Panakès Partners, an Italian venture capital firm in the life sciences sector, has appointed Rob Woodman as a Partner, to lead the firm’s newly created biotech investment team. The appointment of Dr Woodman follows the recent first closing at EUR150 million (USD175 million) of Panakès’ second fund (named the Purple
Isotropic Systems, a developer of broadband terminal technologies, has raised over USD37 million in an equity financing round, which fully funds the development of its multi-link antennas through to product launch in 2022. The round is led by Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC – the world’s first listed space tech
Frontify, a provider of brand management software, has raised an additional USD50 million in Series C funding, led by Revaia (formerly Gaia Capital Partners) with participation from High Sage Ventures and existing investors EQT Ventures, Blossom Capital, and Tenderloin Ventures. Frontify is committed to accelerated growth, both in product R&D, and
By Darius Pandole, Managing Director & CEO, JM Financial Private Equity – The importance of infrastructure for sustained economic development is well recognised. Infrastructure facilities such as roads, railways, metro rails, etc are required to increase the productivity and seamless functioning of various business sectors in India. High transaction costs
Surge Private Equity has invested in its 10th platform, Contractor Connect (CC), a B2B networking lead-generation platform within the home improvement and remodeling space. The transaction closed with debt financing provided by Modern Bank and Assurance Mezzanine Fund with BakerHostetler acting as lead counsel. Since its founding in 2014, CC
Global private markets firm Partners Group has acquired a significant equity stake in Milestone Equipment Holdings (Milestone) and will partner with Barings to continue and accelerate the company’s growth story as one of the largest providers of transportation equipment and supply chain solutions in the US. Through this significant recapitalisation,
Audax Private Equity’s portfolio company, Emplifi, a global provider of SaaS-based, omnichannel consumer experience software, has acquired SYM-SYS (Go Instore). Headquartered in London, UK, Go Instore is a specialist in live commerce software. Go Instore leverages immersive HD live video to connect customers with a brand’s data driven product experts.
Umbrella Network, a decentralised Layer-2 oracle solution, has acquired of Lucidity, a blockchain-based digital advertising oracle. This deal will be accretive to Umbrella Network as early as Q1 2022. At the time of this transaction, Lucidity had processed over 600 million transactions, with significant transaction growth anticipated this year. With
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold Y International, high-end Japanese bike retail chain, to Daiwa PI Partners. Terms of the transaction have to been disclosed. Riverside invested in Y International in 2013. The company serves as an E-commerce
Eurazeo is to raise its stake in Kurma Partners, a French venture capital firm specialising in biotechnology and medical innovation, to 70.6 per cent. This transaction coincides with Kurma’s launch of a third investment strategy, Growth Opportunity, to support more mature companies, with late stage clinical or early commercial stage
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