IQ-EQ has acquired Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US-based provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers. The acquisition of Blue River marks the Group’s latest strategic acquisition, the first in the US private equity and hedge fund services space. The newly combined IQ-EQ US operation brings together a
Global Upside has appointed Andrew Wilson, formerly Vice President of Strategic Accounts, as head of its Private Equity and M&A practice, which provides specialised solutions for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and global companies with M&A needs.Global Upside addresses challenges across the investment lifecycle, especially with regards to
Investor and software professional Jon Cholak has joined Adit Ventures, a family-office owned, venture capital investment firm, as Managing Director, Portfolio Manager. Cholak will work with Adit in launching a new early stage venture platform, to complement existing Adit offerings. Cholak will be based out of Austin, Texas. Please visit www.aditventures.com
Spanish biotech VC firm Ysios Capital has held a first close of its third fund, Ysios BioFund III, at EUR155 million. The fund has a final target size of EUR200 million. Ysios Capital is the largest venture capital firm in Spain specialised in biotechnology with EUR346 million under management through
Alinda Capital Partners, an independent fund manager focused on mid-market core-plus infrastructure investments in North America and Europe, has sold Alinda Infrastructure Fund III’s interest in Energy Assets Group Limited in the United Kingdom to a consortium comprising European institutional investors and an infrastructure fund. This is the first exit for
Global investment bank GCA Altium has adds to its European Debt and Restructuring team with the appointment of Gareth Owen as Director based in its Manchester office.
Rock Rail has appointed rail industry expert Hans Leister as a member of the Advisory Board of its newly formed German business. Leister is already working alongside members of the Rock Rail team supporting them in the introduction of unique funding solutions for the German railway. Leister has almost thirty years
EQT Ventures has added deal partner Rania Belkahia to its team in the firm’s new Paris office. With the opening of the new office in France, EQT Ventures now has teams on the ground in Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, Stockholm, London and Amsterdam. The firm’s current French portfolio companies include
BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Neuberger Berman, Investment Corporation of Dubai and RSIC are becoming minority shareholders in Nordic Capital-owned Trustly, an online account-to-account payments provider. Nordic Capital remains the majority shareholder in Trustly, which it acquired in 2018. The deal will bring in additional long-term capital to
Enterprise Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor, My Digital Accounts, has appointed Nic Scott, former CEO and co-founder of Fairsail, as its chairman with immediate effect.Fairsail, who pioneered the mid-market SaaS HR market, was bought by the UK’s largest software company, Sage Group Plc (FTSE: SGE), in 2017 for an
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