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Mountain Group Partners closes MGP Venture Fund III at $128m

Venture capital firm Mountain Group Partners (Mountain Group) has closed the its third fund, MGP Venture Fund III (MGP Fund III), above target at $128 million. Mountain Group will continue its strategy of investing in early-stage companies within human and animal life sciences and disruptive technologies. MGP Fund III has

Luminate Capital appoints managing director, portfolio finance

Luminate Capital has named Lucy Li as managing director, Portfolio Finance, based in San Francisco. Prior to Luminate, Li worked in finance and business planning at Meta (formerly Facebook Inc). Her previous experience also includes investment banking at JPMorgan and private equity investing at Genstar Capital.  Li graduated from the

Doorvest and Pollen Street Capital sign $50 million asset backed credit facility

Doorvest – an online platform facilitating the ownership of high-yield rental homes – has secured a new $50 million asset backed credit facility with Pollen Street Capital, a fast growing, purpose led and high performing private capital asset manager. Launched in 2020 and based in San Francisco, Doorvest’s mission is

Clearlake Capital’s Alkegen makes majority investment in Luyang Energy Savings Material Co

Clearlake Capital portfolio company Alkegen, a specialty materials platform that provides high performance materials used in advanced applications such as filtration media, battery technologies, high temperature insulation and fire protection, has acquired a controlling ownership interest in Luyang Energy-Saving Materials (Luyang), a Shenzhen A-share listed platform headquartered in Yuquan, Shandong

True Wealth Ventures raises $35m Fund II to back women-led companies

Seed-stage venture capital firm True Wealth Ventures has held the close of its oversubscribed Fund II with $35 million in capital commitments. The seed-stage VC firm focuses on maximizing the number of women in its funds to invest in women-led companies. Fund II’s close follows True Wealth Ventures’ 2018 $19.1

OGCI Climate Investments invests in KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis

OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI), a specialist decarbonisation investor, has invested in KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis (KeyState), a project company developing the first carbon capture and storage project in Pennsylvania, US. The project will integrate natural gas extraction, ammonia and automotive grade urea production, and CCS on a single 7,000-acre

PennyWorks secures $2m in pre-seed funding led by Hi2 Global

PennyWorks, a DeFi-based platform that tames the turbulence of investing with a safe and stable experience, has closed a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Hi2 Global. This round of financing will help bring the PennyWorks platform to market while funding platform development, marketing, and operations.  The funding round

Battery Smart raises $25m in Series A round led by Tiger Global

New York-based private investment firm Tiger Global has led a $25 million Series A funding round in Battery Smart, a battery-swapping network for two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs), according to a report by Deal Street Asia. Blume Ventures and Orios Ventures also participated in the round having led Battery

PE firm to acquire minority stake in Matchroom at £600m-£700m valuation

UK boxing promoter Matchroom is reported to be in talks to sell a manirity stake in the business to a private equity investor, according to Private Equity Insights. The report cites a Twitter announcement by boxing analyst Michael Benson which claims that Matchroom CEO Eddie Hearn and his father Barry

Twin Bridge Capital Partners closes fifth flagship fund at over $880m

Twin Bridge Capital Partners (Twin Bridge) a private equity firm that targets investments in the North American small and lower middle market, has closed its fifth flagship lower middle market fund, Pacific Street Fund V, with more than $880 million in capital commitments. Fund V was oversubscribed and exceeded its

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