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Money Dashboard raises a further GBP2.5m in funding

Money Dashboard, the personal finance platform, has raised a further GBP2.5 million as part of its Series A funding round led by private equity fund manager Calculus Capital. The round also included investment from Ariadne Capital, Par Equity, and The Scottish Investment Bank, and adds to the initial GBP2.7 million

Bravia Capital invests in Thotaka Tecknologies India Private Limited

Bravia Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Thotakã Tecknologies India Private Limited (“Thotakã”), a Hyderabad, India based Engineering Services Company. Thotakã is a business focused on high-technology product engineering and value added pilot manufacturing. The emergence of multi-Giga Hertz data-rates at chip and system level and modern communication

Ivo Lurvink joins CVC Capital Partners

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has appointed Ivo Lurvink as a Partner in the firm’s Amsterdam office. He will join the company on April 1, 2015. Most recently Head of ING Group Investments and Global Head of Group Acquisitions and Divestment, Lurvink has over 25 years of experience

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Glennmont completes purchase of 40MW Biomass project

Glennmont Partners has completed the purchase of the Margam Green Energy Project from ECO2 and Western Logs Group on behalf of its dedicated clean energy fund, Glennmont Clean Energy Fund Europe II in a GBP160m deal. The Margam Green Energy Project will see a new biomass power generation plant built

CVC, Apax and TPG most desired private equity secondaries in 2014

CVC, Apax and TPG buyout funds were the most desired secondaries in 2014, according to Cebile Capital, a firm that advises buyers and sellers of private equity secondary stakes. The results are from Cebile’s List of Most Demanded Secondaries 2014, which assesses the secondaries market demand of US and European

Andreessen Horowitz backs London start-up TransferWise with USD58m

Andreessen Horowitz – the venture capital firm created by Netscape and Opsware founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz – has led a Series C USD58m round in Europe’s leading financial tech start-up TransferWise. TransferWise’s existing investors, including Sir Richard Branson, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Index Ventures, IA Ventures, and Seedcamp,

Preqin Global Real Estate 2015

Real Estate – Rising prices and competition for assets

Preqin launched its 2015 Preqin Global Alternatives Reports last week, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this point last year. Real estate as an asset class has been an important

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Elsen raises USD400,000 in seed funding

Elsen has closed a USD400,000 round of funding for its financial technology platform, which allows hedge funds to run financial models and algorithms faster and more efficiently. Elsen plans to use this capital to accelerate growth and add additional resources to its engineering team. Financing comes from individual investors and

Philippe M Costeletos joins Colony Capital as Chairman of International

Private investment firm Colony Capital has appointed Philippe M Costeletos as Principal and Chairman of International. Based in Colony’s London office, Costeletos, 49, will principally be responsible for identifying new investments outside of the United States, while also taking a significant role in the firm’s worldwide strategy and operations. He

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