Handshake, a career network for US college students, has closed a USD40 million Series C funding round led by the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures), a European multi-stage VC fund. This funding round also includes participation from leading social impact investors including The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Omidyar Network (Omidyar),
Crossplane Capital, a new Dallas-based private equity firm, is to target control investments in niche manufacturing, value-added distribution and industrial business services companies, with up to USD200 million of revenue. With eight decades of combined experience transforming industrial companies as senior executives, operational improvement consultants, strategy consultants, restructuring advisors and
Backstop Solutions, a cloud-based productivity suite provider to the institutional investment industry, has completed a USD20 million round of financing. Existing and new investors participating in the round include Roger Kafker, a 30-year veteran investor in the asset management space, Tao Huang, former COO of Morningstar, David Bradley, President
True Ventures has closed its sixth early stage fund True Ventures VI with USD350 million in capital commitments and its third Select Fund True Ventures Select III at USD285 million. The firm will use Fund VI to continue investing in dynamic, category-leading founders building companies across a range of industries.
The State Street Global Exchange Private Equity Index (GXPEI) posted its second highest quarterly return of the past two years at 3.99 per cent in the second quarter of 2018. The venture capital category held its lead for the second quarter in a row with a 4.64 per cent gain,
Noerr has advised funds managed by Bregal Unternehmerkapital on its acquisition of trendtours Touristik as part of a succession arrangement. The shares were sold by the company’s founder and by the Managing Director and other shareholders. trendtours is one of the leading tour operators in Germany and offers a broad
Naxicap Partners, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has acquired a majority stake in Let’s Go Fitness following the exit of Afinum. Working in partnership with the company’s existing management, led by Jean-Pierre Sacco, François Victor and Steve Porchet, Naxicap Partners will launch a new phase of growth for the company.
Ipsos has acquired Synthesio in a deal worth over USD50 million in cash. Founded in 2006, Synthesio is a Social Media Intelligence specialist with presence in New York, Paris, London, Singapore, and Brussels, backed by its historical shareholders: Entrepreneur Venture, Idinvest Partners and Bpifrance. Synthesio employs 130 personnel worldwide including a
Inflexion Private Equity has invested in PMC Treasury (PMC), an independent provider of treasury and risk management solutions. The transaction sees Inflexion take a substantial minority stake in the business, with management re-investing as part of the deal. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV, Inflexion’s dedicated
HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the HIG Advantage Buyout Fund with aggregate capital commitments of USD3 billion, well in excess of its target. The Fund makes control equity investments in more stable, higher quality companies with EBITDA between USD25 million and USD100 million. The fund will capitalise on HIG’s established
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