Z Capital Group (ZCG), a private markets asset manager, has appointed Tony Hu as a director in the Firm’s Corporate Development Team. In this role, Hu is responsible for fund creation, institutional client solutions and co-investments, placement agent coordination and project management, as well as the development of private wealth
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has appointed Manuel Kalbreier, as managing director and head of alternative specialists, EMEA Institutional.
Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors, has sold its majority stake in Media Business Insight (MBI). The leading content, insight and events business for the creative media industry was purchased by GlobalData, an AIM-listed data and
European life science venture capital firm Forbion has held the first close of the Growth Opp Fund II – which will invest in late-stage European life sciences funds – at €470 million, according to a report by AltAssets. The firm is targeting €500 million in total capital commitments for the
Carey Olsen and Oakbridge Fund Services (Oakbridge) have supported the Singapore regulated manager Play Ventures on the launch of the Play Future Fund Limited (the Fund). The fund invests in global early-stage pre-seed, seed, Series A and blockchain and metaverse gaming companies and tokens. It was established as a Jersey
The Arkansas Teachers’ Retirement System has agreed a new private equity allocation of up top $30 million to BVIP Fund XI, according to a report by AlternativesWatch. The report cites fund documents for as revealing that the $21 billion pension scheme has added to its a raft of private equity
Sky is anchoring a new £100 million ‘operator-first’ venture capital fund powered by Founders Factory that will champion early-stage entrepreneurs launching planet positive technologies. Hoping to plug the funding gap that exists for seed stage climate startups, Planet Fund offers entrepreneurs Founders Factory’s robust approach to company building with high-conviction
Nottingham-based BatFast Cricket Centres (BatFast) has secured a loan from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (‘MEIF’) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners, and backed by the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS). The funding will enable the company to invest in its sales and marketing resources, undertake further product development, expand
ISF (Israel Secondary Fund) has raised $312 million for its third fund focussed on investments in the Israeli agh-tern market. In 2017, ISF raised its second fund of $100 million and currently manages over half a billion dollars focused on secondary transactions in the Israeli technology market. Several of Israel’s
GeniusX, an e-learning, virtual reality start-up has closed a $1.68 million seed funding at a $20 million market cap. As an indie development studio in the frenzied virtual reality ecosystem with a concentration in VR Education, the CEO & Co-Founder, Nick Janicki, says, “Our mission is to create experiences that
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