Taylor Wessing is merging with Dutch firm Deterink. which will see the firm gain two new offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven, covering the main financial and tech hubs of the Netherlands. Deterink is particularly known for Corporate/M&A (including Corporate Litigation), IP/IT (including Data Protection) and Employment. Its seven partners, who
Actis has acquired a significant minority stake in Coricraft Group, one of South Africa’s leading home furnishings retailers. Actis is investing alongside majority shareholders Westbrooke a local investment group – and Coricraft Group management. Actis focuses exclusively on investments in emerging markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The
AlternativeSoft, a provider of buy-side analytics for manager research and portfolio construction in the alternatives and long only markets has announced AlternativeSoft v3.5. With a reputation for consistently providing the latest academically proven quantitative models for fund analysis, AlternativeSoft has positioned itself at the forefront of fund analysis. The expansive
San Francisco-based venture capital firm Cloud Apps Capital Partners has announced its market-focused investment strategy targeting early-stage companies in the cloud business applications sector, and its first fund. Founded by former salesforce.com executive and venture capitalist Matt Holleran (pictured), the firm takes an innovative approach to supporting early-stage companies. Leveraging
With 128 listings on European exchanges raising EUR31.3bn in the year to July 2015, the continent’s IPO market is in robust health despite economic and political hurdles, according to a new report from the Mergermarket Group. Deals still in the pipeline could see this year beat 2014’s bumper EUR42bn issuance.
Conztanz, a software editor in the Aviation sector, has completed its first fundraising of EUR2 million with A Plus Finance and Pléiade Venture to finance its R&D activity and business development. Created in July 2013 and located in Sophia-Antipolis in the heart of the French Silicon Valley, Conztanz intends to
Following a recent investment from private equity house Equistone Partners Europe, WEALTH at work has made its first strategic acquisition. WEALTH at work, itself a leading provider of financial education, guidance and advice in the workplace, has acquired a direct competitor – Life Academy, the education and employee engagement programme
Sidley Austin has appointed Vijay S Sekhon (pictured) as a partner in Century City. He will be a member of the firm’s M&A and Private Equity practices and will focus on handling transactions for public and private companies, and private equity firms. Sekhon joins a rapidly growing team of lawyers
Montagu Private Equity has close its fifth fund (Montagu V) at EUR2.75 billion, reaching the hard cap set for the fund. Montagu V has been able to attract a broad mix of investors by type and geographical mix, including increased commitments from pension funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds
DreamBox Learning has closed USD10 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Owl Ventures and includes investment from Tao Capital Partners. The company also announced the addition of Tory Patterson (pictured), co-founder and managing partner of Owl Ventures, to its Board of Directors. Patterson currently serves on
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