Corporate advisory firm Clearwater International has appointed David Weavers as a partner based in its Manchester office. Weavers arrives at Clearwater with over 15 years’ experience in M&A having previously worked for Rothschild and Deloitte. The appointment follows Clearwater International’s strongest year yet, having completed a record breaking 106
Needham & Company has added key research, sales and sales trading professionals in healthcare services research; Boston equity sales; corporate access origination and client strategy; event-driven, special situations and merger arbitrage sales; and sales trading. Kevin Caliendo, managing director, recently joined the firm. He brings 20 years of Wall Street
ClearLight Partners has sold Consumer Safety Technology (CST or Intoxalock) to Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for an undisclosed figure. Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Intoxalock provides ignition interlock devices and accompanying driver monitoring services. Ignition interlock devices are used primarily in DUI drivers’ vehicles to prevent the vehicle
FinTech company Convergence has launched Advisor Complexity Profile, designed to address the challenge of operational and business model transparency in the alternative asset management industry. Complexity aims to provide insight into all the major alternative asset classes, including hedge funds, private equity, real estate, venture capital, and structured asset funds,
Austin-based venture capital fund Next Coast Ventures has closed its debut debt investment fund at USD85 million, oversubscribed by USD35 million. One of the largest funds in Austin within the last three years, Next Coast’s limited partners include institutional investors, funds of funds and family offices. “Austin has already
Ciphrex Corp, a software company in the emerging field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has appointed venture capitalist Alyse Killeen to its board of advisers. Killeen, now managing partner at StillMark Co, an investment advisory and venture investment group, is an advocate of decentralised consensus network technologies that enable transactions
Socially responsible lender LendUp has closed another USD100 million credit facility with investment firm Victory Park Capital (VPC) to fund future loan growth. The facility brings LendUp’s total equity and debt financing to USD325 million. The firm has also now originated more than 3.3 million loans and surpassed USD1
Venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has held the first closing of Sofinnova Industrial Biotech I at EUR106 million. The fund, dedicated to renewable chemistry, follows a series of nine investments in the sector since 2009. Sofinnova IB I will be invested in start-ups along the value chain from the transformation
Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired cabi, a direct seller of women’s apparel in the US, Canada and the UK. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded in 2002, cabi sells high-quality, accessibly-priced designer clothing to a broad, female demographic via a proprietary network of
Private equity firm Quad-C Management has completed the sale of its portfolio investment Curvature, an IT services company and provider of new and pre-owned network hardware and IT infrastructure services. Through the deal, Curvature merged with Partners Group portfolio company SMS Systems Maintenance Services to form SMS | Curvature. Terms
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