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TPG holds USD5.4bn first close of TPG Rise Climate Fund

TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform TPG Rise, has held the first close of USD5.4 billion in subscriptions to its inaugural fund.  With the fund’s first close, TPG Rise Climate is bringing together a unique blend of capital from some of the world’s

Relief to acquire all outstanding shares of AdVita

Relief Therapeutics Holding (Relief), a biopharmaceutical company seeking to provide patients therapeutic relief from serious diseases with high unmet need, has closed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of AdVita Lifescience (AdVita), a Germany-based, privately held pharmaceutical company developing effective products and strategies to improve the treatment and

Pollen Street and DBAY complete acquisition of Proactis

Pollen Street Capital and DBAY Advisors have confirmed that the previously-announced recommended offer for Proactis Holdings Plc (Proactis) has been accepted by a majority of shareholders, and as a result the Company has now been acquired by Cafe Bidco Limited and will be de-listed from the AIM sub-market of the

OMX Ventures adds Senior Associate

OMX Ventures, a life sciences venture capital firm investing in companies that operate at the intersection of biology, big data, and engineering, has appointed Swetha Murali, PhD, as a Senior Associate based in Boston.  Working closely with the OMX Ventures partners, Murali will be involved in all aspects of the

NewQuest Capital Partners backs Cloudnine

NewQuest Capital Partners (NewQuest), a dedicated secondary private equity platform focused on the Asia-Pacific region, has acquired a minority interest in Kids Clinic India Private Limited, operator of the Cloudnine chain of hospitals across India.  The stake has been acquired through a combination of a primary investment and acquisition of

Decentralised prediction markets platform Hedgehog Markets raises USD3.5m in seed funding

Hedgehog Markets, a decentralised prediction markets platform built on the Solana blockchain, has raised USD3.5 million in a seed funding round.  Investors include prominent venture and digital asset firms Reciprocal Ventures, Republic Labs, Alameda Research, Divergence Ventures, MGNR, and Manna. Hedgehog also received a grant from the Solana Foundation. Hedgehog

ESG investor Galway Sustainable Capital closes new USD265m funding from Oaktree

Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) has entered into a new, broad-based funding partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management,  (Oaktree).  Under the terms of the deal, GSC secured a minority equity investment and closed a new, multi-year, multi-tranche credit facility with Oaktree. GSC is private equity backed by lead investor

TowerBrook Capital Partners to acquire majority stake in Bruneau from Equistone Partners

Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity firms, is to sell a majority stake in Bruneau to TowerBrook Capital Partners.  The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval and consultation with employee representative bodies. Bruneau is an online distributor of office furniture and supplies in Europe. Founded

Blackstone appoints Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments

Blackstone has appointed Stevi Petrelli as Head of Blackstone Innovations Investments (BXI Investments) where she will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s internal investments in early-stage PropTech, Enterprise Tech, Cybersecurity and FinTech companies.  Petrelli has joined as a Managing Director and, in this newly created role, will work across Blackstone’s

Avedon supports Pro Industry

Avedon Capital Partners is to support staffing agency Pro Industry in its ambitious growth path.  Together with its new partner Avedon, Pro Industry aims to accelerate its organic growth by opening new locations in The Netherlands and Belgium and investing in digitization. The partnership will take place subject to the

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