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Sovereign-backed ACOLIN makes second acquisition in two months

Sovereign Capital Partners’ portfolio company ACOLIN, a provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services, has acquired GFA, a SaaS-based data collection and analytics provider for asset managers. This follows ACOLIN’s acquisition of digital fund distribution and data management business Fundbase in February.   Founded in 2014, GFA (www.gfa.lu) operates

eSalesHub raise GBP1.65m in Series A round backed by Maven and Northern Powerhouse

eSalesHub, a Yorkshire tech firm analysing big data using AI to optimise clients marketing spend, has secured a GBP1.65 million funding round from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).  The NPIF – Maven Equity Fund invested

Anu Balasubramanian, Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings’ Anu Balasubramanian on cross-border M&A trends

In this week’s podcast, Anu Balasubramanian, partner at international law firm Paul Hastings, shares her views on whether US/European cross border M&A deal making will continue its upward trajectory, her outlook on the US economic recovery and what that will mean for European PE.

Polish VC investment fund Freya Capital joins PFR Starter programme

Freya Capital a venture capital fund that aims to provide investment support to early-stage companies has been added to the latest edition of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Starter programme. The total capitalisation of Freya Capital is PLN64 million.  Freya Capital intends to invest in seed/early-stage companies operating in Europe,

NB Partners Fund III closes at USD500m hard cap

Boston-based NorthBridge Partners (NorthBridge) and New York-based Park Madison Partners have announced the final close of NB Partners Fund III, LP (Fund III), which was oversusbcribed at its USD500 million hard cap.  Investors in the fund included a mix of public and private pensions, foundations, asset managers, family offices, and

Main Sequence announces new AUD250m fund to ‘solve the world’s biggest challenges’

Main Sequence, Australia’s deep tech investment fund founded by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has raised AUD250m for its second fund.  The oversubscribed raise was supported by returning investors including Horizons Ventures, Hostplus, Lockheed Martin and Temasek, as well as family offices and private investors from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Invests in Prime Global Medical Communications

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a global private equity firm, has invested in Prime Global Medical Communications Ltd (Prime Global), in partnership with the company founder and existing management team. Founded in 1997, Prime Global is a global medical communications and market access group that provides the world’s leading biotech,

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