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Virtual Instruments Merges with Load DynamiX

Virtual Instruments, a specialist in real-time infrastructure performance management, and storage performance analytics provider Load DynamiX are to merge to create the industry’s first end-to-end infrastructure DevOps platform. To accelerate joint innovation in the multi-billion-dollar IT infrastructure market, HighBar Partners will lead a new USD20 million investment round into the

Lotus Innovations appoints Ommid Bavarian as CFO

Private equity firm Lotus Innovations has added Ommid Bavarian to its executive team as Chief Financial Officer. Bavarian joins Lotus as the firm continues its drive into the private equity market with a highly successful Fund I, and a tripling of its soon-to-close Fund II.  The addition of Bavarian, who

LendTech to focus on private equity strategies in the marketplace lending industry

Three private equity experts are partnering to form LendTech Capital Partners (LendTech), a new investment advisor focused on private equity strategies within the marketplace lending industry.  LendTech has been established pursuant to a joint venture between affiliates of Liberum, a London based investment bank who conceived Europe's first institutional investor

Global ex-US PE and VC deliver negative returns in Q3 2015

Private equity and venture capital in ex-US developed markets and emerging markets delivered negative returns in the third quarter of 2015, but managed to outperform public markets in those regions substantially, according to Cambridge Associates. The Cambridge Associates LLC Global ex US Developed Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital Index

Ridgemont’s APE Companies acquires Corrosion Specialties

Ridgmont Equity Partners’ prtfolio company APE Companies (APE) has acquired Corrosion Specialties, Inc, a full service distributor of corrosion control equipment and consumable products to the transportation, manufacturing, and energy industries.  CSI will continue to operate a distribution centre in its Duluth, Georgia, headquarters and a distribution centre in Jacksonville,

Research shows private equity investors want liquidity and greater transparency

State Street research reveals that nearly two thirds (59 per cent) of institutional investors globally are set to increase their allocation to private equity over the next five years.  However, a further 15 per cent of institutional investors said their exposure to private equity is likely to decline over the

Mercer Advisors and Kanaly Trust merge

Wealth management firms Mercer Advisors and Kanaly Trust are to merge to create a combined company will assets exceeding USD8 billion under management, making it one of the largest independent wealth managers in the United States.   Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. The combined company will

Hastings Equity Partners acquires Cactus Fuel

Hastings Equity Partners (Hastings), a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market energy services and equipment companies, has made its fifth Fund III platform investment in Cactus Fuel. Based in Midland, Texas, Cactus Fuel is a value-added distributor of fuel and lubricants to upstream and midstream customers

Digitech VC fund makes first seed investment

Digitech Venture Capital Fund (Digitech) has made its first venture capital investment in Texas startup SmartHome Hero. SmartHome Hero is a home resource management (HRM) platform that delivers streamlined warranty management and repair service for homeowners while providing a digital advertising platform for builders, smart home products and manufacturers. Consumers

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