New York based startup Polywork, a professional social network founded by Peter Johnston, has secured USD3.5 million in a seed funding round led by Caffeinated Capital (Ray Tonsing, first investor in Clubhouse, Airtable and Brex) with participation from the founders of YouTube (Steve Chen), Twitch (Kevin Lin), PayPal (Max Levchin),
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire Travis Perkins Plc’s Plumbing & Heating business (P&H), one of the UK’s leading plumbing, heating, and bathroom related products specialist merchants. The divestiture is valued at approximately GBP325 million, and the transaction is expected to be completed within the next three
PointGrab, a maker of smart sensors that help businesses maintain social distancing in post-Covid offices, has completed a GBP3.4 million equity raise led by specialist venture capitalist EMV Capital. PointGrab’s product is a smart workplace platform system enabling organisations to count, track the flow and locate people at individual desks,
Lionpoint Group, an award-winning global technology enablement and operations advisory firm, is now part of Alpha FMC, plc, a UK-AIM listed company. Lionpoint’s acquisition by Alpha will help grow the former’s geographical reach, breadth of services to alternative investment managers, investors, and advisors, and range of clientele to include multi-strategy
Cynerio, a provider of Healthcare IoT cybersecurity and asset management solutions, has secured USD30 million in a Series B funding round led by ALIVE Israel HealthTech Fund. Existing investors, global VC Accelmed, RDC, Elron’s joint venture with Rafael, and Swiss-based growth investor, MTIP, also participated in the funding round. ALIVE
International private equity firm Cinven is to sell Chryso, a provider of specialty chemicals for the construction industry, to Saint-Gobain, a specialist in the building materials sector. Headquartered in France, Chryso is a leading global manufacturer of concrete admixtures and cement additives, as well as construction systems. Chryso provides value-added
Castik Capital, a European private equity investment firm, has closed a new single asset fund, EPIC I-b, which will acquire a controlling stake in Waterlogic, a global provider of purified drinking water dispensers, at its hard cap of EUR700 million. The fund will be managed by Castik Capital, which has
A subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation is to acquire 100 per cent of Black Creek Group’s US real estate investment advisory and distribution business (Black Creek). Founded in 1993, Black Creek had approximately USD11.6 billion of assets under management, as of 31 March, 2021, in core/core-plus real estate strategies across
European private credit firm Kartesia has held a final close at the hardcap of EUR1.5 billion for the fifth vintage of its flagship Credit Opportunities fund, following the close of its predecessor in 2017 at EUR870 million.
Leif, a technology company dedicated to increasing access to quality and affordable education, has completed a strategic financing round totaling more than USD60 million. Leif intends to use the new financing to strategically expand its platform to meet the increasing demand for outcomes-aligned tuition financing solutions, which have had significant
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