SHIFT has raised USD6m in Series B funding led by venture capital firm DN Capital. The new funding will be used for international expansion of SHIFT’s Open Marketing Cloud. SHIFT’s Open Marketing Cloud provides marketers access to an ecosystem of best-in-class marketing apps, allowing users to access their choice
Activa Capital has become the reference financial shareholder in Gaz Européen, an independent alternative gas distributor supplying the collective residential B2B market in France. Gaz Européen's parent company has 60 years' experience in providing energy solutions to the collective residential B2B market – property managers, heating ventilation and air conditioning
The “patchwork quilt” of regulatory requirements resulting from European Union member states exercising discretion under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is likely to deter many non-EU firms from operating in the market – but that need not be the case, according to Sturgeon Ventures, the regulatory incubator. The National
Private equity house WestBridge Capital has exited its investment in Mobile Computing Systems (MCS), securing a 3x return. MCS, which provides software for construction companies, was the last of the assets WestBridge Capital inherited when it acquired Wales Fund Management in 2008. Valerie Kendall, a partner at WestBridge Capital,
Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners has appointed consumer media and technology expert Walt Doyle as a venture partner in the firm’s Cambridge, Massachusetts office. A veteran of both the Bay Area and Boston entrepreneurial ecosystems, Doyle has built companies at the epicentre of mobile, location and payments. Most
PNC Riverarch Capital has led an equity recapitalisation of Custom Molded Products (CMP), a manufacturer and distributor of injection moulded plastic components used in spas, pools, and whirlpool baths. The investment was completed with a co-investment from Florida Capital Partners. The transaction also included a significant re-investment by the
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has expanded its application hosting service partnership network. The Abacus partnership programme provides hedge fund and private equity firms with access to fully hosted and managed business applications on the AbacusFLEX private cloud platform.
New York private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has named Shawn Abrams as an operating partner in the firm's specialty industrials group. Abrams brings 30 years of experience in the global chemicals and materials industries, most recently serving as president of Grace Catalysts Technologies. "We have developed a powerful
US executives are confident about 2014 deal activity, but increased volumes will rely on clear signs of an improving economy and political stability, according to EY Americas transaction advisory services. US M&A activity declined 9.2 per cent in 2013, with 7,656 deals this year compared to 8,428 last year.
BNY Mellon has launched a new service for fund managers that helps them identify, aggregate and manage the regulatory reporting requirements of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD). Under AIFMD, alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) must file a specifically formatted report with their home member state’s supervisory authority, or
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