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Behalf secures USD119m in funding from new and existing investors

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

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Kensington Venture Fund completes third closing growing to USD237 million

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 acquires RARE Infrastructure Limited

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 provides long-term support Fountaine Pajot

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

Overfunded freemarketFX closes latest fundraise campaign on VentureFounders

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.   

Private equity fund performance and dry powder update: Q2 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

GTCR sells Capella Healthcare to Medical Properties Trust

Private equity firm GTCR’s portfolio company Capella Healthcare, is to be acquired by Medical Properties Trust, a Birmingham, Alabama based self-advised real estate investment trust, for USD900 million in cash.  The transaction is expected to close during the second half of 2015, following customary regulatory approvals. GTCR formed Capella in

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