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Assetz Capital raises over GBP3 million through Seedrs

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has raised GBP3,179,750 from 731 investors through the Seedrs platform – the second largest campaign hosted by Seedrs to date.  This raise has cemented Seedrs’s position as “crowdfunder to the professionals”, and follows a number of other successful Seedrs fundraising campaigns. LandBay, the P2P lending platform

BOM Capital Selects SunGard’s Investran to enhance VC and PE insight and performance

Brabant Development Agency Capital (BOM Capital) has chosen Investran, SunGard’s integrated private equity solution, to help enhance data and investment transparency across front- and back-office stakeholders and processes. BOM Capital invests risk capital in start-up, growing and innovative companies in Brabant through long-term equity capital and fund-to-fund investments. BOM Capital

Announcement

Ares Management Fund to acquire loan portfolio from First Capital Holdings

A fund managed by Ares Management’s commercial finance platform is to acquire the asset-based lending portfolio of First Capital Holdings, a commercial finance company that provides asset-based loans and factoring to small and middle-market companies.  First Capital is a portfolio company of HIG Capital. The transaction is expected to close

Harris Williams & Co advises Driven Brands on its sale to Roark Capital Group

Harris Williams & Co has advised Driven Brands, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, to affiliates of Roark Capital Group (Roark).  Through its two iconic brands, Maaco and Meineke, Driven Brands is one of the largest franchise platforms in the automotive aftermarket services sector. The transaction was led by Joe

Contego Medical closes USD5.6m in series B funding

Contego Medical has completed a USD5.6 million Series B financing round led by Hatteras Venture Partners, an early stage venture firm with a focus on medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and related opportunities in human medicine.  The round also included Mountain Group Partners, Lookout Capital and Medical Mutual. "Contego Medical's portfolio

Lateral Investment Management partners with Leo Group

Lateral Investment Management has formed a strategic partnership with The Leo Group, a New Jersey-based wealth management firm serving family offices, institutions and endowments. As part of the partnership, Lateral will advise The Leo Group on a private debt portfolio of USD55 million. Lateral’s principals, Kenneth Masters and Richard de

Bamboo Finance holds first close of Financial Inclusion Fund II

Bamboo Finance has held the first close at USD31 million of its second financial inclusion focused fund with investments from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA-CREF) and AXA-IM. The Bamboo Financial Inclusion Fund II will make equity investments in the capital of banks and financial services companies targeting

Ogier advises on EUR2.5 billion ICG Europe Fund VI

Ogier Jersey has acted as Jersey legal adviser for Intermediate Capital Group on the establishment of its tenth Jersey fund, ICG Europe Fund VI, which has held its first close having raised EUR2.5 billion to date.  This includes a contribution from ICG’s balance sheet of EUR500 million, along with EUR2

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