Leeds Equity Partners (Leeds Equity), a New York-based private equity firm, is investing in OptionMetrics, an options and futures database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide. OptionMetrics represents the first investment platform for Leeds Equity Partners VII. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Leeds
ScaleUp Capital has made an investment in InStep, a Cheshire-based apprenticeship and commercial training provider, and imageHOLDERS, a Dorset-based custom kiosk designer and manufacturer. Both companies are profitable with revenues in the range of GBP5-7 million, growing at 30-40 per cent per year and an enterprise value in the range
Expensya, an automated spend management solution for businesses, has completed a USD20 million fundraising campaign. Two new funds, MAIF Avenir and Silicon Badia, have invested in the development of the fintech company, joining ISAI and Seventure, the two other funds that were raised in the previous round. In this first
Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, has secured USD112 million in Series C funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company with participation from existing investors. The round follows Wasabi’s USD27.5 million in debt financing announced in January. The C round brings Wasabi’s total equity financing to USD219 million. The
JOG Capital, a private equity firm with a 14-year track record managing more than USD1.3 billion in energy investments, has completed a corporate transition and rebranding to become Carbon Infrastructure Partners (CIP). CIP is among the first investment firms focused on solving the dual challenge of how to meet global
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has completed the previously announced sale of Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, to Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT). The total purchase price was USD1.45 billion. CD&R funds acquired a 60 per cent stake in Capco in July 2017 in a partnership transaction with
Astro Aerospace, a developer of eVTOL aerial vehicles and drones, is to acquire Horizon Aircraft (Horizon), a developer of advanced eVTOLs, for five million common shares of Astro stock, the material terms of which are disclosed in the Company’s related 8-K filing. The transaction was unanimously approved by the respective
AI Capital, a Colorado-based venture capital firm investing in early growth stage enterprise AI software companies, is selling its portfolio company, Link3D, to Materialise just over a year after investing. Alongside the exit, the firm has closed its North America (NA) Fund I and is now launching NA Fund II.
IPO activity in the US had the strongest first quarter in the year 2021, continuing the strong momentum seen in the second half of the year. According to the research data analysed and published by Finaria, 389 US-based IPOs raised a total of USD125 billion in Q1 2021, up from
CVS Health has launched CVS Health Ventures, a dedicated corporate venture capital fund that will invest in and partner with high-potential, early-stage companies focused on making health care more accessible, affordable, and simpler. “Consumers deserve a better health experience, one that puts them at the centre of cutting-edge, digitally enabled
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