Dating app Once has secured a second wave of investment from Partech, the French venture capital firm, that supports global companies that they believe possess revolutionary concepts. For this reason, Partech Ventures has just signed a second partnership deal with Once to invest a further one million euros in the
Leading mid-market private equity house LDC has strengthened its support for management teams with the appointment of Chris Coulton as Portfolio Director. Coulton joins LDC after 15 years at Deloitte where he specialised in advising mid-market private equity-backed businesses. In his new role, Coulton will work alongside LDC’s portfolio to
Allecra Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, has closed a EUR22 million Series B investment round. The round was led by new investor, Delos Capital. Existing investors Forbion Capital Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, EMBL Ventures and Allecra's co-Founder
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, has commenced the initial disbursement of a USD250 million loan to Apollo Towers Myanmar Limited, based in Yangon. The disbursement marks OPIC’s first financing in the country as well as a historic milestone in public-private cooperation. Investors TPG
OM Asset Management (OMAM) is to acquire a 60 per cent equity interest in Landmark Partners, a secondary private equity, real estate and real asset investment firm. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, OMAM will pay approximately USD240 million in cash at closing with the potential for an additional
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million. The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs seeking short duration, risk-adjusted returns. Structured as an annual series
VFO, the company behind the Freedom Scientific and Optelec brands, has acquired Ai Squared, a developer of screen magnification and screen reading software. Together, the companies offer the world’s broadest suite of assistive technology products for the visually-impaired. Each of the companies has a long history of providing innovative technology
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire a majority stake in OS Group AB (OpenSolution), a Nordic payment solution provider, from the company’s founder. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, OpenSolution offers a full service product and software
Armeron recently secured funding of USD2 million from Glilot Capital Partners, a venture capital fund specialising in Enterprise Software. Armeron's isolation platform is a drastic departure from today's filtering-based approach to web application protection such as Web Application Firewalls. These first generation approaches rely on a mix of signatures and
PwC Legal has appointed Stephen Richards as a Senior Manager in the firm’s Corporate Group in London. Richards joins from Laytons where he was a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Team of that firm. Richards has nearly ten years’ experience working in corporate law. He has a broad practice,
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