Thayer Ventures, a venture capital firm focused exclusively on innovation in travel and transportation technology, has appointed Katherine Grass as Venture partner. Grass is based in Madrid and will help further accelerate the firm’s alignment with global strategic investors and its investment reach to promising start-ups in Europe and Asia.
Natterbox has secured significant Series A funding from Octopus Investments to continue its rapid growth. Self-funded to date by its founders, Natterbox has always heavily invested in product development and evolving its service offering. Natterbox says the new injection will boost marketing and sales, helping to further improve customer service
Macfarlanes has advised venture capital investor Dawn Capital on the raising of its third fund, Dawn III, which after increasing its hard cap twice, attracted commitments of GBP165 million, making it one of the largest venture capital funds raised in Europe in the last couple of years. The fund which
CVC Credit Partners and the EQT Credit platform’s European Private Debt businesses have jointly arranged GBP218 million of senior and subordinated financing for Paymentsense. This is the second round of financing agreed by CVC Credit Partners and EQT Credit to Paymentsense, following the GBP110 million unitranche facility provided in November
Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based designer and manufacturer of durable, affordable vehicles for Africa, has successfully closed an equity and debt funding round led by Pan-African Investment Company, with participation from Playfair Capital, Techstars, Chandaria Industries and VestedWorld. The debt financing is being provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the
Zencap Asset Management is about to launch its third senior infrastructure debt Fund after the success of the first two funds; Zencap Infra Debt, launched in 2014, and Zencap Infra Debt 2, launched in 2016. The first two funds gathered together more than EUR500 million in capital commitments from institutional
European workforce management solutions provider PIXID, has acquired Carerix, a Dutch-based CRM and ATS supplier. Adding a leading supplier for CRM and ATS systems to its ranks allows PIXID to reinforce its expertise, enhance its service offering and strengthen the value chain offered to the temporary employment sector. The
Investcorp has sold Veco Precision (Veco) to Gilde Buy Out Partners and the company’s existing management team. Veco is being carved out and sold by its parent company SPGPrints Group, a provider of integrated solutions for rotary screen and digital printing for textiles and industrial applications, acquired by Investcorp in
ASGARD Partners & Co (ASGARD) has appointed Andi Como as a managing director in the firm’s Capital Markets group. Como, who will be based in New York, will focus on providing customised solutions to clients for acquisition finance, growth capital, and balance sheet recapitalisations. Como has extensive experience in
Point, a financial technology platform that allows homeowners to unlock home equity wealth without taking on new debt, has agreed a forward flow purchase program with investment firm Atalaya Capital Management to purchase up to USD150 million of Point’s structured home equity investment instruments. “We’re thrilled with our progress at
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