Private equity firm Flexpoint Ford has held the first and final closing of its third private equity fund, Flexpoint Fund III at USD950 million, along with a new investment vehicle, Flexpoint Special Assets Fund at USD317 million. The initial targets for the funds were USD750 million and USD250 million, respectively.
Pete Daffern, president of EMEA at NetSuite, has joined the Octopus Venture Partner Group. Daffern joins Octopus with nearly 25 years executive experience in world-class businesses across San Francisco and the UK, such as NetSuite, ClairMail and Purisma, where roles held included CEO, President and Vice President. In his role
IK Investment Partners (IK), a European private equity advisory group with Nordic roots, has appointed Alireza Etemad (pictured) as Partner as of October 2015. Etemad will be based in Stockholm and co-heading IK’s Stockholm office together with Kristian Carlsson Kemppinen. Etemad, 38, joins from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), where he
VATBox, a cloud-based provider of automated VAT recovery and governance solutions, has closed a USD24 million financing round led by Viola Private Equity with participation of existing private investors. The funding will further fuel VATBox's aggressive growth plans, accelerating its expansion in the massive, growing market of VAT recovery and
The average time taken for private real estate funds to reach a final close so far this year is the longest it has ever been. This extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight: August 2015 explores the key trends that emerge when comparing time on the road to fundraising success and
PHEMI has raised a USD12.2 million round of venture financing to expand the commercialisation phase of the company. Secured by a combination of new and existing investors, the financing was co-led by CTI Life Sciences Fund (CTI) and British Columbia Discovery Fund (Discovery Capital). It also included significant participation from
Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair Capita are to jointly acquire control of Currencies Direct, a specialist provider of foreign exchange (FX) and international payment solutions to private and corporate clients. The transaction value exceeds GBP200 million. The acquisition is structured so that Currencies Direct management will increase its ownership position
EMEA deal volume may have slowed down across the region, down 15 per cent year-on-year with a total of 2,779 announced deals recorded, but deal value has seen a significant boost on last year’s figures, up by 16 per cent and recording a total of EUR414.8 billion. That’s according to
Sliced Investing, an online alternative investment platform that gives accredited investors access to elite investments like hedge funds and private equity, has launched Sliced Institutional. Sliced Institutional is dedicated to giving registered investment advisors (RIAs) access to a suite of alternative investments while also automating all the manual tasks associated
Centaur Private Equity has successfully exited its venture capital investment in Sport Events International Ltd (SEI). SEI is the holding company of a series of sports based event companies including; Global Legends Series, which brings together a group of legendary football players from around the world to play against each
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