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Wealth Enhancement Group acquires Cimino Wealth Advisors

Wealth Enhancement Group, an independent wealth management firm that oversees approximately USD8.4 billion in total client assets, has acquired Cimino Wealth Advisors, an independent financial advisory practice with USD494.5 million in client assets based in Clinton, Wisconsin. The acquisition represents another significant step toward the long-term strategic goal Wealth Enhancement

Maven leads GBP2.7 million investment in Orchidsoft

UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP2.7 million investment in intranet software specialists Orchidsoft Limited (Orchid). A total of GBP2.2 million has been provided by Maven funds, which includes a GBP700,000 investment from the Finance Durham Fund, in addition to a GBP500,000 follow-on investment from

Mubadala to launch USD400m European tech fund

Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) of Abu Dhabi is to create a USD400 million fund to invest in leading European technology companies. The fund will be managed by Mubadala Ventures, the venture capital arm of Mubadala. SoftBank Group will participate as a strategic investor via its SIMI US Holdings I, investment

Ironwood Capital makes subordinated debt investment in Bush Industries

Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in Bush Industries, which is headquartered in Jamestown, New York. Funding was provided by Ironwood Mezzanine Fund IV LP and its affiliated funds. Bush Industries is a leading manufacturer and distributor of high quality, affordably priced “ready to assemble”

Blackstone Capital Partners Asia closes first fund at approximately USD2.3bn

Blackstone has held its final close on its first Asian private equity fund, Blackstone Capital Partners Asia (BCP Asia), reaching its hard cap. Together with commitments from Blackstone and its affiliates, BCP Asia has approximately USD2.3 billion of capital commitments. This, coupled with associated commitments from Blackstone’s global buyout fund,

Alta Partners closes USD130m fund

Alta Partners, a specialist in healthcare venture capital, has closed a new USD130 million fund – Alta Partners NextGen Fund I. This is the ninth fund in Alta Partners’ history and it will focus on the development of novel biotherapeutics and technology-enabled healthcare services. With the new fund’s closing, Alta

Agorai to invest GBP20m in UK AI market

Agorai, an integrated marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and data assets, has committed to invest GBP20 million in the UK AI market. The company says the investment will help accelerate the economic benefits that can be generated by leveraging the power of AI and its ability to transform society

Monroe Capital Supports Milestone Partners’ acquisition of RedZone Robotics

Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD21 million senior credit facility to support the acquisition of RedZone Robotics (RedZone), led by private equity sponsor, Milestone Partners. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, RedZone is a technology-enabled solutions business that uses proprietary robots

Inflexion supports Learning 2018 acquisition by CloserStill Media

Inflexion has supported CloserStill Media’s acquisition of Learning 2018, learning conference in the US. CloserStill was founded in 2008 and partnered with Inflexion in 2015. The business operates content-led exhibitions throughout the UK, Europe, the US and the Far East and has been ranked in The Sunday Times HSBC International

BGF invests GBP2.7m in digital mapping company Gaist

A highways technology company which has amassed a huge library of data about the UK’s road network has secured a GBP2.7 million investment from BGF to further expand its ground-breaking ‘roadscape’ services. Gaist captures and analyses continuous, high-definition imagery – 900 times the detail of Google Maps – about road

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