Tungsten Corporation, the global electronic trading network, has acquired DocuSphere, a provider of accounts payable automation solutions. The acquisition, which was completed in September 2014, extends Tungsten’s invoice-automation technologies to help companies streamline their accounts payable functions, adhere to tax and regulatory compliance, and have greater transparency of the entire invoice-to-pay
Mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners has sold portfolio company XLN Business Services to XLN’s management team, financed by vehicles managed or advised by GSO Capital Partners. XLN was the first investment from ECI’s Fund 9 in September 2010 and this exit has yielded ECI a 3x return on its
Hargreave Hale has announced a new offer for subscription to raise GBP20 million into Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 plc and Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 2 plc. Launched in 2004, the Hargreave Hale AIM VCTs, which are co-managed by Giles Hargreave and Oliver Bedford, offer investors access to a diversified
Preqin evaluates investor appetite for liquid alternatives and managed account structures, and examines the reasons behind investors’ growing interest in these specialized structures, based on the results of surveys with 100 institutional investors in hedge funds and 150 hedge fund managers. In recent years, demand for greater liquidity and transparency
Hampleton Partners has acted as financial advisor to the shareholders of Profit Software Oy on the sale of the company to Via Ventures Partners, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd and the company’s management team. Profit Software delivers enterprise software solutions that allow insurers to manage all their services, business lines and
Cushman & Wakefield and Spire Ventures have formed a strategic partnership with Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused technology accelerator company. Founded by Faisal Butt (founder and CEO of Spire Ventures) and Umesh Kumar (former Techstars and Oxygen Associate) Pi Labs was created to assist start-ups focused on property and technology
Strategic Partners Fund Solutions has held the final closing of Strategic Partners Fund VI, its sixth secondary fund, at the hard cap of USD4.4 billion. SP VI began investing in April 2014 and is focused on generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns by acquiring portfolios of high-quality private equity interests and co-investments.
A total of USD59bn has been invested in 5,272 venture capital deals globally in 2014 so far, compared to USD37bn invested in 5,940 deals over the same period in 2013, an increase of 60 per cent, according to Preqin. While activity for the third quarter is below that of Q2
Law firm White & Case has advised private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe on the EUR820 million sale of Dutch-based full service payment service provider GlobalCollect to Ingenico. GlobalCollect employs around 500 people and helps clients accept payments from more than 170 countries in more than 150 currencies,
Three Hills Capital Partners, the new private equity investment platform launched in November 2013, has held the final close of its first fund at the hard cap of EUR100 million (USD127 million). Three Hills Capital Partners was founded by Mauro Moretti, a former partner at Hutton Collins, the firm he
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