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SPLIO secures EUR10 million fundraising

SPLIO, a SaaS-based customer experience software company, has secured a EUR10 million fundraising supported by three funds – Digital Ambition Fund, BNP Paribas Développement and Amundi Private Equity Funds. Digital Ambition Fund is managed by Bpifrance under the Future Investment Program led by the Commissariat-General for investment (CGI).   Leveraging

JMP Group partners with Bryan Garnier

JMP Group, an investment banking and alternative asset management firm JMP Group, is partnering with investment bank with Bryan, Garnier & Co on the origination and execution of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory mandates and public and private capital-raising transactions. The alliance will operate under the common brand of

GC Andersen provides debt financing for Saratoga’s Philips Lighting acquisition

Saratoga Partners has acquired the xenon cinema business from Philips Lighting, with debt financing provided by GC Andersen Partners Capital.  The business, to be named Lighting Technologies International (LTI), is a major manufacturer of xenon arc lamps for digital cinema projectors used in the worldwide cinema exhibition industry.    GC

HarbourVest closes secondaries fund above target

HarbourVest Partners has held the final close of its latest secondaries fund, which was oversubscribed and closed above its USD3.6 billion target at USD4.77 billion. “Our global secondaries team has decades of experience and deep industry relationships. As the secondaries market continues to evolve, these competitive advantages have helped us

Juniper Capital closes first institutional PE fund at USD500m

Juniper Capital Advisors has held final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, Juniper Capital II, at its hard cap of USD500 million. The fund targets equity investments of USD25 million to USD75 million in oil and gas companies located primarily in the continental US.   Edward Geiser (pictured),

Plexus Capital closes USD400m Fund IV

Plexus Capital, a provider of capital to small businesses in the US, has closed Plexus Fund IV at its fully subscribed offering of USD400 million. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Fund IV will focus on the same strategy of investing in profitable businesses with USD10 million to USD100 million in

OEP’s Smartrac to sell secure ID and transactions business

Smartrac, a portfolio company of private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), is to sell its Secure ID & Transactions business to the Linxens Group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.   OEP has helped support Smartrac to grow into the largest global player

C5 Capital acquires ITC Secure Networking

C5 Capital, a technology investment firm focusing on the cyber security, data and cloud computing sectors, has acquired ITC Secure Networking for GBP24 million. The acquisition marks the fund’s fourth investment following its investments in Metrasens, a UK based sensor company; Omada, a provider of identity and access management technology; and

AlixPartners founder acquires ownership stake from CVC

A group led by the AlixPartners’ founder Jay Alix and three global investors has agreed to acquire ownership stakes in the business from CVC Capital Partners. The transaction values AlixPartners at more than USD2.5 billion.   The new ownership structure will include Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ),

YFM backs GBP4 million MBO of Ferrabyrne

Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners has backed the MBO of Ferrabyrne. YFM managed funds have invested alongside private co-investors to provide a GBP4 million funding package.   YFM's funding includes the second investment from its new YFMEP 2016 Fund, which held a first close in June.   Ferrabyrne

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