Early-stage investor Rainbow Seed Fund today announces that Oxfordshire-based Cobalt Light Systems, a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies Inc. Cobalt Light Systems, a spin-out from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory which was funded from the earliest
Funds managed by Alpina Partners have acquired the quality management software division from ASI DataMyte. In the course of the carve-out of the American parent company, technology investment firm Alpina Partners (“Alpina”) acquired the quality management software division from ASI DataMyte. The existing management team around the managing director Sven
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Fortune Venture Capital (one of the funds collectively known as UMC Capital) in Taiwan have jointly invested JPY800 million in CerebrEX through a third-party allocation of shares, to develop the technology and business needed for the next-generation semiconductor products. CerebrEX is a fab-less
Maru Group, a technology-enabled market and customer insights group, has acquired Customer Experience technology company SynGro for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, SynGro will be rebranded to Maru/SynGro and its management team will remain with the Company to oversee its development and integration into the Group’s technology platform.
Pamlico Capital has made a substantial investment in Becker’s Healthcare. Founder Scott Becker, along with President and CEO Jessica Cole, will maintain significant ownership in Becker’s and Cole will continue to lead the Company. Headquartered in Chicago, Becker’s is an information and media platform that has established a thought leadership
Partech Ventures has held the final closing of its seventh venture fund at its hard cap of EUR400 million. The oversubscribed fundraising attracted commitments from thirty European and US investors along with business angels, entrepreneurs and tech executives. All previous investors renewed their support, and new leading international players joined
International law firm Proskauer is advising client GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on its acquisition of around a 30 per cent stake in Mergermarket Group from BC Partners. The transaction is subject to standard regulatory approvals. Mergermarket is a global financial information company specialising in corporate financial news and analysis
ClubCorp, a specialist in private golf, country, business, sports and alumni clubs in North America, is to be acquired by funds affiliated to Apollo Global Management in an all-cash deal worth USD1.1 billion. The Apollo funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ClubCorp for USD17.12 per share in
Gide is acting as lead counsel to Renault on its recently announced partnership with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (CBA), which will enable Renault to enter the growing light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in China. Under a binding framework cooperation agreement signed by the two companies on 5 July 2017
NewStar Financial has agreed to acquire Fifth Street CLO Management (FSCM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Street Holdings, for approximately USD16 million, net of USD13 million of assumed indebtedness and will be subject to adjustment up or down based on certain working capital items as of the closing of the
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