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Qiming Venture Partners raises USD1.1bn Fund VII

Qiming Venture Partners has closed Qiming Venture Partners Fund VII, a new USD1.1 billion fund focused on early stage Healthcare and TMT investments.Qiming has again secured support from its long-term LP base in Fund VII as well as attracting several new LPs. As in prior funds, the vast majority of

Barclays appoints Managing Director in Healthcare Equity Capital Markets

Barclays has appointed Khaled Habayeb as a Managing Director in Healthcare Equity Capital Markets (ECM). Habayeb will be based in New York, and will report to Taylor Wright and Kristin DeClark, Co-Heads of ECM Americas at Barclays. He will partner with Joe Lombardo in leading the further development and execution of

Duff & Phelps makes five MD promotions in London

Duff & Phelps has promoted five colleagues in London to managing director as part of 32 managing director promotions globally. Mathias Schumacher, Duff & Phelps’ London City Leader, says: “We continue to invest in our talented team at Duff & Phelps in London. Our clients are increasingly seeking expert advice

Crescent Capital Group closes second European Specialty Lending Fund at EUR1.6bn

Crescent Capital Group, an alternative credit investment firm, has held the final closing of its second European specialty lending fund, Crescent European Specialty Lending Fund II (CESL II), with total limited partner equity commitments of approximately EUR1.6 billion. The fund has both levered and unlevered sleeves.  CESL II was meaningfully oversubscribed,

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The Inflexion Foundation donates GBP 2.5 million to Corona virus relief

Inflexion Private Equity Partners is making donations totalling GBP 2.5 million to help alleviate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak via The Inflexion Foundation. Inflexion said that the current pandemic is both “universal and severe” and that the firm recognises the need to support the most vulnerable at this time.

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YFM Buyout Fund II holds final close at GBP80 million

YFM Equity Partners has held a final close of its Buyout Fund II with GBP80 million of committed capital and participation from new high net worth and entrepreneurial investors. Buyout Fund II will follow on from YFM’s first buyout fund that closed on GBP45 million in April 2017, and which

Accellion secures USD120m in financing led by Bregal Sagemount

Accellion, a provider of an enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third party communications, has announced a USD120 million financing round led by Bregal Sagemount.The Accellion enterprise content firewall protects the IP, PII, PHI, and other sensitive content that companies share everyday with suppliers, customers, and partners. By consolidating

Use of Jersey NPPRs by alt fund managers up 9 per cent in 2019

The number of alternative fund managers choosing to market their funds into the EU through Jersey using national private placement regimes (NPPR) continued to grow in the second half of 2019, according to the latest figures from Jersey’s financial services regulator.Data from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) shows that,

Maven VCTs lead GBP3.5 million funding round in Nano Interactive

Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has led an investment in Nano Interactive Ltd (Nano), an advertising technology business which specialises in intent targeting based on multiple signals including online search. Alongside the equity investment from Maven, the transaction has been supported by existing shareholders including Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”).   The investment

Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company AEgis Technologies acquires Excivity

Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington) portfolio company, AEgis Technologies (AEgis) has acquired Excivity. Since its founding in 2006 by Matt Ramsey, Excivity has created and deployed mission-enabling technologies, including specialised security applications and situational awareness toolsets, for the National Security community. Excivity is led by Chief Executive Officer and Founder Matt Ramsey

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