The BLOC Smart Africa fund (BLOC SA), initiated by the Smart Africa Alliance and managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, is to invest EUR300,000 in Digitech, a Côte d’Ivoire-based SaaS insurance technology start-up. BLOC SA is leading the seed round, catalysing additional capital from Launch Africa Ventures. Digitech is BLOC SA’s
Tikehau Capital has reaped the benefits of its differentiating business model and delivered strong financial results in 2021 across its businesses with net profit totalling EUR319 million. The Group’s asset management business delivered robust growth on all fronts from AuM to revenue while further improving its profitability. Tikehau Capital’s balance
Tevent, a technology platform for virtual events, has raised USD2 million (GBP1.5 million) throughout its series of seed funding rounds to support product development. The company secured significant financial backing from leading Silicon Valley investors, including Leslie Stretch CEO at Medallia, Co-Founder of MeshDynamics.io; Rory Cameron EVP at Medallia; Jimmy
Society Brands, an Amazon aggregator built for and by founders, has raised USD240 million in its first institutional capital funding round which was led by by i80 Group, a provider of capital to breakthrough technology companies. A combination of debt and equity, Society Brands will use the newly raised capital
US law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP has added Business Law partner Martin Zivitz to its Indianapolis office. Before joining Quarles & Brady, Zivitz was a partner at a national law firm and a vice president and general counsel for a medical management company. Zivitz counsels publicly and privately
Olsam Group (Olsam), an ecommerce platform that acquires and scales e-commerce businesses, has hired Steven Wait as Director of eCommerce. This new appointment comes following Olsam’s recent USD165 million fundraise and the acquisition of US based aggregator FlyWheel Commerce, as the business looks to continue to scale theitsir portfolio of
Global alternative investment manager Oaktree is to acquire a majority stake in 17Capital, a provider of strategic finance for investors in private equity. 17Capital specialises in providing non-dilutive capital to high-quality private equity management companies, funds and institutional investors that are seeking to finance value creation and portfolio management initiatives.
Golding Capital Partners, one of Europe’s leading alternative investments managers, increased its institutional assets under management to a record EUR12 billion in 2021. Golding received capital commitments of some EUR2 billion over the course of the year, at the same time as making investments of EUR1.5 billion – both figures
Mission Hill Hospitality, a KSL Capital Partners portfolio company focused on transforming select service and extended stay hotel investing, has acquired the Killington Mountain Lodge, Tapestry Collection by Hilton,l ocated in central Vermont’s Green Mountains. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. This is the 15th property added to the Mission
GAM Investments has launched a low carbon infrastructure strategy in Australasia. The investment strategy, managed by GAM’s Alternative Investment Solutions (AIS) team, seeks to achieve medium to long-term capital appreciation predominantly through investing in private funds providing access to low carbon, energy transition infrastructure projects. The infrastructure investment private funds
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