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Premium British Cycling brand Le Col secures additional GBP2.5million investment

Off the back of a hugely successful 2019, Le Col, the British brand renowned for delivering premium performance cycling apparel, has raised an additional GBP2.5 million from Puma Private Equity to further accelerate its growth plans in 2020. Founded by ex-professional cyclist Yanto Barker in 2011, Le Col has its

Providence Strategic invests USD32m in Net Reviews

Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners (Providence), has made a EUR32 million growth investment in Net Reviews, a developer of software as a service (SaaS) solutions providing customer review management for retailers.  The founding management team – led by Olivier Mouillet, Laurent Abisset and

Paul Hamill, Privium

Privium Fund Management appoints COO

Privium Fund Management has appointed Paul Hamill as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Hamill joins from HSBC prime brokerage where he was Global Head of Prime Finance responsible for their hedge fund activities.  Hamill brings more than two decades of experience in the alternative investment industry with Citadel Investment Group (Europe

CapitalRise secures funding from Revolt Ventures

CapitalRise, a property investment platform, has secured GBP1 million in backing from Revolt Ventures, the venture capital arm of real estate investment manager, Meyer Bergman. This follows CapitalRise’s successful Seedrs crowdfunding raise earlier this year and brings the total funds raised to GBP3.3 million.   CapitalRise’s CEO and Co-Founder, Uma

Riverside sells Censis Technologies

The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold surgical device tracking and workflow software provider, Censis Technologies (Censis). Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Censis provides SaaS-based surgical instrument tracking and workflow solutions for sterile processing departments (SPDs) of hospitals

Cohen & Steers adds to board of directors

Cohen & Steers has appointed Dasha Smith to its board of directors, expanding the board to nine total with six independent directors. Smith has also been appointed as member of the board’s audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating and corporate governance committee. Smith is the executive vice president, global chief

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services rebrands as Acuity Knowledge Partners

Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone). Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, has

Livingbridge adds two to London team

Mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has appointed Rebecca Osman and Nick Manning as investment director and investment manager respectively. Osman joins Livingbridge from Travelopia, which owns the world’s largest collection of specialist travel brands, where she was an executive board member. Prior to this she worked at TUI Group in various

PE professionals favour specific cyber insurance policies for portfolio companies

A new survey of senior private equity professionals reveals that only 23 per cent describe the due diligence that private equity firms carry out on cyber security issues of target companies as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.  The research, which was commissioned by Mactavish, the leading expert on commercial insurance placement and

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