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Russell Investments completes private fund management registration in China to serve domestic qualified investors

26 February 2020

Global investment solutions firm Russell Investments has completed private fund management (PFM) registration in China to develop and sell funds investing in onshore assets to qualified investors. The firm’s Shanghai-based wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE), which was established in 2015, completed the Asset Management Association of China’s registration process in mid-February as

Blue Wolf Capital names Strategic Advisor

26 February 2020

Blue Wolf Capital Partners (Blue Wolf), a New York-based private equity firm, has appointed John Boncher as a strategic advisor.

Mayfair Equity Partners makes Graphcore investment

25 February 2020

Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair) has made a minority investment in Graphcore’s Series D2 funding round, an extension of the company’s Series D round which closed in December 2018. Headquartered in Bristol and founded in 2016, Graphcore is a semiconductor business whose Intelligence Processing Unit (“IPU”) products and Poplar® software platform have

Data revolution in healthcare puts spotlight on AI targets for M&A, says Hampleton Partners’ report

25 February 2020

The latest Healthtech M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, reveals that boom times are back in healthtech M&A, along with a rapidly increasing appetite to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve many of medicine’s pressing problems. The number of AI-related healthtech transactions has doubled

Foresight leads GBP2.1m Novel Technologies Holdings Limited funding round

25 February 2020

Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, is pleased to announce a GBP500,000 growth capital investment into Novel Technologies Holding Limited (NTH), developers of antimicrobial technology SILVERbac. This is the third investment made by the GBP20 million Foresight Scottish Growth Fund which is financed by the Scottish

Align Capital Partners completes Marco recapitalisation

25 February 2020

Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority recapitalisation of Marco Rubber & Plastics (Marco), a technology-enabled, speciality distributor of elastomer components, including O-rings, gaskets, and other high-performance seals and products.Headquartered in Seabrook, NH, Marco delivers high value performance sealing solutions to thousands of customers annually across a broad array

Vala EIS Portfolio opens new tranche to beat 5 April 2020 tax deadline

25 February 2020

Venture capital firm Vala Capital has opened a new tranche for its enterprise investment scheme (EIS) following the successful launch of its first EIS Portfolio in early 2019.The EIS Portfolio’s innovative performance fee structure means investors won’t pay any fees unless profits are made and their entire investment is eligible

FXI and Innocor complete merger

25 February 2020

FXI has successfully completed its previously announced merger with Innocor, creating a leading provider of comfort technology solutions. The breadth of the combined company’s capabilities enables it to offer a complete array of end-to-end solutions across the broadest range of end markets – including bedding, furniture, healthcare, filtration, transportation, and acoustics.

Speedinvest closes early-stage European tech startup fund on EUR190 million

25 February 2020

European venture capital fund Speedinvest has raised EUR190 million for its third fund, increasing Speedinvest’s total AUM to more than EUR400 million.

Equistone’s Small World Financial Services acquires MoneyGlobe

25 February 2020

Small World Financial Services, a UK-head headquartered money transfer provider backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has agreed to acquire French international payments company MoneyGlobe.

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Intelligence

Russell Investments completes private fund management registration in China to serve domestic qualified investors

Blue Wolf Capital names Strategic Advisor

Mayfair Equity Partners makes Graphcore investment

Data revolution in healthcare puts spotlight on AI targets for M&A, says Hampleton Partners’ report

Foresight leads GBP2.1m Novel Technologies Holdings Limited funding round

Align Capital Partners completes Marco recapitalisation

Vala EIS Portfolio opens new tranche to beat 5 April 2020 tax deadline

FXI and Innocor complete merger

Speedinvest closes early-stage European tech startup fund on EUR190 million

Equistone’s Small World Financial Services acquires MoneyGlobe

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