The days of thinking about single jurisdictions are long gone. When structuring a large private equity fund, for example, it is likely going to contain international investors (the US, Europe, Asia) and is, in effect, a commercial deal between all interested parties to draw down the money. The reality is,
Chinese business accelerator COMB+ and the Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation (BICI) have launched a new Artificial Intelligence Fund with a target size of EUR65 million. The fund will focus on international technology startups entering the Chinese market. The fund is part of the COMB+ Sino Track accelerator program, which
Ascend Capital Partners has made an investment of over EUR24 million in four early stage Finnish technology companies. This investment round is part of Ascend’s major investment in European markets and follows its previous investing success in the auto sector in Luxembourg. Ascend is in the midst of negotiating additional
EagleTree Capital (EagleTree), on behalf of its private equity fund EagleTree Partners IV, has acquired a majority stake in WaterFleet, a specialist in mobile water and wastewater treatment solutions, from several existing shareholders, including founders Alan R Pyle and Allison C Pyle. As part of the transaction, the existing shareholders
Envisagenics, a biotechnology company that applies Artificial Intelligence to the genetic sequence of patients to discover new therapies, has raised USD2.35 million in a seed funding round. The investors include Third Kind Venture Capital (3KVC), Cosine, LLC (NYC biotech investors), Dolby Family Ventures, Dynamk Capital, NY Empire State Development (ESD),
Healthcare-focused Venture capital firm Flare Capital Partners has made an investment in VisitPay, the provider of a technology solution used by major US healthcare systems with total net patient revenue of USD30 billion. Gary Gottlieb, an Executive Partner at Flare Capital and former CEO at Partners HealthCare, commented: “As the
LBO France has acquired Bexley, a French specialty retailer of men’s high quality footwear. The founding manager, Eric Botton, will keep a minority interest in the Company. Founded in 1985, Bexley rapidly established itself as one of the most successful French retailers of men’s footwear positioned in the affordable luxury
Blick Rothenberg, part of CogitalGroup, has expanded the acquisition of audit, accountancy, outsourcing and business advisory firm Shelley Stock Hutter. This acquisition is part of Blick Rothenberg’s growth and acquisition strategy and is another step forward for CogitalGroup and its plans to build a technology driven, international business services group.
Anchorage Capital Partners (Anchorage) has held the closing of its third institutional fund, Anchorage Capital Partners Fund III (ACP III) at AUD350 million, approximately three months after initial launch. ACP III was considerably oversubscribed, with demand exceeding the fundraising target, attributable to continued strong support from existing investors combined with
Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), a provider of senior and unitranche debt financing to private equity-owned middle market companies, has completed fundraising for Churchill Middle Market Senior Loan Fund, its inaugural fund as part of Nuveen, with over USD1.1 billion in committed capital. “We are delighted with the strong response we received from
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