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Masa Finance raises $3.5m in pre-seed round

Masa Finance, a hybrid credit protocol, has come out of stealth and completed a pre-seed funding round of $3.5 million led by Unshackled Ventures, executives from GoldenTree Asset Management (a $46 billion credit-focused fund), Flori Ventures (Celo-focused fund), GSR, Decentranet, Intersect VC, Lateral Capital, Peer VC, Alves Ventures, and several

JB Capital launches Real Estate Lending Income Fund

JB Capital, an alternative credit manager investing in areas of the market underserved by traditional banks, has launched the Real Estate Lending Income Fund. The fund, the next iteration in JB Capital’s commitment to providing credit solutions to underserved markets, will provide solutions-oriented capital to professional owners, operators and developers

Human expertise helps PE outperform public market investments

Golding Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading independent asset managers for alternative investments, has analysed the magnitude and repeatability of alpha returns from private equity investments compared with the stock market. The study carried out in association with Professor Oliver Gottschalg from HEC School of Management Paris shows that the

FTX CEO leads $580m Series B round in Anthropic

Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, has led a $580 million Series B Funding round in Anthropic, a public benefit corporation and AI startup lab ached in 2020, according to a report by DailyAlts. The round, which follows a $124 million Series A fundraise in 2021, also included participation from

OMERS Capital Markets invests in Group14 Technologies alongside Porsche AG

OMERS Capital Markets has participated in Group14 Technologies’ $400 million Series C funding round. OMERS’ investment will be overseen by its global Capital Solutions team, which is focused on identifying and executing on complex opportunities across a number of themes, including decarbonisation, clean-tech and life sciences. The team’s goals include

Behrman Capital-backed Micross acquires Semtech’s high-reliability discrete diodes and assemblies business

Micross Components, a provider of high-reliability microelectronic product and service solutions for aerospace, defense, space, medical and industrial applications and a portfolio company of Behrman Capital, has acquired the High-Reliability Discrete Diodes and Assemblies business of Semtech Corporation, a global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced

Antwort Capital holds final closing of Antwort Buyout Opportunities FF above target

Antwort Capital, a Luxembourg-based feeder fund platform which provides qualified private investors access to top-tier private market funds, has held the final closing of the Antwort Buyout Opportunities FF with €26 million in capital commitment from private investors. More than 60 investors from Luxembourg and internationally participated in the Fund. 

One Equity Partners’ AMECO acquires F&M MAFCO

AMECO, a leading provider of construction and maintenance Site Services planning and delivery and portfolio company of One Equity Partners, has acquired F&M MAFCO, an international supplier of tools and equipment rental, sales and service programmes. Tim Fries, F&M MAFCO’s CEO, has been named chief growth officer of both organisations

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