Foundry Innovation & Research 1 (FIRE1) has closed a Series C financing totalling EUR40 million. The financing was led by new investor Glide Healthcare, with the participation of new investors Gimv and Seventure and all existing investors, including Lightstone Ventures, Medtronic, and New Enterprise Associates. Janke Dittmer, partner at
Carey Olsen has played a central role in advising its existing client NYX Gaming Group Limited (NYX) in relation to its recommended takeover by Scientific Games Corporation (Scientific Games). The deal valued NYX at approximately CAD775 million and represented a premium of approximately 112 per cent over the closing market
Sixpoint Partners, a global investment bank serving the middle market, has closed Blue Point Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), with USD700 million of capital commitments. The Fund, which is the fourth investment vehicle for Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point), closed at its hard cap and well in excess of
Gen Cap America, a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market buyouts, sold three of its portfolio companies in the final month of 2017: Thomas Pipe and Supply sold to Winsupply Inc; Air Transport Components (ATC) sold to Holder Family Investments and its partners; and International Systems of America (ISA)
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Rich Davis as a partner in the firm’s Finance practice, based in Washington, DC. He joins from DLA Piper, where he was a partner. “Finance is one of our fastest growing practices at Paul Hastings thanks to increased client demand,” says Seth Zachary, chair of
SpherePay, Singapore’s homegrown mobile payment app, has completed a fundraising round of over USD10 million. With this latest round of funding and the affirmation of its strategic partnership with oBike since last December, SpherePay is well-placed to be the top three payment platforms in Southeast Asia. It currently serves over
German technology venture capital investor Target Partners saw record portfolio fundraising results in 2017 with the startups financed by the firm raising more than EUR110 million in 25 financing rounds. The total market cap of the Target Partners portfolio increased by EUR450 million and now exceeds EUR1 billion for the
Tera Ventures is to raise a second seed fund, the Tera Ventures Fund II, which has a target size of EUR55 million. The majority of the capital has been committed by some of the most prolific Estonian, pan-European, and global investors. The fund will invest in about 30 seed stage
KKR has appointed Jacques Veyrat as a Senior Advisor to support the firm’s investment activities in France. Veyrat is a senior French executive with deep experience across a range of different sectors. He currently manages his own company, Impala SAS, a diversified investment company with around EUR1bn net asset value,
Pemberton, a diversified asset manager backed by Legal & General Group, has provided senior term facilities to Cinesite Studios, an independent digital entertainment company. Cinesite Studios, headquartered in London, produces award-winning feature animation and visual effects for the film and television industries. Productions it has worked on include Game of
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