Idinvest Partners, aa investor in SMEs across Europe, has anheldnounced the final closing of its third digital fund at EUR350 million, having surpassed its initial fundraising target of EUR300 million. The fund, managed by a team of nine investors, has attracted many new LPs from Europe, Asia, the Middle East
European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest early-stage healthcare fund Sofinnova Capital IX, oversubscribed at EUR333 million. The firm now has more than EUR2 billion under management with more than EUR1 billion raised in the last four years across its platform of life sciences funds. Pursuing
Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics company, has completed a GBP650,000 pre-seed investment round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group. The raise follows eight years of research at the Cavendish Laboratory at
The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold Fisher Unitech (Fisher), a provider of 3D design software tools and 3D printers, to Computer Aided Technology (CATI), a portfolio company of CIVIC Partners (CIVIC). Based in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan,
Global beauty brand SLG has acquired three high street brands – Amie Naturally Kind Skincare, Johnny’s Chop Shop Grooming and COLAB Dry Shampoo. The three deals amount to a consideration of over GBP15 million. SLG Brands was incorporated in 1985 and has evolved from contract manufacturer to award-winning multi-category
Process Mining software provider Minit has raised EUR7 million in a Series A funding round, led by Target Global, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and existing investors, Earlybird’s Digital East Fund and OTB Ventures. Founded in 2017, Minit builds intuitive Process Mining software that gives its enterprise customers insight into
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) have backed a GBP4.5 million investment into SharpCloud Software Limited (SharpCloud) to support the continued growth and roll out of its enterprise SaaS product. YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc,
Provate equity firm Permira has held a final closing for its latest buy-out fund Permira VII (P7), at its hard cap with total commitments of EUR11 billion. P7 will follow Permira’s long-term strategy of investing in market-leading businesses that benefit from strong and resilient underlying growth drivers. The Fund will
Specialist alternative asset manager, Gresham House plc (Gresham House), has held the interim close of its British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) taking total commitments to GBP200 million. The final close is expected in the first quarter of 2020. Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Greater London Authority have made new
Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), a female founded and led private equity firm focused on Nigeria and Ghana, has launched a USD20 million co-investment vehicle. Aruwa‘s mission is to provide patient growth capital to established and rapidly growing companies in the small to lower middle market and it expects to execute
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