Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has exited its investment in Scivantage to Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and insights, trading platforms, and open data and technology platforms. The exit generated a nearly 3x return for Edison Partners. Scivantage has grown as a trusted Software as a
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a number of senior promotions across the firm as part of its commitment to invest GBP1.2billion in UK mid-market firms in the next three years.The promotions follow a period of significant success for the leading mid-market private equity investor,
Middle-market private equity firm HKW’s portfolio company, Xirgo Technologies (Xirgo), has acquired assets and technology of Palo Alto-based Owlcam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.“We are excited about adding Owlcam’s technology to the Xirgo product portfolio and the immediate impact it’s going to bring to our enterprise
As governments impose travel bans, schools and museums close down, countries go into lockdown and London’s Trafalgar Square is eerily quiet, it’s safe to say that the global economy is in the eye of the storm. Equity markets saw their worst day since the Black Monday crash in October 1987
Culture Shift has secured a GBP1.35 million investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, a VC firm which targets early stage businesses in high value sectors. The investment in Culture Shift is Praetura Ventures’ fourth from its Praetura EIS 2020 Fund, which closed in January. Other recent investments
Paris-based start-up Akur8 has raised EUR8 million (USD8.9 million) in a Series A funding round from BlackFin Capital Partners and MTech Capital.
C5 Capital’s founder and managing partner, Andre Pienaar speaks with tangible passion when discussing the potential for investing in female entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity space. As one of the UK’s foremost cybersecurity VC investors, C5 Capital knows what to look for when assessing innovation in the sector. In Pienaar’s view
Xirgo Technologies a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired assets and technology of Palo Alto-based Owlcam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.“We are excited about adding Owlcam’s technology to the Xirgo product portfolio and the immediate impact it’s going to bring to our
Global law firm White & Case LLP today released the results of its Global M&A Sentiment Tracker, a global survey of 800 senior M&A executives in a wide variety of sectors. The survey was conducted in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America in the fourth quarter of 2019 (before
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a number of senior promotions as part of its intention to invest GBP1.2billion in UK mid-market firms in the next three years. Head of new business Andy Grove is promoted to a newly formed role of chief investment officer
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