FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Managers

Manulife Investment Management closes second co-investment fund

Manulife Investment Management has closed Manulife Co-Investment Partners II (MCIP II), a USD683.5 million private equity co-investment fund, which exceeded its original target of USD600 million.  MCIP II is the firm’s second co-investment fund, primarily investing in a diverse portfolio of North American middle market companies. MCIP II further fulfils

Kentik raises USD40m in Series C round

Kentik, the network observability company, has closed a USD40 million Series C funding round led by existing investor Third Point Ventures. Investors from prior rounds – August Capital, Tahoma Ventures, DCVC, Engineering Capital and Vistara Growth – were joined by new investors Golub Capital, Gaingels and Delta-v Capital to complete

HIG Capital completes recapitalisation of Health Network One

HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the recapitalisation of Health Network One and its various affiliates and subsidiaries, a provider of specialty benefit management services for health insurers. Founded in 1999, Health Network One partners with health plans to optimise care across a number of specialties, including Physical, Occupational and Speech

GI Partners-backed Insurity acquires Maprisk

Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software for property and casualty (P&C) carriers, brokers, and MGAs today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Maprisk. Maprisk provides geospatial data and analytics software to enable underwriting automation and allows P&C carriers and MGAs to smartly plan and proactively respond to

Blackstone to acquire VFS Global

Funds managed by Blackstone Capital Partners have signed a definitive agreement with EQT VII fund (EQT Private Equity) and KHF to acquire a majority stake in VFS Global.  EQT Private Equity will remain indirectly invested in the Company with a minority position alongside Blackstone. Blackstone, as majority shareholder, and KHF,

Nexteam Group and Ventana Group to merge

Nexteam Group, which is backed by Tikehau Capital and ACE Capital Partners, and Ventana Group are to merge to create an industrial player serving the aeronautics, space and defence sectors.  The new group created, specialising in the aeronautics, space and defence sectors, will be built on its industrial centres of

Thoma Bravo-backed Riskonnect acquires ICIX

Riskonnect, a specialist in integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, has acquired ICIX, a California-based value chain governance company that empowers businesses to manage, monitor, and verify ESG performance.  The acquisition accelerates Riskonnect’s global growth by expanding its IRM product suite to better serve the increasing risk and compliance demands of

GED Capital participates in Troop’s USD8 million Series A financing round

Independent Iberian asset manager GED Capital has participated with its fund Conexo Ventures in the USD8 million Series A investment round of Troop, a startup that helps with the organisation of in-person meetings for all users. In addition to GED Capital, other investors participating in the round included Madrona Venture

Ara Partners acquires Fluitron

Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired Fluitron. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, Fluitron is a specialist in manufacturing industrial gas compression and dispensing equipment, including diaphragm compressors, pressure vessels, and other specialised products. Founded

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings