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JRJ Group sells ETX Capital to Guru Capital

JRJ Group, an international private equity investment firm focused on the financial services sector and growth situations, is to sell ETX Capital, a providers of multi-asset CFDs and spread betting products, to a fund associated with Guru Capital, a Switzerland-based private equity firm with specific experience in the CFD space.Terms

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Horizon Capital’s EEGF III backs MAKEUP Group

US private equity firm Horizon Capital’s USD200 million Emerging Europe Growth Fund III has acquired a minority stake in European e-commerce beauty company MAKEUP, thereby becoming its main financial investor.

Poplar raises USD2.1m in funding round led by Fuel Ventures

Poplar has closed a USD2.1million investment, led by Fuel Ventures, to push its ambition to become the world’s leading augmented reality (AR) creative platform. This seed round, which sees Haatch Ventures, Ascension Ventures and Super Ventures also invest, will help Poplar deliver on-demand creation of premium AR and 3D experiences to

Proskauer launches Private Credit Default Index

International law firm Proskauer has launched the Proskauer Private Credit Default Index which tracks, on a quarterly basis, the default rates of senior secured and unitranche loans.“Traditionally, the private credit market has been viewed as being opaque with few sources of information on default rates. Our new Default Index provides

Susquehanna Growth Equity appoints senior adviser

Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) has appointed Colin Day as a senior advisor. In his new role, Day will work with the SGE team directly and support SGE portfolio company management teams on matters that are driving their businesses.Day is the founder, chairman, and former CEO of iCIMS, a cloud platform

C5 Capital leads USD52m Synack investment round

C5 Capital USA (C5 Capital), a specialist investment firm investing in the secure data ecosystem, has led a Series D funding round for Synack, a provider of continuous application security and penetration testing services using AI and skilled ethical hackers.C5 Capital led the Series D round investment of USD52 million

Basis Vectors launches USD50m private equity and tech fund

Basis Vectors, a Berkshire Hathaway-style alternative investment and technology firm, has launched with plans to acquire, transform and accelerate vertically-focused B2B Software as a Service (SaaS) companies.Basis Vectors transforms high-potential yet undervalued SaaS companies that demonstrate potential for long-term growth and robust balance sheets, and is uniquely positioned to help

Wasabi closes USD30m funding round led by Forestay Capital

Wasabi Technologies, a hot cloud storage company, has closed a USD30 million financing round led by Forestay Capital, the technology innovation arm of Waypoint Capital, with participation from Wasabi’s previous investors. 

Home-working

Effective due diligence can still be done from home

By Paul Aversano and Rino Nori of Alvarez & Marsal’s Transaction Advisory Group – Historically, the field work phase of pre-acquisition due diligence was almost always performed on-site and in-person. However, that shifted almost instantly in early March to being performed exclusively on a remote basis following wide-spread social distancing and shelter-in-place protocols. 

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