Sanne Group plc (Sanne) has entered into an agreement to acquire STRAIT, a Dallas-based fund solutions company for alternative investment firms. Founded by John Relton in 2006, STRAIT specialises in providing fund administration, financial oversight and regulatory compliance services for private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, fund of funds,
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has co-led a GBP1.1 million funding round, together with the Cass Enterprise Fund, in Bamboo Auctions (Bamboo), a provider of online auction technology to estate agents and auction houses. The round was supported by follow on capital from existing investors and new
Permira, a global private equity firm focused on growth at scale, has made a strategic investment in Adevinta ASA (Adevinta). Funds advised by Permira have agreed to acquire approximately 125 million shares in Adevinta from eBay Inc (eBay), representing a 10.2 per cent ownership. Upon closing of the transaction, Permira
Mammoth Scientific, a health science and technology venture capital firm, has launched a new USD100 million venture capital fund. Co-founders Dr Jay Yadav, Tommy Martin, Kim Mackrill, Dr Matthew McGirt and Jud Mackrill provide venture capital for health science and technology companies who are maturing beyond seed rounds. The Mammoth
Blackstone has appointed Courtney della Cava as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Talent & Leadership for its Portfolio Operations Group, effective 1 August. In this role, della Cava will be responsible for building and enhancing executive leadership teams and boards for Blackstone’s more than 200 portfolio companies. She
The Edinburgh-based business investment group, Archangels, has led investment of GBP12.4 million in innovative Scottish tech and life sciences companies in the first half of 2021 (H1 2020: GBP9.5 million). Archangels’ H1 2021 deals data, released today (14th July 2021), reveals that Archangels itself invested GBP7.3 million during the first
Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm that was spun out of Carlyle in 2020, is being joined by Bryce Fort and Paul Maasdorp, Partners at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), to launch a new African investment vehicle. The Alterra leadership team will be: Bryce Fort, Eric Kump, Paul Maasdorp,
Envestnet and iCapital Network1 (iCapital) have announced a strategic relationship to deliver access to curated UBS and iCapital alternative investment products through Envestnet’s platform. To power the initiative, Envestnet will launch the Alternatives Exchange, a new solution designed to provide these products to the firm’s clients, leveraging iCapital’s turnkey technology
Investec acted as sole financial adviser on two strategic acquisitions for Halo Technology, an Inflexion backed portfolio asset. The two strategic acquisitions consisted of both Aria Technologies, a designer, manufacturer and provider of optical connectivity solutions in the USA and Solid Optics, a Dutch based provider of fibre optic transceivers,
AttackIQ, the independent vendor of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) systems, has completed a USD44 million Series C funding round led by Atlantic Bridge. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) and Gaingels also joined existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Telstra Ventures, bringing the total funding to approximately
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