21 Partners is to acquire Poligof, a manufacturer of backsheet film for hygienic disposable products (baby diapers, feminine hygiene and adult hygiene products), through the second investment of the recently raised 21 Investimenti III fund. Thanks to its technical know-how, Poligof is the Italian leader and one of the top
EY has signed a membership deal with Innovate Finance, the global FinTech association based in the UK, as part of its commitment to build its FinTech practice and champion the UK as the world’s global hub for FinTech innovation. Innovate Finance already has a community of over 120 FinTech companies,
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc has secured financings of up to USD21.5 million through two financing agreements. The first, with Hercules Technology Growth Capital, for a term loan of up to USD9.5 million. The second agreement, with mutual fund Discover Growth Fund, for the sale to Discover of newly created Series D
Behalf, the payments platform targeted at small and mid-sized businesses, has secured a Series B equity round and credit facility totalling USD119 million. MissionOG, an early to growth stage venture capital firm chaired by Gene Lockhart, the former CEO of MasterCard, led the equity round. Lockhart is joining the board
Equity corwdfunding platform Seedrs has announced a GBP10 million Series A fundraising round led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust plc (WPCT) and Augmentum Capital. WPCT is the GBP800 million investment trust launched earlier this year by Woodford Investment Management. WPCT is managed by Neil Woodford, widely considered to be one
Kensington Capital Partners’ Kensington Venture Fund has increased total investor commitments to the fund to CAD237 million. The Fund's third closing includes new commitments from institutional, family office and individual investors. "We are pleased to see the increased investor attention to the Kensington Venture Fund," says Kensington Managing Director Rick
Legg Mason is to acquire a majority equity interest in RARE Infrastructure (RARE) a specialist in global listed infrastructure investing headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Chicago, specialises in global listed infrastructure investments, managing USD7.6 billion for institutional and retail clients. The acquisition
NextStage AM has acquired a stake in La Compagnie du Catamaran, the controlling holding company of Fountaine Pajot, a global leader for sail and power cruising catamarans based in La Rochelle. A pioneer in the market for sail cruising catamarans since 1983, Fountaine Pajot’s boatyard developed globally in this promising
FreemarketFX, the peer-to-peer currency exchange has closed its latest Angel investment round and has surpassed its fundraising target to raise a final investment sum of GBP670,000. This brings the total raised by freemarketFX, in the last eight months, to just over GBP1.25 million. freemarketFX was publicly launched in January 2015.
Featuring the latest data, this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q2 2015 looks at the rising amount of dry powder in the industry and up-to-date performance statistics. With the fundraising market remaining robust and average final close sizes climbing, dry powder has continued to increase. The level
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