ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is expanding its European presence with the opening of a new office in Birmingham. The office will allow ACA to offer a full suite of services designed to strengthen and streamline financial services firms’ governance, risk and compliance arrangements. Key to the services offered from
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s leading SME finance providers, has added to its team with the appointment of James Rosthorn and Dean Cox as Investment Managers. Chartered Accountant, Rosthorn, joins Maven as an Investment Manager based in the Manchester and Lancashire offices and will be responsible for
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has closed the Livingbridge Enterprise 3 fund with total capital commitments of GBP334 million, an increase of 50 per cent on its predecessor fund, Livingbridge Enterprise 2, a 2015 vintage fund. Enterprise 3, which will leverage Livingbridge’s experience, international network and growth acceleration capabilities,
iM Global Partner, an investment and development platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in traditional and alternative investment firms in the US, Europe and Asia, has created a new Client Servicing Department dedicated to international distribution. Clément Labouret (pictured) has been appointed as Client Services Manager to lead the new department.
Ingenious’ Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has invested in Winnow, the technology company behind Winnow Vision, an artificial intelligence tool helping chefs cut food waste in half, as it completes its series B round of funding at USD12 million. Other co-investors in this fund raising round include Ingka Investments, Mustard Seed,
KKR has made new leadership appointments in its flagship private equity businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Henry Kravis and George Roberts, Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Founders of KKR, say: “While our firm has evolved over the years, private equity is where it all began. Today, this asset class
Idinvest Partners, aa investor in SMEs across Europe, has anheldnounced the final closing of its third digital fund at EUR350 million, having surpassed its initial fundraising target of EUR300 million. The fund, managed by a team of nine investors, has attracted many new LPs from Europe, Asia, the Middle East
European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest early-stage healthcare fund Sofinnova Capital IX, oversubscribed at EUR333 million. The firm now has more than EUR2 billion under management with more than EUR1 billion raised in the last four years across its platform of life sciences funds. Pursuing
Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services to corporate, institutional and private investors has appointed Pamela Valasuo as Head of Sales for Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Valasuo brings over 20 years’ experience of professional and financial services experience to Ocorian and will lead the business development strategy for
Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics company, has completed a GBP650,000 pre-seed investment round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group. The raise follows eight years of research at the Cavendish Laboratory at
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