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Leesa Sleep raises USD23m

Leesa Sleep, a direct-to-consumer online luxury mattress retailer, has raised GBP17.6m in a Series B funding round led by One Better Ventures, an investment company led by John Replogle. Replogle will join Leesa as Chairman of the Board alongside Peter Graham who was Chairman of Seventh Generation until its recent sale

Allegro Ophthalmics secures USD10.7m in private financing

Allegro Ophthalmics, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel therapies to treat vitreoretinal diseases has completed a private round of equity financing for USD10.7 million. With this infusion of capital, the company is strongly positioned to reach future corporate milestones. Allegro is . The company’s lead drug candidate,

Jan Wolter joins Target Partners as new Venture Partner

Munich Venture Capital firm Target Partners has appointed Jan Wolter as Venture Partner. A successful founder and executive, Wolter will contribute his experience in enterprise software to the Target Partners network. Wolter is Managing Director for Europe at Applause, the a specialist in In-The-Wild Software Testing. Previously he was co-founder

BlackFin completes first closing of VC fund in excess of EUR100m

BlackFin Capital Partners completed a first closing in excess of EUR100 million for its BlackFin Tech Fund 1 from European institutional investors such as Bpifrance, Vaudoise Assurances Group, Groupama Group, Sogecap (Société Générale Insurance), Natixis Assurances, Swiss Life as well as several banks and family-offices. This closing paves the way

BlueBay closes Senior Loan Fund at over EUR3 billion

BlueBay Asset Management (BlueBay) Private Debt Group has held the final close of its Senior Loan Fund with investable capital, including leverage, in excess of EUR3 billion. The Fund has significantly exceeded its initial target, with strong support from both existing and new institutional investors globally. BlueBay’s Private Debt platform

Calera Capital sells United Site Services to Platinum Equity

Middle-market private equity firm Calera Capital is to sell its majority interest in United Site Services (USS), a provider of portable toilets, temporary fence and related site services, to Platinum Equity. Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed. Calera Capital acquired a majority interest in United Site Services in

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