Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has launched a franchise development division, the BIP Franchise Accelerator, to help emerging brands accelerate their growth. Currently, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes fast casual concepts Tropical Smoothie Café and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, and the company is seeking to invest in brands
Iran-based financial services group Turquoise Partners is launching an Iran-focused private equity fund in partnership with REYL Finance (MEA) Ltd, REYL & Cie’s Dubai based entity. The new fund will be broadly focused on the rise of the Iranian consumer and will include, but will not be limited to, consumer
Recognos Financial, provider of AI based data management solutions for the financial services industry, has launched Recognos ETI, a new data extraction platform designed to unlock greater context and insight from otherwise untapped business data. Utilising the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), semantic and other
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a year before, according to Preqin’s 2016 Global Alternatives Reports. The private capital industry in particular has grown over the past year, as almost every constituent asset class saw
Law firm Howard Kennedy and its regulated London Stock Exchange sponsor, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services, have advised Maven Income and Growth VCT 6 PLC on the launch of its 2016 VCT share offer. The VCT is managed by Maven Capital Partners UK LLP, one of the largest VCT investment managers
PrivatEquity.biz, Israel’s first online secondary market trading arena, has launched its Global Provider Program, aimed at helping mature private, pre-IPO high-tech companies in receiving investments from both private and institutional investors in their region through a local secondary market web trading platform. PrivatEquity.biz is working to establish partnerships with financial
MesDocteurs has completed an initial EUR1.2 million funding round with Omnes Capital, Partech Ventures and a business angel from the insurance world. MesDocteurs is a start-up founded in 2015 by Chloé Ramade, Séverine Grégoire and Nicolas Orofino, the founders of Monshowroom, which was supported from its beginnings by Omnes Capital
Ariadne Capital (Ariadne) has launched the Ecosystem Economics Fund I, a GBP150 million investment fund based out of London. The fund solely focuses on backing ‘Digital Enablers’ – typically fast-growing, young businesses who bring the ability to exploit Ecosystem Economics to big and established businesses – transforming existing non-technology traditional
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) and LeapFrog Investments have launched a USD350 million investment partnership to access high-growth markets in Africa. Managed by LeapFrog, the new investment vehicle will target investments in life insurance companies in leading economies on the continent, including Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, to be made over a
DP World and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have launched a new joint venture company targeting ports, transportation and logistics infrastructure in Russia. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, DP World Chairman and Kirill Dmitriev, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO, have signed a document determining the key terms and principles of
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