YFM Equity Partners has launched its new YFM Equity Partners 2016 Fund (YFMEP 2016), which will provide investors with the opportunity to participate in YFM’s future private equity investments which no longer qualify for VCT investment. YFM has already secured GBP22 million from existing pension funds and new family office

Specialist finance and advisory firm TCA Fund Management Group Corp is planning to launch a small-cap private equity fund to invest in under-served growth stage companies, primarily in the US and UK.  TCA Opportunities Fund I, LP, registered with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will seek just to target 15

Henley Investments, a private equity real estate investor headquartered in the United Kingdom is expanding into the United States with opening of offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Orange County, California.  Henley USA will be headed by Garrett Solomon, the founder of Corbelis, an award winning, nationally recognized residential land development

Insurer Aviva France and asset management company Eiffel Investment Group have just announced the launch of Prêtons Ensemble, a fund that aims to finance the real economy.  This new fund, financed by Aviva France to an amount of EUR50 million, aims to lend funds via the best online lending platforms

As part of its diversification push, Euronews Group is launching Euronews Ventures, a programme to back innovative technology start-ups.  The purpose of this programme is to accelerate the development of the most promising start-ups by providing them with a complete array of media and marketing services: global communication levers, media

App-X, a provider of flexible, web-based software solutions for alternative asset fund managers, institutional investors, and impact investors, has launched AIM Inbox powered by ZynBit, a new feature designed to integrate the AIM solution on the Salesforce platform into Microsoft Outlook.  App-X partnered with ZynBit to develop an inbox solution

UK BBQ chain Porky’s BBQ has already raised over GBP100k via Crowdcube.com after launching on 1 June. With five restaurants in London and another two openings planned this year, investors have given the raise an initial boost as they look to reach a total of GBP650k before 30 June.  The

Clear Ventures, a new Silicon Valley technology venture capital firm, has launched a new USD120 million venture capital fund.  Founded by partners Chris Rust and Rajeev Madhavan, the fund's financial backers include institutional pension funds, educational endowments, charitable foundations and iconic technology industry executives with more than USD80 billion in

Private equity swap executive James Gamett has formed Sweetwater Capital Partners (SWCP), which will assist institutional investors with active management of their private equity portfolios.  SWCP builds and manages direct investments, secondaries and co-investments to achieve desired outcomes. SWCP will focus predominantly in the US. Gamett will serve as Managing