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Gen II Fund Services adds Senior Advisor

Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services (Gen II) has appointed Edward Poletti as a Senior Advisor. Before joining Gen II, Ed spent twenty four years at Credit Suisse building and managing one of the world’s largest global alternative fund operations businesses.   In his role Ed will work

Brightstar Capital Partners closes acquisition of QualTek

Brightstar Capital Partners (Brightstar), a private investment firm that partners with closely-held, family-owned middle market companies, has completed the previously announced acquisition of QualTek USA, in partnership with QualTek senior management. Following its transaction with Brightstar, QualTek completed the acquisitions of two additional businesses: NX Canada, a leading wireline installation

HIG Capital sells KidsFoundation

An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has agreed to sell the KidsFoundation Group (KidsFoundation), a Dutch specialist in childcare services, to Onex Corporation (Onex). Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, KidsFoundation provides childcare to nearly 30,000 children between the

South Wales fintech firm raises GBP1.25m

A fast-growing South Wales fintech company has closed a GBP1.25million funding round backed by Mercia Fund Managers, Development Bank of Wales and TTI Angels. W2 Global Data, which is based in Newport and has doubled in size since the beginning of the year, is now planning to recruit a further

SHS holds first closing of fifth fund at EUR90m

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement has held the first closing of its fifth fund with capital commitments of over EUR90 million. The Tuebingen-based medical technology investor has now reached almost two thirds of the fund’s EUR150 million target.   The fifth generation of SHS funds will focus on the life sciences

Giant Oak secures USD10m in growth capital from Edison Partners

Giant Oak, a specialist in applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics for the security needs of government and industry, has secured a USD10 million investment from growth equity investor Edison Partners. Proceeds will be used to fuel Giant Oak’s continued growth through expanding sales and marketing, software

UCL Technology Fund investment company MeiraGTx raises USD75 million from IPO

UCL Technology Fund’s first investment to IPO has seen MeiraGTx Holdings, a clinical stage gene therapy company, raise USD75 million of gross proceeds from a public offering on 12 June. MeiraGTx sold 5,000,000 shares at USD15.00 per share. The shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.   The UCL

Software investor Insight Venture Partners closes USD6.3bn Fund X

Private equity and venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners (Insight) has held the close of its Fund X at USD6.3 billion, the firm’s largest to date. The oversubscribed fund will be used to further its leading growth equity technology investment engine. With the close of the new fund, Insight has

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