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O’Melveny advises AutoGrid on equity investment from Shell Ventures

O’Melveny has represented AutoGrid, a specialist in flexibility management software for the energy industry, in an equity investment from Shell Ventures. The deal closed on 18 January.

 This funding is an extension of a Series D investment round announced in September from a consortium of energy companies that includes CLP

Browne Jacobson advises AI start-up Growth Intelligence on successful GBP1.7m fundraising

Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team has advised Growth Intelligence on its successful GBP1.7 million investment round led by private capital investment group 24Haymarket and supported by existing venture capital investment fund MMC Ventures. As part of the investment Stuart Dawson will join the Board as Chairman, along with Andy Robertson

One Equity Partners’ Simplura Health Group acquires Personal In-Home Services

One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Simplura Health Group (Simplura), a provider of high-quality residential care services for elderly and disabled populations, has completed the acquisition of Personal In-Home Services (Personal In-Home). Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1991, the company provides a

BGF agrees additional investment in SPEX Group Holdings Limited

Aberdeen-headquartered SPEX Group Holdings Limited (SPEX Group) has secured a multi-million pound follow-on investment from its management team and BGF, to accelerate growth.   BGF originally invested GBP5 million in February 2014 to support the company’s expansion in international markets.   SPEX Group’s subsidiaries provide specialist explosive products and services

Redpoint China Ventures closes USD400m across two new funds

Redpoint China Ventures has completed the closing of two new funds totalling USD400 million in committed capital – the USD300 million China II Fund for early-stage investments and the USD100 million Opportunity Fund for growth investments. Both funds will focus on consumer, enterprise and emerging frontier tech startups based in

PSP invests in Alliant

Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is making an investment in independent insurance brokerage firm Alliant Insurance Services. The investment by the Canadian pension investment manager is joined by an additional investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC. Following the transaction, funds managed by Stone Point will

AIP Private Markets raises USD1.9bn for two new investment strategies

The Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets Team (AIP Private Markets), an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has held the final close of two investment funds and related separate accounts, with aggregate capital commitments of USD1.9 billion. This total includes commitments to the inaugural Ashbridge Transformational Secondaries Fund I

Growth Street closes GBP7.5m scale-up round led by Merian Chrysalis

Business lending platform Growth Street has raised a GBP7.5 million scale-up investment round led by the Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited (Merian Chrysalis). Asset manager Merian Global Investors has joined forces with leading individual investors including Rob Rankin, former co-Head of Corporate Banking & Securities at Deutsche Bank, and Peter

Hailo expands Series A round to USD21m

Israeli startup Hailo, developer of a proprietary processing architecture for deep learning on edge devices, has expanded its Series A funding round to USD21 million. Chinese venture capital firm, Glory Ventures, led the investment-round expansion and was joined by existing and other new investors. The investment will enable the company

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