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DBS Bank CIO advocates alternatives to weather market storms

Investors should look to alternative investments including private equity, private debt, hedge funds, and gold as a way to weather the current market uncertainty brought about by rising oil prices and inflation, and Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, according to DBS Bank CIO, You Way Fook. A report by Fund

My Telescope raises EUR2.5m in seed round led by Vandep Capital and Trind VC

Swedish market intelligence and search startup My Telescope has raised EUR2.5 million in seed funding led by Vendep Capital and Trind VC to help marketers and brands measure and predict long-term trends in demand creation following their strategic marketing investments. My Telescope will use the funding to accelerate its growth

Actis acquires UluÄŸ Energy Distribution and Retail Services Co from Limak Investment

Limak Investment and Actis, a global sustainable infrastructure investor, have completed a share transfer of UluÄŸ Energy Distribution and Retail Services Co (UluÄŸ). The Share Purchase Agreement, which was first signed in September 2021, has met the necessary requirements of the Turkish Competition Authority, the Republic of Turkey Energy Market

Tata Capital Healthcare closes fund II at USD126m

Tata Capital’s healthcare focused investment division, Tata Capital Healthcare Funds, has closed its second fund with USD126 million in capital commitments, according to a report by VCCircle. The fund surpassed its original target and closed well ahead of Tata Capital’s first healthcare fund.

Sheppard Mullin adds new partner in Corporate and Securities practice

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Sheppard Mullin) has appointed Chad R Ensz as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice in the San Diego (Del Mar) office. Ensz, who was most recently a partner at Dentons, is the seventeenth transactional partner to join the firm since January

Main Capital Partners-backed Pointsharp acquires Cryptshare

Swedish cybersecurity specialist Pointsharp, backed by Main Capital Partners (Main), has made its second add-on deal with the acquisition of German-based secure communication specialist Cryptshare AG. Pointsharp enables companies to build a better, modern and more secure workplace. Main first invested in Pointsharp in 2020 to support the company in

VC-backed Invizius awarded major biomedical catalyst grant

Invizius Limited (Invizius), a VC-backed biotechnology company developing treatments to suppress unwanted innate immune responses, has been awarded a GBP1 million grant to bring H-Guard, its proprietary priming solution, designed to reduce the life-threatening inflammatory effects of haemodialysis, to the clinic. The funds will be used towards H-Guard’s First-in-Man safety

Azalea launches first sustainability fund

Singapore-based private equity manager Azalea Investment Management (Azalea) has launched the Altrium Sustainability Fund I (ASF I). The fund will invest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused opportunities to achieve positive environmental and social outcomes alongside private equity financial returns.   ASF I is a PE fund-of-funds product that

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