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Riverside acquires Nabenet

The Riverside Company has invested in Nabenet, a provider of injury management and occupational rehabilitation services.  The company is an add-on investment to Riverside’s platform, Altius Group Holdings (Altius), a leading provider of allied health services in Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1993 and based

QED Investors makes appointment to grow UK presence

QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has hired Alexandra (Ale) Piedrahita. Prior to joining QED, Piedrahita was a senior associate with Los Angeles-based venture firm March Capital, an early growth, B2B fund where she focused on fintech strategy, with a particular

LB Equity unveils new formalised ESG guidelines and scorecard for private companies

LB Equity has introduced two new programmes to continue incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives into the investment firm and across its portfolio companies.   The firm has consulted a number of international frameworks and standards to develop its own roadmap for integrating ESG principles into the investment firm

Global VC investment soars past USD170bn in Q3, says KPMG

The year’s healthy level of Global VC investment showed no signs of stopping with Q3 2021, setting a record for the third-straight time with USD171.7 billion across 8,882 deals. An incredible amount of dry powder, increasing participation by less traditional VC investors, and robust exit opportunities helped keep the VC

property.xyz raises GBP268,000 in Angel Seed round

Intelligent property search portal property.xyz has secured a seed round of angel investment of GBP268,000 from eleven, experienced investors in the fields of technology, finance and real estate. Co-founders Robert Jones and Dr Simone Di Cola started development on property xyz in 2019, which entered a beta phase in August

Hercules Capital adds to Board of Directors

Hercules Capital, a specialty financing provider to innovative venture, growth and established stage companies backed by some of the leading and top-tier venture capital and select private equity firms, has appointed Pam Randhawa to its board of directors, effective 1 November, 2021.  Randhawa is a thought leader within the life

Blackstone acquires majority stake in SPANX

Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in SPANX, Inc, a ‘mission-driven’ womenswear brand founded by Sara Blakely in 2000, at a valuation of USD1.2 billion – with Blakely maintaining a significant equity stake in the business.  Blakely, along with SPANX’s existing senior management team, will continue to oversee daily operations,

Agronomics leads USD4m Seed Funding round for California Cultured

Agronomics, a listed company focused on the field of cellular agriculture, has led a Seed Funding Round with a USD2.2 million investment for California Cultured Inc. The financing is in the form of a SAFER (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). Global venture firm SOSV’s IndieBio also participated in the round.

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