A fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors is to acquire a majority stake in Accuvant, a provider of information security solutions and services. Accuvant management and existing shareholder Sverica International will invest alongside Blackstone in the transaction. Blackstone’s investment will enable Accuvant to accelerate
Unigestion has developed a new framework within which to assess risk in private equity in a new piece of research undertaken in collaboration with EPFL. The new approach differs from others in two major ways. First, it is based on actual cash flows of private equity funds, rather than their
SAP Ventures, the independent venture capital firm affiliated with SAP AG, has named Rami Branitzky as managing director to lead the global market development team. With more than USD1.4bn under management, SAP Ventures invests in innovative and disruptive expansion-stage companies, as well as early-stage venture capital funds, across the information technology
Adbrain has raised USD7.5m in a Series A funding round led by Octopus Investments, while existing investors Notion Capital also participated. Adbrain will use the funding for its ongoing expansion into the US and Europe, and to step up the recruitment in its engineering, big data and artificial intelligence teams.
PrivatEquity.biz, an internet trading platform which allows current and former employees who hold the securities of high-tech companies which were not issued yet to offer the private securities they own for sale, is now open for business. PrivatEquity.biz's site, which connects private investors with current and former employees who hold
Law firm Dechert has appointed Mark Browne as a partner with the firm’s financial services group in its Dublin office. “We are delighted to have Mark join us,” says Peter Astleford, Dechert’s global financial services group co-chair. “Mark’s experience, dynamism and deep knowledge of the Irish and international investment funds
State Street has appointed two senior executives to its alternatives investment solutions' (AIS) North American private equity fund services team. Suresh Krishnamurthy and Cesar Estrada, both senior managing directors, will lead teams dedicated to servicing alternative fund of funds, limited partner, direct and hybrid structures. They will report to
Euronet Worldwide is to acquire UK-based HiFX, a provider of online initiated international payments and foreign exchange services, for GBP145m or approximately USD242m. Twenty five per cent of the purchase price will be paid in shares of Euronet stock and the balance in cash. Euronet's existing revolving credit facility
Palatine Private Equity portfolio company Chase Templeton has completed the first in a new series of acquisitions with the purchase of Health Assist. Health Assist, based in Kenilworth, specialises in company private medical insurance (PMI), employee benefits and group risk. The acquisition will add GBP1.9m in annual premium income
Rcapital, the London based private investment company, has bought Shopacheck Financial Services (SFS), the home collected credit business, from Welcome Financial Services. The new deal will see SFS merge with Rcapital's existing home collected credit business, Morses Club Limited (MCL). The revenue of the newly formed business is expected
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