Union Capital Associates, a lower middle-market private investment firm, has closed its newest fund, Union Capital Equity Partners III, oversubscribed at its hard cap of $309 million. As with its predecessor, Fund III will invest in US founder-owned businesses where Union Capital is typically the first institutional investor. Union Capital
Swiss techbio company Hedera Dx, founded in 2021 by veteran healthcare entrepreneurs and executives, has raised€14 million a seed finding round led by Adam Ghobarah, founder of Top Harvest Capital and former longtime executive at Google and Google Ventures. Inventure, Air Street Capital, Amino Collective and GRIDS Capital also participated
Tenzing is to take a minority stake in Altum Group, a provider of fund, corporate, and family office solutions. Founded in 2000, Altum Group has a solid track record of delivering double-digit organic growth and is the sixth investment within Tenzing’s £400 million Fund II, which started investing in 2021,
Sardine, a provider of fraud, compliance, and instant settlement solutions, has secured $51.5 million in a Series B financing led by Andreesen Horowitz’s growth fund, to accelerate product development as well as marketing and sales across the globe. New and existing investors, including XYZ, Nyca Partners, Sound Ventures, Activant Capital,
Prewave, an AI platform that helps businesses predict, find, understand and categorise the risks affecting their suppliers, has raised €11 million in a Series A funding round co-led by KOMPAS and Ventech, who renewed its support after the company’s Seed round. Early-stage investors aws Gründerfonds, IST cube, seed + speed,
Manchester-based venture capital firm Praetura Ventures has added five new hires to its team of investment experts, including GC Angels’ Jessica Jackson. She joins Praetura Ventures as an investment manager, and will dedicate her extensive experience to strengthening the firm’s commitment to providing founders with ‘more than money’ support. Prior to
Institutional investors are still confident about demand for alternative asset fund listings over the year ahead as long as funds have a strong ESG focus, according to new research from Ocarian. The study by the fund administration services provider, found more than three out of four (78%) of institutional investors
Nuveen, a global investment manager with over $1 trillion in assets under management, has appointed Nick Simon as Managing Director in its Private Credit Specialist team. Simon joined the firm in August. Simon brings to the role just under 20 years’ experience in institutional sales and investor relations. Having worked
MiddleGround Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm that makes control investments in North American middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies, has acquired HLC, a distributor of bicycle parts and accessories. HLC’s President, Pat McGinnis, will continue to oversee day-to-day operations and its distribution centres across North America. Headquartered
Lerer Hippeau, an early-stage venture capital based in New York City, has raised $230 million in new capital across two funds: LH Seed VIII, which focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage companies, and LH Select IV, which invests in companies from Series A to C. With these new funds, Lerer Hippeau
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