Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the global alternative asset management industry, has hired David Lourie as Vice President and Senior Counsel, Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining MFA, Lourie served as Associate General Counsel at General Atlantic. Lourie brings a decade of experience in the alternative investment industry.
Bansk Group (Bansk), a consumer-focused private investment firm dedicated to building distinctive consumer brands, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in amika and Eva NYC, two of the fastest-growing scaled independent haircare brands in the US. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
StepStone Group Inc, a global private markets investment firm, has made the final closing of StepStone Credit Opportunities Fund I (SCOF I), raising over $600 million of commitments. Through SCOF I, StepStone seeks to invest in both liquid and illiquid credit at stressed, dislocated, and distressed entry points or opportunistic
Soluna Holdings, Inc (SHI), the parent company of Soluna Computing, Inc (SCI), has secured $35 million in project financing to develop green data centers co-located with renewable energy assets. Spring Lane Capital, a private equity firm, invested private funds in Soluna as a part of their strategy focused on hybrid
QHP Capital LP, the management company for NovaQuest Private Equity (NQPE), has made the final close of its private equity investment fund, NovaQuest Private Equity Fund II, LP (NQPE II) at $500 million of LP commitments. NQPE II closed at its hard cap, exceeding the fund’s initial target of $425
Linedata, a global provider of asset management and credit technology data and services, has launched its Cognitive Investment Data Management Service, a front office data management solution for asset managers and alternative funds. With the rise of digital transformation and the explosion of data, asset managers and credit analysts are
Travel Manager, the owner of the Hotailors brand, which offers a comprehensive tool for booking business trips, has secured EUR 23 million from DC24 ASI. The amount raised will be used for further development of the company on international markets (USA, MENA), the launch of new products (insurance and financial),
Aston Particle Technologies, a company which has developed a novel dry powder coating technology, has completed a £1 million funding round led by DSW Ventures. The investment into Aston Particle Technologies (APT), a spin-out from Aston University, was led by DSW Ventures alongside Aston University and an Aston alumnus.
BlackRock has expanded its partnership with a consortium of Limited Partners (LPs) and Funds of Funds in an effort to streamline and standardise ESG reporting for private markets.
Gain.pro, the market intelligence and software innovator delivering a wholly new level of insight into private companies, has reached a landmark $10 million in investment following its latest funding round. The injection of new funding has come from a combination of the original group of investors, including a group of
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