UX-Republic joins Smile, a specialist in open source technologies known through its brands Neopixl, the mobile applications specialist, and SensioLabs, creator of the Symfony framework. UX-Republic will continue to operate under its own brand and will benefit from Smile’s capabilities to strengthen its customer offering – particularly on the technological
AlpInvest Partners has raised USD3.5 billion for AlpInvest Co-Investment Fund VIII (ACF VIII). The Fund exceeds its USD3 billion target. Rob de Jong, Managing Director & Co-Head of Co-Investments at AlpInvest, says: “This latest fundraise underlines AlpInvest’s strong performance, and the appetite for our differentiated co-sponsored approach acting as a
Ecommerce startup aisle 3 has completed a successful follow on funding round, raising GBP250,000 via Angel Investment Network. Aiming to become ‘the Wikipedia of product search’ the business secured the funds in just six weeks with the company’s valuation more than doubling in the past five months. Experienced angel investors
Blazehill Capital, a new alternative lender focusing on providing credit and critical working capital funding to mid-market UK businesses who require additional financial support which they cannot get from traditional providers, has been launched. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor, and LMCA, a brand extension specialist, have launched brand acquisition firm Full Sail IP Partners. Full Sail IP Partners will acquire brands with untapped potential and build out their business through relevant, revenue generating licenses. “Our partnership with LMCA demonstrates our commitment to identifying
Unreasonable Collective has closed Q1 2021 with investments in Classcraft, Goodr, At One Ventures and Turtle Tree, totalling more than USD3 million. The Collective, a private co-investment club launched by the Unreasonable Group at the end of 2020 with racial and gender diversity at its core, explicitly directs capital into
Rosemark Group (Rosemark), a new company focused on helping brands build deeper relationships with their consumers, has entered into an agreement under which Newlight Partners LP (Newlight), a growth equity investor, will make an equity investment of up to USD150 million in the company. Rosemark will use the investment
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised longstanding client Piper, a specialist investor in fast-growing consumer brands, on its GBP5 million investment into Wild Nutrition, a natural health supplements brand. Founded in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Henrietta and Charlie Norton, Wild Nutrition has disrupted the UK’s GBP20 billion health
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has held the final close of the NB Private Equity Impact Fund with nearly USD280 million of commitments. The successful fundraise demonstrates the growth of Neuberger Berman’s private equity impact investment strategy and the manager’s active role in the market. Neuberger Berman
Foresight Group, a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a GBP1.25 million growth capital investment under the Scottish Growth Scheme into FURTHER.SPACE Limited, a luxury glamping pod holiday company, providing outdoor premium short breaks in Scotland and Ireland. The company is well placed to benefit from the
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