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Tower Capital Asia holds first closing of Tower Capital PE Fund I

Singapore-based Tower Capital Asia has held a first closing of its Southeast Asia-focused private equity fund, Tower Capital PE Fund , at approximately USD250 million.   The fund’s first-closing investors include a pre-eminent international institutional investor and highly respected single family offices from the Southeast Asian region. Danny Koh, Founder

Quaero Capital reaches EUR600m hard cap for second private equity infrastructure fund

Quaero Capital completed fundraising for Quaero European Infrastructure Fund II (QEIF II) at its EUR600 million hard cap, exceeding the initial target of EUR500 million set at its launch in July 2019.  The management company is also expecting additional investment capacity given the strong interest from investors for co-investment opportunities.

Octopus Ventures appoints co-CEO

Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group and one of the largest and most active VCs in Europe, has appointed Emma Davies as Co-CEO.  Davies has more than 20 years’ experience as an investor and portfolio manager and will work alongside the current CEO, Alliott Cole, as Octopus Ventures expands its

NovaQuest Private Equity acquires CoreRx

NovaQuest Private Equity (NovaQuest) has acquired CoreRx, a global contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Based in Clearwater, Florida, CoreRx provides clinical and commercial CDMO services to a wide range of small to mid-sized pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Founded in 2006, the Company offers pre-formulation, formulation, analytical and stability, clinical manufacturing,

Monument Group makes new appointment in Tokyo Office

Private placement specialist Monument Group has appointed Hiroshi Nishimuro as Japan Representative in the firm’s Tokyo office, effective 12 January, 2021.  Nishimuro will lead the firm’s fundraising efforts and general partner relationships in Japan.    “It is a pleasure to welcome Hiroshi to Monument Group’s Tokyo office and to our unified global

Milbank makes four partner hires in Hong Kong

Significantly expanding the firm’s M&A and private equity and leveraged finance capabilities, Milbank LLP has added market-leading attorneys Andrew Whan, Neeraj Budhwani, Davide Mencacci and John Bona to the firm’s Hong Kong office. Whan, who will be joining the firm, and Budhwani advise an array of leading private equity funds

Israel-Dubai partnership to launch USD100m debt investment fund for tech companies

Tel Aviv-based global fund manager Liquidity Capital and Dubai-based Vault Investments are to form a joint USD100 million Venture Debt Investment fund based in Dubai. The new fund will deploy debt financing funding aimed at fuelling technology financing in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and will leverage technology

UK scaleups finish 2020 with record rates of VC investment

Fast-growth UK businesses closed 2020 in their strongest position, attracting more than GBP3.8 billion of Venture Capital (VC) investment during the final quarter of the year, according to new figures. Despite further Covid-19 related restrictions being in place, Q4 was the strongest quarter of the year for VC-backed deals, according

Jersey Private Funds see strong growth

The total number of registered Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) has grown by almost two-fifths year-on-year, according to the latest figures, as the structure continues to assert its appeal for cross-border alternative fund structuring. According to the latest quarterly statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and published by Jersey

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