Praesidian Capital Europe (Praesidian), a provider of senior and subordinated debt and growth capital in the United Kingdom and Northern Europe, has made a GBP8.0 million investment of first lien debt in UK claims management business EMC Advisory Services (EMCAS). The funds support the July 2016 buyout of the Company

The John Lewis Partnership has joined forces with TrueStart, a European retail and consumer accelerator and investment fund, to find and fund the products, services and technologies which it believes will define how we live in the future. The Eureka Initiative – a partnership between TrueStart and the John Lewis

Mubadala Development Company, the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, is to acquire a 20 per cent interest in alternative investments specialist Investcorp. The two-step transaction sees Mubadala acquire a 9.99 per cent ownership stake immediately, with a further 10.01 per cent following necessary regulatory approvals.   Mubadala’s investment strengthens

Petra Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, has made a USD10 million growth capital investment in Austin, Texas-based BP3 Global, a provider of business process and decision management (BPM) software and services to the Fortune 500. The investment will help BP3 speed up the development of

Singaporean investment company Temasek has invested in Moncler, an Italian/French producer of luxury outerwear and apparel, via the acquisition of an equity stake in a newly incorporated investment company from Ruffini Partecipazioni. The investment is Temasek’s first significant investment in an Italian company.   Established in 1952 in Grenoble, France, Moncler

JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) has closed an investment in Oncology Services International (OSI), its third investment through the Jordan Health Products (JHP) platform. JHP was formed in 2015 by Jordan Industries International (JII) and JZCP to develop and execute a strategic build-up in the highly fragmented US healthcare equipment market.

Quantopian is to manage up to USD250 million of investment capital for Steve Cohen’s venture capital operation Point72 Ventures. Quantopian offers a free platform where an online community of over 85,000 members from 180 countries can create institutional-quality investment algorithms.   Investment algorithms created on Quantopian’s platform by members will

JetBlue Technology Ventures, the venture capital subsidiary of JetBlue, has invested in Mozio, a San Francisco based tech start-up specialising in providing ground transportation solutions to and from airports. It is the second investment by JetBlue Technology Ventures, which launched in February with the goal of finding and developing businesses