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Beringea and Balderton back London fashion tech startup Thread

British fashion tech startup Thread, has closed a GBP4 million funding round which sees venture and growth capital investor Beringea join existing investors Balderton Capital and a number of angel investors.  This follows the previous series A round led by Balderton with a number of angel investors which was announced

Sweetwater Capital Partners launches PE investment firm

Private equity swap executive James Gamett has formed Sweetwater Capital Partners (SWCP), which will assist institutional investors with active management of their private equity portfolios.  SWCP builds and manages direct investments, secondaries and co-investments to achieve desired outcomes. SWCP will focus predominantly in the US. Gamett will serve as Managing

Romulus Capital launches Third Fund

Romulus Capital, a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on investing and building technology businesses, has launched its third fund with over USD75 million in commitments.  Backed by investors in 15 countries, including 3 royal families, Asia's largest conglomerates, and individuals with strong ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

Smartkarma raises USD4.7million

Smartkarma, the premier collaborative marketplace for Asian investment research and analysis, has closed its second strategic funding round, raising USD4.7million USD to further expand its investment research offering. Smartkarma’s platform officially launched from closed beta in April 2016. This funding will be used to build on a number of key

Parthenon Capital Partners holds final closing of Parthenon Investors V

Parthenon Capital Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco, has held the final closing of Parthenon Investors V with USD1.0 billion in commitments.  PCP Fund V exceeded its initial fund target of USD850 million and hit its “hard cap” of USD1.0 billion.

Dunedin makes Kingsbridge investment

UK mid-market private equity house Dinedin has backed the buyout of Kingsbridge Risk Solutions (Kingsbridge), an insurance broker for contractors and corporates.   The transaction, sees Livingbridge, the mid-market private equity firm that backed Kingsbridge in January 2014, fully exit the business.   This is Dunedin’s second investment in the

Baird and BR Partners form banking alliance

Baird, an employee-owned, international financial services firm, and BR Partners, an independent investment bank in Brazil, have formed a strategic alliance for investment banking services, with an initial focus on cross-border mergers & acquisitions (M&A) between Brazil and Europe, and Brazil and the US.  Through the alliance, the two leading

Aurelius acquires Northern European activities of the Abelan Group

Pan-European mid-market investor Aurelius is acquiring the commercial activities of the Abelan Group (Abelan) in Germany and the Netherlands.  In 2015, the acquired activities generated revenues of approximately €50 million. The completion of the transaction is scheduled for the end of June 2016; the financial terms of the deal are

Chrysalix Venture Capital and RoboValley launch new robotics fund

Chrysalix Venture Capital and RoboValley are launching a new fund, with a target size of EUR100 million, aimed at driving the global robotics revolution.  The RoboValley Fund will draw on tare he collective expertise and broad international networks of both Chrysalix and RoboValley to identify, invest in and commercialise breakthrough

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