Technology, media and communications investment bank Drake Star Partners has launched private equity co-investments which are made with its own capital in partnership with like-minded co-investors. They consist of partnerships on behalf of some of the world's largest multi-billion-dollar single family offices.   It comes just over a month after

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) and other investment funds have confirmed plans for their interest in two potential investments in the Russian agricultural and food production sectors. The consortium has agreed to deal terms for an investment in AFG National, Russia’s leading vertically integrated producer

Teamleader has raised an investment of EUR10 million in a funding round led by Fortino Capital. The funds will be used by Teamleader to further develop its product into a fully-fledged platform for SMEs.   Jeroen De Wit, CEO of Teamleader, says: “This investment will allow us to quickly seek

BDC Capital, the investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), is injecting USD50 million into women-led technology firms as part of its efforts to support female entrepreneurs. "Women-led firms are vital to Canada's prosperity and competitiveness," says Alison Nankivell, vice president, funds and co-investment, BDC Capital. "Recognising

Statkraft Ventures, with the participation of ETF Partners, has led a USD5 million investment into European smart meter software company Greenbird. Greenbird is a profitable and rapidly growing software vendor and IT integration specialist based in Norway.   The company has served utilities representing more than 80 per cent of

Gide is advising Inner Mongolia Furui Medical Science, a Chinese company dedicated to pharmaceutical, diagnosis and medical services, on its investment in Median Technologies. Median specialises in medical imaging software and services dedicated to oncology clinical trials, cancer screening and clinical practice.    The transaction, which is subject to customary

Emarsys, a B2C marketing cloud company, has secured a USD22.3 million (GBP18.3 million) investment from TPG Specialty Lending Europe (TSLE), the European specialty lending investment platform of TSSP. The financing will fuel innovation in artificial intelligence and data science, and accelerate growth at Emarsys as it seeks new opportunities in

The European Commission’s (EC) launch of a new venture capital fund of funds programme has the potential to attract over EUR1.6 billion to support the growth of Europe’s small businesses, says Invest Europe. Space ventures, tech start-ups and budding engineering firms could all benefit from this investment, according to the trade