Lever VC, an alternative protein VC fund whose partners were investors in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Memphis Meats, has held a first close of its first fund, which currently has USD23 million in commitments.
Palo Alto-based Social Capital, a tech holding company founded by Chamath Palihapitiya that supports innovative companies in healthcare, artificial intelligence, climate change and space has acquired Hustle, a peer-to-peer text messaging platform. Chief executive officer Steven Pease and the Hustle management team will continue in their roles following the deal.
EQT Infrastructure’s EQT Infrastructure IV fund has agreed to acquire EdgeConneX from an investor group led by Providence Equity Partners (Providence).EdgeConneX builds and operates data centres for cloud, content, network and other service providers requiring both larger purpose-built facilities as well as edge facilities located closer to consumer and enterprise
DayDayCook, a China and Hong Kong-based lifestyle cooking platform, has raised USD20 million in funding to step up its expansion. The round was led by London-based venture capital firm Talis Capital with participation from Hong Kong-based VC Ironfire Ventures. Founded in 2012 in Hong Kong by Norma Chu, DayDayCook is China’s
Panta Capital has launched its Private Equity Co-Investment Service and its seed investment of EUR500,000 in fertiliser startup Rembuyung. Headquartered in Jakarta, with EUR23.3 million AUM, the firm will focus on raising private equity investment from Europe to co-invest in high growth companies and projects in Indonesia, combining in-country knowledge with
Cyware, a provider of cyber fusion solutions, has raised a USD10 million Series A round to enhance its threat intelligence automation, threat response, and security orchestration solutions. This round was led by the Prelude Fund (the venture practice at Mercato Partners), and Tanium, a provider of unified endpoint management and security.
Foresight Group (Foresight) has completed the acquisition of Pensions Infrastructure Platform Limited (PiP) which was previously announced in July 2020.Paula Burgess, CEO of PiP, becomes a Partner of Foresight and the PiP team, including CIO Ed Wilson and Head of Asset Management Andy Clapp, have joined Foresight’s infrastructure team of
Texas-based private investment firm Andros Capital Partners has closed its energy-focused inaugural investment fund Andros Energy Capital LP at its USD250 million hard cap. Andros did not use a placement agent or any outside advisor in connection with the capital raise. Partners Michael De Voe Piazza and Phillip Isom of
Payment orchestration platform, Bridge, has received an additional GBP2.5 million from Gloag Investment Group to scale up its growing presence in the UK eCommerce and ePayments space and continue advancement of its technology innovation.
Venture capital funds delivered exceptional performance in 2019 globally, which continued in Q1 2020 unscarred by the unfolding Covid-19 crisis, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report.
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