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NewVoiceMedia secures USD30m investment

Cloud technology specialist NewVoiceMedia has secured USD30 million in a new round of funding. New investor BGF Ventures joined existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), Eden Ventures, Highland Capital Partners Europe, Salesforce Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). The new investment will accelerate NewVoiceMedia’s international growth plans, with particular emphasis

Mission Capital secures GBP3m backing from investors

Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has backed venture capital investors Mission Capital with a GBP3 million facility to support the firm’s future acquisitions in the manufacturing sector. Established in 2014, Mission Capital looks to invest in innovative manufacturing and distribution firms in the UK, helping them to achieve their growth

LeapFrog invests in Ghana’s UT Life

LeapFrog Investments has acquired a majority stake in UT Life Insurance Company (UT Life), one of the key players in the life insurance sector in Ghana. This is LeapFrog’s third direct investment in Ghana, and second in the life insurance sector. UT Life is a rapidly growing life insurer, with

Corstone holds closing of Growth Strategy M&A Private Equity Fund

Corstone has held the closing of the Corstone Growth Strategy M&A Private Equity Fund, a KRW150 billion (USD124.5 million) fund managed primarily by Corstone Asia’s investment team located in Seoul, Korea. The Fund’s mandate is to target M&A and growth equity investments in small to mid-sized companies domiciled in South

Sonovate raises GBP20 million in capital funding

Sonovate, a UK-based Fintech recruitment contract finance provider, has raised GBP5 million in a Series A funding round led by Dawn Capital and supported by DN Capital, with a further GBP15 million in debt funding provided by Shawbrook Business Credit. Richard Prime and Damon Chapple, former directors of a FTSE

HighQ completes USD50 million growth financing round

HighQ, a specialist in software-as-a-service collaboration and content management solutions, has completed of a USD50 million growth equity investment from One Peak Partners, Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking and Goldman Sachs Private Capital. The investment will help HighQ expand its international footprint and support its product development initiatives, enabling it to

Belcan to acquire East Kilbride Engineering Services

Belcan, a supplier of engineering consultancy services and technical staffing solutions, is to acquire European-based East Kilbride Engineering Services (EKES), an engineering consultancy across a variety of disciplines and sectors.  Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016, have not been disclosed.  EKES,

Lightyear Capital and PSP Investments to acquire AIG Advisor Group

Lightyear Capital (Lightyear), a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services investing, today announced that Investment funds affiliated with private equity firm Lightyear Capital and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), are to acquire AIG Advisor Group, a subsidiary of American International Group (AIG).   Terms

Insurers in developed markets face wave of suitors in M&A surge

Global M&A activity in the insurance sector hit new highs in 2015, with EUR129.3 billion (USD143.5 billion) worth of transactions announced during the year, according to Towers Watson’s latest Insurance M&A Annual Report. The reports says that this surge reflects a number of macro themes, including the continued availability both

Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund commits USD30m to two VC funds

Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund (NVCF) has made commitments totalling USD30 million to two leading Canadian venture capital funds: iNovia Investment Fund 2015 and Information Venture Partners II. These recent commitments are in addition to the commitments that NVCF has already made to a number of other top Canada-based/focused venture fund

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