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Lucro secures new funding from Health Insight Capital and Heritage Group

Lucro, an enterprise founded by Martin Ventures, has secured funding from additional healthcare industry investors including Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of HCA that invests in early stage companies, and Heritage Group, an investment team backed by the United States’ leading healthcare companies. Lucro’s platform is designed to re-invent how

Guernsey reports ‘fantastic’ response to Hong Kong office launch

A launch event to mark the opening of Guernsey’s representative office in Hong Kong attracted nearly 200 attendees. Hosted on Wednesday 2 March at the China Club in Central, the event outlined the services offered by Guernsey’s international finance centre and featured a panel discussion on the current economic climate

NorthEdge Capital Fund II hits hard cap of GBP300m

NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge), the UK lower middle market private equity firm focused on the North of England, has closed its second fund, NorthEdge Capital Fund II at its hard cap of GBP300 million, raised in four months. This brings total funds under management to over half a billion pounds raised

Kensington Venture Fund exceeds target of USD300m at final close

Kensington Capital Partners has held the final closing of the Kensington Venture Fund after its exceeded its target of USD300 million in investor commitments. The Fund, which raised a total of USD306 million, received its most recent commitments from a mix of wealth managers, private foundations, and individual investors.  

Walden leads USD7.5m Series A for goTenna

goTenna – the device that enables smartphone users to communicate without cell towers, wifi routers or even satellites – has secured a USD7.5 million Series A funding round ed by Walden Venture Capital, joined by MentorTech Ventures, BBG Ventures (a subsidiary of Verizon), and Bloomberg Beta. The round also includes

Novo 2 fund underwrites EUR25m of Prodware Group’s EUR50m bond issue

Tikehau IM’s Novo 2 fund has finalised its participation in a new seven-year bond issuance for the Prodware Group. The fund is underwriting EUR25 million of the EUR50 million total issue. Founded in 1989 by Philippe Bouaziz, Prodware Group is an international vendor and integrator of industry-specific and role-tailored IT

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Investor sentiment divided over alternative assets

The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016 finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative assets industry. The majority (65 per cent) of investors holds a positive general perception of private equity, and only 6 per cent have a negative perception. However, more hedge fund investors

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50 South Capital Advisors to acquire Aurora Investment Management

50 South Capital Advisors, the investment advisory subsidiary of Northern Trust is to acquire the hedge fund solutions provider Aurora Investment Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management. The addition of Chicago-based Aurora will offer clients of both firms access to an expanded global alternative investment platform with

Cyrus acquires specialist aviation and defence surface coatings firm Ramp Surface Coatings

Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), ab engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has acquired Ramp Surface Coatings Ltd  a specialised surface coatings operation based in Yeovil. Cyrus’s first EIS Fund, Cyrus Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1, is now fully invested in four portfolio companies across the Aerospace, Defence and Security sectors after

NVM Private Equity exits Kitwave Wholesale Group

NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Kitwave Wholesale Group, a delivered wholesaler with a wide product range including confectionery, soft drinks, ice-cream, alcohol and tobacco.  The company has transformed itself from being a regional confectionery business to a national wholesaler through 11 acquisitions since 2006.  The sale represents a

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