GGM Venture Capital, though its sub-fund GGM High Growth IT Fund, has invested a total of EUR1.40m series A investment into Optimitive. The round was led by GGM Venture Capital and joined by SURGE Accelerator. Optimitive graduated from the SURGE Accelerator programme in May 2013. Founded in Spain in
MJ Hudson and MW Cornish & Co have merged their respective private equity and hedge funds practices with immediate effect. The merged firm, known as MJ Hudson, will be committed to providing a specialist legal service to the global alternative assets industry. The merger is the latest milestone in
Guardian Capital Group is to acquire a specialist boutique emerging market equity investment firm in London, providing the firm with an international platform to expand its asset management business. Guardian has agreed to acquire London-based Zephyr Management (UK) Ltd, manager of the Zephyr Aurora Fund, an emerging market equity fund
Aetna has agreed to acquire UK-based InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners. InterGlobal has more than 65,000 medical members worldwide, and specialises in international private medical insurance for groups and individuals in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. The terms of the transaction,
Peer-to-business lending platform rebuildingsociety.com has passed the GBP1m borrowing milestone following a surge in interest from small and medium sized business (SME) borrowers. Strong growth in lending and demand from UK small businesses in the past three months has enabled rebuildingsociety.com to pass the milestone and facilitate nearly GBP1.2m of
Dolphin Venture Fund I, a seed fund organised under the laws of Delaware, is raising up to USD100m to seed fund start-ups and early stage ventures in Greece, the US, and the Philippines. The fund has over USD12m in investor commitments. Investors are expecting an annual ROI of 34 per
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has held the final close of Carlyle Partners VI, a USD13bn fund that invests in US corporate buyouts and strategic minority investments across six industries. A total of 269 investors from 43 countries committed capital to the fund. The team began fundraising in late
Canadian venture capital (VC) investment rose sharply in Q3 2013, while Canadian buyout and related private equity (PE) deal-making showed continued moderate decline over the same period in 2012. These were among the key findings from data released by CVCA – Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and research
Risk Capital Partners, the private equity firm chaired by Luke Johnson, has backed management to acquire Neilson Active Holidays Ltd from the Thomas Cook Group for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to complete in early December. This is Risk Capital Partners’ second deal this year in the
Thames Valley accountants and business advisors James Cowper has advised global engineering consultancy Roughton Group on a restructuring and refinancing. James Cowper has advised Roughton Group shareholders since 2011 to deliver an exit for two retiring shareholder directors. The advice has included a refinancing of the group with its
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
