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New VC firm announces market-focused investment strategy, portfolio and first fund

2 September 2015

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Cloud Apps Capital Partners has announced its market-focused investment strategy targeting early-stage companies in the cloud business applications sector, and its first fund. Founded by former salesforce.com executive and venture capitalist Matt Holleran (pictured), the firm takes an innovative approach to supporting early-stage companies. Leveraging

European IPO markets stay strong in 2015 despite obstacles

1 September 2015

With 128 listings on European exchanges raising EUR31.3bn in the year to July 2015, the continent’s IPO market is in robust health despite economic and political hurdles, according to a new report from the Mergermarket Group. Deals still in the pipeline could see this year beat 2014’s bumper EUR42bn issuance.

Conztanz secures EUR2m funding led by A Plus Finance and Pléiade Venture

1 September 2015

Conztanz, a software editor in the Aviation sector, has completed its first fundraising of EUR2 million with A Plus Finance and Pléiade Venture to finance its R&D activity and business development. Created in July 2013 and located in Sophia-Antipolis in the heart of the French Silicon Valley, Conztanz intends to

WEALTH at work acquires Life Academy to further enhance its growth

1 September 2015

Following a recent investment from private equity house Equistone Partners Europe, WEALTH at work has made its first strategic acquisition. WEALTH at work, itself a leading provider of financial education, guidance and advice in the workplace, has acquired a direct competitor – Life Academy, the education and employee engagement programme

Montagu Private Equity Fund V closes at EUR2.75bn

1 September 2015

Montagu Private Equity has close its fifth fund (Montagu V) at EUR2.75 billion, reaching the hard cap set for the fund. Montagu V has been able to attract a broad mix of investors by type and geographical mix, including increased commitments from pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds

DreamBox Learning secures USD10m in Series B funding

1 September 2015

DreamBox Learning has closed USD10 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Owl Ventures and includes investment from Tao Capital Partners. The company also announced the addition of Tory Patterson (pictured), co-founder and managing partner of Owl Ventures, to its Board of Directors. Patterson currently serves on

Aurelius acquires the ARBAprocessing Group

1 September 2015

Aurelius Mittelstandskapital (Aurelius), the SME focussed investment arm of Aurelius Group, has acquired the privately owned company, Emsdetten-based ARBAprocessing Group for an undisclosed sum. ARBAprocessing Group is a leading European manufacturer of containers and collection vehicles for the dairy industry. Long-serving Managing Director and majority shareholder Reinhold Barlian will step

Altium advises on GBP125m sale of Bifold to Rotork

31 August 2015

Mid-market private equity house LDC has exited its investment in oil and gas engineering business Bifold Group to Rotork. Bifold is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of valves and pumps to the oil and gas sector with sites in Manchester and Taunton, as well as Houston and Singapore. The GBP125m transaction

MagicCube Raises USD2.2m in seed round from Azure Capital, Epic Ventures, and private investors

31 August 2015

MagicCube announced has raised USD2.2 million in a seed round of funding from Azure Capital, Epic Ventures, as well as Bialla Venture Partners and private investors. MagicCube’s software-only technology secures digital transactions on any mobile device, independent of its hardware or operating system, stopping digital transaction fraud where most vulnerabilities

Coillte sells telecoms infrastructure business to InfraVia

28 August 2015

InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia), a French investment fund, has agreed to purchase Coillte’s portfolio of telecommunications assets for an undisclosed sum. The portfolio consists of approximately 300 telecommunications masts and equipment locations across Coillte’s estate. A number of the masts were built by Coillte in recent years and certain locations

FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Funds

New VC firm announces market-focused investment strategy, portfolio and first fund

European IPO markets stay strong in 2015 despite obstacles

Conztanz secures EUR2m funding led by A Plus Finance and Pléiade Venture

WEALTH at work acquires Life Academy to further enhance its growth

Montagu Private Equity Fund V closes at EUR2.75bn

DreamBox Learning secures USD10m in Series B funding

Aurelius acquires the ARBAprocessing Group

Altium advises on GBP125m sale of Bifold to Rotork

MagicCube Raises USD2.2m in seed round from Azure Capital, Epic Ventures, and private investors

Coillte sells telecoms infrastructure business to InfraVia

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