Automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has launched Alliance Ventures, a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to USD1 billion to support open innovation over the next five years. In its first year, the fund expects to invest up to USD200 million in start-ups and open innovation partnerships with
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has invested in List Partners, a provider of sales intelligence content used by business development professionals who target national advertisers and their agencies across the US and the UK. NCP invested alongside List Partners’ management team including CEO Dave Currie, and its founder, Todd Knutson, who
High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of U-C Coatings, a manufacturer and distributor of premier specialty coatings and sealants for the North American wood and lumber markets. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The Buffalo, New York-based company’s products, which are more cost effective
Goji, a specialist Direct Lending investment manager and platform, has secured an undisclosed multi-million pound funding round from investors including Anthemis’s Venture Fund 1 (AVF1) and AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV). The round led by Anthemis, a leading global fintech investor which has backed companies including Betterment, and AXA Strategic Ventures,
Burford Capital made USD1.3 billion in new investment commitments in 2017, more than triple its 2016 level. The new commitments reflect a number of dynamics in Burford’s business: continued growth in demand for capital in its core litigation finance business; access to capital through direct balance sheet investing and its
Spencer Technologies, a specialist in managed retail technology projects and deployments, has finalised the acquisition of Certified Retail Solutions, a service integrator of end-to-end IT life cycle solutions for the retail and hospitality industries. The acquisition is one element of Spencer’s aggressive strategy to broaden its capabilities and provide an integrated set
Redgate Investments has made a substantial investment in Croatia-based monitoring and administration software company, SysKit. Redgate Investments, a sister company to Redgate Software, the leading Microsoft SQL Server tools vendor, was created to make sizeable minority investments in founder-led businesses, without the onerous terms and conditions often required by private
Britbots, an organisation dedicated to promoting UK-based robotics companies, and Sapphire Capital Partners, have launched the second British Robotics Seed Fund. The new fund follows the success of the first fund, which has now been fully invested, leading the seed rounds of six high-potential robotics and AI (artificial intelligence) related
Bpifrance, China Development Bank (CDB) and Cathay Capital are to launch the Sino French Midcap Fund II, which has a fundraising target of EUR1.2 billion and is the successor to the first Sino French Midcap Fund which was Iaunched in 2014. The fund should complete its first closing and first
Genstar Capital portfolio company Apex Group (Apex) has acquired M M Warburg & Co’s Asset Management and Servicing business in Luxembourg (Warburg). Upon completion of the transaction, Apex, a Genstar portfolio company, will have nearly USD350 billion of AuA. The transaction is the third for Apex in the space of
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