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Venus Capital launches direct lending fund for India

Venus Capital Management has launched the Venus India Structured Finance Fund, which invests in Venus India Asset-Finance Private Limited, a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).  The NBFC provides direct loans to small and medium enterprises in India and their shareholders and promoters. This

Preqin Global Infrastructure Report 2015

Preqin Global Infrastructure fund manager survey results

The newly released 2015 Preqin Global Infrastructure Report features exclusive fund manager survey results, made available this week via a special complimentary report. The report provides insight into the future investment activity of infrastructure fund managers and their views on the current market. Infrastructure fund managers appear to be bullish

CameronTec acquires FIX onboarding specialist Lasalletech

CameronTec Group has acquired Lasalletech, the US-based financial protocol operational solutions and professional services firm co-founded by current Senior Partner, Jim Northey. Since 2006 Lasalletech has specialised in the provision of products and services for messaging and transaction processing to improve the quality of financial services in terms of efficiency,

NewSpring Holdings to acquire Seattle-based X5 Solutions

NewSpring Capital’s NewSpring Holdings, the firm’s dedicated control buyout strategy, is to purchase X5 Solutions, a provider of a complete suite of telecommunications solutions. The transaction is pending regulatory approval and targeted to close in March, 2015. NewSpring has partnered with a new senior executive team with experience leading and

Appetite for AIM listings increases in 2014

Cavendish Asset Management, which runs the only AIM OEIC in the market, has reviewed the AIM market for 2014. Peter Renton, Equity Analyst at Cavendish comments, The past year has been a tremendous success for the IPO market on AIM, with 79 new companies floated on the exchange during the

WorldRemit raises USD100m funding round

Online money transfer service WorldRemit has raised USD100m in a Series B funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with participation from existing investor Accel Partners. WorldRemit is a global leader in smartphone and web-based money transfers – providing a convenient, low-cost alternative to expensive brick-and-mortar agents. The company

Shopa bags USD11m series A investment from Octopus and Notion

Shopa (www.shopa.com), the social shopping site where customers can discover, share and buy products they love, has completed a USD11 million series A funding round. UK venture capital firms Octopus Investments (which backed Zoopla, YPlan and SwiftKey) and Notion Capital (which funded Shutl and Duedil) led the fund raising. Shopa

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Lakewood Capital acquires Vacuum Systems International

A group of investors led by Lakewood Capital and including existing management has acquired Vacuum Systems International, Inc. through a newly formed entity, VSI International (VSI).   Founded in 1994, VSI is a unique value added provider of cost saving and sustainable equipment remanufacturing and fleet rotational programs utilised by

Solis Capital Partners invests in Lindora

Private equity firm Solis Capital Partners (Solis) has partnered with venture capital firm Innovate Partners to acquire an equity interest in Lindora, a provider of medically supervised weight loss and weight management programs. Founded by Dr Marshall Stamper in 1971, Lindora has more than 40 years of success providing comprehensive

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Abacus Group named as ESP on Managed Service Provider 500

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named as an Elite Services Provider (ESP) on 2015 CRN Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list.  This annual list distinguishes the top technology providers and consultants in North America whose leading approach to

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