LSP (Life Sciences Partners), the European life sciences investment group, has held the final closing of its new life sciences fund, LSP 5. The fund surpassed its USD170 million target and reached the ‘hard cap’ of USD280 million, making LSP 5 one of the largest life sciences funds in Europe.
Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm with a focus on application and infrastructure software and technology enabled services, is to acquire Qlik, a specialist in visual analytics software and provider of solutions for self-service data visualization and guided analytics. Under the terms of the all-cash transaction, which values Qlik at
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed the acquisition of Frank Russell Company’s asset management business (Russell Investments) from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a transaction valued at USD1,150 million. Reverence Capital Partners, a financial services-focused investment firm, partnered with TA Associates and has made a significant minority investment
Clear Ventures, a new Silicon Valley technology venture capital firm, has launched a new USD120 million venture capital fund. Founded by partners Chris Rust and Rajeev Madhavan, the fund's financial backers include institutional pension funds, educational endowments, charitable foundations and iconic technology industry executives with more than USD80 billion in
British fashion tech startup Thread, has closed a GBP4 million funding round which sees venture and growth capital investor Beringea join existing investors Balderton Capital and a number of angel investors. This follows the previous series A round led by Balderton with a number of angel investors which was announced
Private equity swap executive James Gamett has formed Sweetwater Capital Partners (SWCP), which will assist institutional investors with active management of their private equity portfolios. SWCP builds and manages direct investments, secondaries and co-investments to achieve desired outcomes. SWCP will focus predominantly in the US. Gamett will serve as Managing
Romulus Capital, a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on investing and building technology businesses, has launched its third fund with over USD75 million in commitments. Backed by investors in 15 countries, including 3 royal families, Asia's largest conglomerates, and individuals with strong ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Smartkarma, the premier collaborative marketplace for Asian investment research and analysis, has closed its second strategic funding round, raising USD4.7million USD to further expand its investment research offering. Smartkarma’s platform officially launched from closed beta in April 2016. This funding will be used to build on a number of key
Parthenon Capital Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco, has held the final closing of Parthenon Investors V with USD1.0 billion in commitments. PCP Fund V exceeded its initial fund target of USD850 million and hit its “hard cap” of USD1.0 billion.
UK mid-market private equity house Dinedin has backed the buyout of Kingsbridge Risk Solutions (Kingsbridge), an insurance broker for contractors and corporates. The transaction, sees Livingbridge, the mid-market private equity firm that backed Kingsbridge in January 2014, fully exit the business. This is Dunedin’s second investment in the
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