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Sandton Capital Partners acquires the Aspin Group

Sandton Capital Partners, a special situations investments fund, has acquired the Aspin Group (Aspin), a provider of engineered solutions for the UK’s infrastructure sectors focused on rail and highways, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2000; Aspin operates across the UK and employs 220 people. Aspin’s head office is in

Next Coast Ventures adds Venture Partner

Next Coast Ventures has added Jason Dorsey to its team as a Venture Partner. He will focus on helping Next Coast Ventures and its portfolio companies with consumer trends, brand building and customer acquisition. “Jason and his firm’s research have a comprehensive, birds-eye view on big trends in the marketplace

Matillion raises USD20m in Series B round

Matillion, the makers of cloud data integration tools Matillion ETL for Amazon Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake and Matillion ETL for Google BigQuery, has closed a USD20 million Series B round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures, existing investor Funds advised and managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), and new

Blockchain Capital closes Fund IV at USD150m

Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector and crypto ecosystem, has closed Blockchain Capital IV, LP a USD150 million fund. The fund, which is the firm’s largest fund raised to date and brings assets under management to USD250 million, was oversubscribed at its hard

Cambridge Analytica revelations put pressure on all large tech firms

Professor André Spicer, Cass Business School, comments on Cambridge Analytica and questions what the costs will be to big tech firms? Recent revelations about Cambridge Analytica will put pressure on not just Facebook, but many large tech companies. They will be forced to expand their compliance, privacy and social responsibility

Equistone-backed Averys acquires Storax

Averys, a European manufacturer of industrial storage systems, racking and metal furniture, backed by private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe since 2015, has acquired Storax from Ramada Aços Group SA. Founded over 50 years ago in Porto, Storax is a leading provider of industrial racking and shelving systems and is

Colnvestor Connect adds private equity funds to offering

CoInvestor Connect, CoInvestor’s alternative asset investment platform for sophisticated private investors, has expanded its offering with the addition of private equity funds to the platform. CoInvestor has continually strengthened its offering since its inception in 2016, transforming the management of alternative assets by digitising this traditionally offline, paper-based asset class.

Coinsilium increases Indorse stake to 10 per cent

Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX: COIN), an investor in early-stage blockchain technology companies, has exercised its option to acquire a further 3.5 per cent of the share capital of Indorse, a Singapore-based company developing a blockchain-powered decentralised social network for professionals, which puts users in charge of their own data. The

Columbia Asia raises USD210m to fund growth

Asian healthcare company Columbia Asia has raised a new round of investment of USD210 million to help in its aggressive expansion strategy.    Columbia Asia, part of Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Management, has 29 hospitals and two clinics in India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kenya, built with an innovative business model

Shamrock Capital exits Consilio investment

Shamrock Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its ownership stake in Consilio, a specialist in eDiscovery, document review, and legal consulting services to private equity firm, GI Partners. As part of the transaction, Consilio announced a definitive agreement to combine its operations with eDiscovery and risk management provider, Advanced Discovery, creating

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