Private equity groups using cloud environments to improve their remote working capabilities under the Covid-19 lockdown need to be as vigilant as ever when it comes to cybersecurity. Covid-19 has presented an opportunity for hackers to construct scam websites related to Covid-19 financial incentives or relief packages, designed to trick
American Pacific Group, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in partnership with Joe Falsetti of Dana Holdings, has acquired SaltStick, an electrolyte replenishment supplement with a strong following among endurance athletes for in-competition and training activities.SaltStick was founded in 2006 by Jonathan Toker, an elite-level triathlete and trail runner who
Moonfare, a European private equity and alternatives investment platform, has launched a top-tier US tech fund offering where individual investors and wealth managers can invest money into these funds for the first time.Moonfare has enabled its users access to another US tech fund after it was able to close Insight Partners’
Expanding PE house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Roshan Puri as an investment director. Puri joins YFM from Calculus Capital where he invested in companies across the software, business services and consumer sectors. He also sat on various boards helping investee companies deliver their growth plans and realise value. Puri’s
LGB Corporate Finance has arranged a GBP20 million Medium Term Note (MTN) programme for Simply Asset Finance, a private equity backed specialist asset finance provider. The facility will enable Simply Asset Finance to expand its lending capabilities. Simply Asset Finance offers finance products as a secured lender to SMEs to
Callan, an institutional investment consulting firm, has appointed Andrew Maday, CFA, CAIA, as a senior vice president in its Private Equity Consulting group. Maday will focus on private equity research, including manager and fund sourcing and due diligence, strategic planning and portfolio modelling, and servicing clients. He is based in the
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has announced several senior changes to the Group’s Private Equity leadership team.Matt Horton has been appointed as Group Head of Private Equity, while Gavin Hayman has been appointed as Jurisdictional Head of Private Equity in Guernsey. Alan Ross, formerly Group Head
More than half of PE firms (52 per cent) are open to hiring people via video calls, according to an April survey by PE and venture capital recruitment firm PER. According to Rupert Bell, director of Dach at PER, there’s still a lot of interview activity going on in the
A cybersecurity company, with a platform that helps to safeguard transport and infrastructure systems, has raised a further GBP1.8 million to help it expand its business in the maritime sector.CyberOwl has secured funding from 24 Haymarket, Mercia’s EIS funds, and the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which
Maven Capital Partners has led a funding round in Chester-based Intilery.com, a customer data platform and real-time decision engine that powers multi-channel campaigns. The funding will enable Intilery to expand the sales and marketing team and develop its commercial offering. Both Maven VCTs and Maven Equity Finance, which forms part
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