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2020 will be a vintage year, says eFront

Capital calls are expected to fall in the short term but should pick up rapidly throughout the year as cash-rich PE funds begin bargain hunting, according to new research by eFront.   eFront, a financial software and solutions provider focused on alternative investments, has published a retrospective analysis of PE performance,

ClearLight Partners Invests in ICS

Private equity firm ClearLight Partners announced today that it has made an investment in ICS, a provider of IT managed services, in partnership with ICS’ owner, Kevin Blake. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Headquartered in Endicott, NY, ICS was founded in 1986 and has grown over its nearly 35-year

Energy Spectrum Capital closes eighth VC fund at USD969m

Energy Spectrum Capital, a Dallas-based venture capital firm focused on energy infrastructure, has held the final closing of Energy Spectrum Partners VIII (“Fund VIII”) with total capital commitments of USD969 million.With strong support from both new and existing limited partners, Fund VIII will continue to invest primarily in midstream assets

Latitude 27 Capital acquires JK Findings

Latitude 27 Capital, a private investment firm that supports small and middle market companies, has acquired the assets of JK Jewelry (JK Findings), a 45-year-old global designer, manufacturer and wholesaler of jewellery components, also known as findings. John Kaupp, the Founder and CEO of JK Findings, will retire as CEO and

Ambienta completes the acquisition of Namirial

Ambienta a sustainability-focused private equity investor, has acquired Namirial, a provider of software that empowers businesses to digitalise their processes securely. Digitalisation is intrinsically linked to sustainability. By enabling businesses to digitalise, Namirial enables efficient remote working and transaction execution, reduces the use of paper and the need for traveling to

pastic waste

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund acquires Eco Baltia

INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, the largest private equity investment fund for the Baltic region, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Eco Baltia, a plastic recycling and waste collection company.

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Five ways to stick to your investment process

By Clare Flynn Levy, CEO & Founder of Essentia Analytics – There is nothing familiar about the situation we’re in today. So it’s easy – almost automatic, in fact – for us to assume that our familiar modes of behaviour no longer apply. But as investors, we know that uncertain

ARQIS secures eight-digit Series A financing round for Agile Robots

ARQIS has advised Agile Robots on its Series A financing round. The eight-digit investment round was led by C-Ventures, a Hong Kong based venture capitalist for innovative companies founded by cultural entrepreneur Adrian Cheng and further included the existing financial investors such as GL Ventures (Hillhouse), Sequoia Capital China and

Scoota raises GBP2m in growth funding round 

Scoota, a specialist in automated omni-channel digital branding technology, has announced a GBP2 million round from Notion Capital, the Angel CoFund (ACF) and VentureFounders. The growth funding will be used for rapid US expansion plans for the latter part of 2020 and early 2021.  In the current climate this raise speaks

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