. In
Inflexion Private Equity has completed the buyout of MYCOM OSI, a provider of service assurance software to global telecommunication companies. The investment was made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, the company’s dedicated mid-market buyout fund. The business is poised for significant future growth as telecommunications companies transform to offer
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, is enhancing its private debt solution to meet growing demand from SMEs for flexible finance options to fund growth and support business strategy. The private debt offering, which was launched last year, will now fund financing requirements of GBP3-10million – up to
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP249,000 equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Limited through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Based in Nottingham, Footfalls has developed a revolutionary and proprietary process for manufacturing smart fabric, which uses nano-scale interactions within the textile to make the fabric itself the sensor.
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