NewAlpha Asset Management’s French venture capital fund dedicated to Fintech companies has made it’s second investment in ITrust, allowing the cyber security software solutions specialist to raise EUR2 million. Boosted by the growing confidence of users and regulatory authorities, the development of digital technology in financial services is accelerating with
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VII Fund, together with existing management, is to acquire NeTel Group AB, a Nordic infranet service provider to telecom operators, utilities and municipalities, from Axcel. Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to legal and regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed. Founded in 2000
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
Valesco Industries has held the successful first close of its second fund, Valesco Fund II at USD59 million. VFII is managed by Dallas-based Valesco, and is the successor fund to Valesco Commerce Street Capital, a private equity fund created by Valesco and Commerce Street Capital (CSC). Fund II is seeking
QGenda, a provider of cloud-based automated physician scheduling solutions, has announced a substantial investment from Francisco Partners, a global technology-focused private equity firm. The funding will support the next phase of QGenda’s growth in partnership with the company’s current leadership team. “We’re excited to benefit from the resources and expertise
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital is to acquire Umicore Zinc Chemicals (UZC), a specialist in the production of zinc chemicals. The acquisition is expected to be complete in the second half of 2016. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. UZC has industrial operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway,
LSP (Life Sciences Partners), the European life sciences investment group, has held the final closing of its new life sciences fund, LSP 5. The fund surpassed its USD170 million target and reached the ‘hard cap’ of USD280 million, making LSP 5 one of the largest life sciences funds in Europe.
Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm with a focus on application and infrastructure software and technology enabled services, is to acquire Qlik, a specialist in visual analytics software and provider of solutions for self-service data visualization and guided analytics. Under the terms of the all-cash transaction, which values Qlik at
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed the acquisition of Frank Russell Company’s asset management business (Russell Investments) from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a transaction valued at USD1,150 million. Reverence Capital Partners, a financial services-focused investment firm, partnered with TA Associates and has made a significant minority investment
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
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