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Main Sequence announces new AUD250m fund to ‘solve the world’s biggest challenges’

Main Sequence, Australia’s deep tech investment fund founded by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has raised AUD250m for its second fund.  The oversubscribed raise was supported by returning investors including Horizons Ventures, Hostplus, Lockheed Martin and Temasek, as well as family offices and private investors from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Invests in Prime Global Medical Communications

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a global private equity firm, has invested in Prime Global Medical Communications Ltd (Prime Global), in partnership with the company founder and existing management team. Founded in 1997, Prime Global is a global medical communications and market access group that provides the world’s leading biotech,

UX-Republic joins Smile Group

UX-Republic joins Smile, a specialist in open source technologies known through its brands Neopixl, the mobile applications specialist, and SensioLabs, creator of the Symfony framework.  UX-Republic will continue to operate under its own brand and will benefit from Smile’s capabilities to strengthen its customer offering – particularly on the technological

Foley adds private funds partner in Boston

Foley & Lardner has appointed Matthew McBride as a partner in the firm’s Fund Formation & Investment Management Practice Group in Boston.  McBride comes to Foley from Proskauer Rose LLP, where he was a partner in the Private Funds Group.   McBride focuses his practice on representing investment managers in

AlpInvest Partners completes fundraising for its eighth co-investment fund, raising USD3.5bn

AlpInvest Partners has raised USD3.5 billion for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII (ACF VIII). The Fund exceeds its USD3 billion target. Rob de Jong, Managing Director & Co-Head of Co-Investments at AlpInvest, says: “This latest fundraise underlines AlpInvest’s strong performance, and the appetite for our differentiated co-sponsored approach acting as a

Ecommerce startup aisle 3 raises GBP250,000 with Angel Investment Network

Ecommerce startup aisle 3 has completed a successful follow on funding round, raising GBP250,000 via Angel Investment Network.  Aiming to become ‘the Wikipedia of product search’ the business secured the funds in just six weeks with the company’s valuation more than doubling in the past five months. Experienced angel investors

Alantra Private Equity adds two new operating partners to team

Alantra Private Equity has appointed Javier Pijoan and Chema Fernández as Operating Partners, specialising in Sales & Marketing, and Digital Transformation, respectively.  Pijoan has more than 25 years of experience in Consumer and Food, having developed his professional career in national and international groups such as Heineken, where he has

Blazehill Capital launched

Blazehill Capital, a new alternative lender focusing on providing credit and critical working capital funding to mid-market UK businesses who require additional financial support which they cannot get from traditional providers, has been launched. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager… 

Warburg Pincus and LMCA join forces for brand acquisition JV

Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor, and LMCA, a brand extension specialist, have launched brand acquisition firm Full Sail IP Partners. Full Sail IP Partners will acquire brands with untapped potential and build out their business through relevant, revenue generating licenses. “Our partnership with LMCA demonstrates our commitment to identifying

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