Oxbotica, a specialist in open autonomous vehicle software backed by BGF, bp ventures, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group, Tencent, Venture Science, funds advised by Doxa Partners, Ocado Group and ZF. has appointed Gavin Jackson as CEO. Jackson I experienced in the technology sector, having previously held senior leadership positions at Microsoft
Onex Corporation’s USD7.2 billion Onex Partners V fund is to acquire to acquire Tes Global (Tes), an education technology services provider, from Providence Equity Partners (Providence), a premier private equity firm that specialises in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education and technology. Financial terms of the deal, which will
Advent France Biotechnology (AFB), an AMF-regulated investment company dedicated to life sciences, is changing its company name to AdBio partners. The name change reflects the company’s expansion beyond France with UK-based partner Advent Life Sciences. AdBio Partners held the first close of its second fund at EUR86 million (USD102
Active Partners has invested GBP10 million in a Series A funding round for Facetheory, a direct-to-consumer clean skincare brand based in South Yorkshire. The investment will be used to fuel growth in key markets, recruit best-in-class talent, and invest in product research and development. The investment team at Active Partners
Numis, an independent investment bank, has made several new hires in its Growth Capital Solutions team, within the Investment Banking division and appointed new Head of Operations. Numis’ Growth Capital Solutions team supports a broad range of innovative, high-growth private companies, through primary and secondary capital raisings, strategic and M&A
William Blair, a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management, has appointed Jim Conniff as a managing director in the firm’s investment banking group. Based in the firm’s Chicago office, Conniff joins the industrial growth products (IGP) team, bringing more than 25 years of
UK based FinTech group, SPG, the owner and operator of Shieldpay and Paycast, has raised USD34 million (GBP25 million pounds) in a Series A round that includes strategic funding from Mastercard and Marqeta. Other significant Investors in SPG include Elliott Management, CreditEase and Techstars. To date SPG has processed
Red Arts Capital (Red Arts), a middle-market, sector-focused private equity investment firm, has sold RAC MME Holdings, LLC to Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc for USD150 million in cash. Red Arts Capital partnered with Prudential Capital Partners, Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC and several family offices in 2019 to acquire MME, Inc
PineBridge Investments has held the final close of the PineBridge Preferred Participation Fund, with USD334.3 million in capital commitments. The multi-manager private equity fund focuses exclusively on partnering with managers who are raising capital for their initial commingled institutional private equity funds. Through the Preferred Participation strategy, PineBridge investors
MTIP, a Swiss healthtech focused private equity firm, has closed its MTIP Fund II at USD250 million in capital commitments. The oversubscribed fund, which closed above its target of USD225 million, continues its predecessor fund’s strategy of investing in growing and innovative healthtech companies primarily across Europe.
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