Finch Capital has held the first close of its EUR150 million fund, Europe III, which will invest in European technology companies that shape the future of finance by using technology such as artificial intelligence. Europe III saw a near 90 per cent follow on investment from previous funds. Since its
Newtown Lane Marketing (Newtown) and Appgate have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The deal will see Appgate become a public company with significant financial resources to accelerate growth, scale, and go-to-market strategies. Appgate has also announced that a leading alternative investment manager with over USD12.5 billion in assets under
Additive manufactured mountain bike company Atherton Bikes has raised GBP385,000 through Angel Investment Network. The Welsh business is the brainchild of world-famous mountain biker siblings Gee Atherton, Dan Atherton and Rachel Atherton who have partnered with a team of engineers from F1, aerospace and NASA to produce a world-beating mountain-bike.
Groupama Axiom Legacy 21 has reached EUR506 million in assets under management, less than three years after the fund’s launch in 2018. The fund focuses on the subordinated “legacy” debt universe, a sector of financial instruments that is constantly being influenced by regulatory changes across the Eurozone. Currently, the majority
BITE Investments, a fintech company with an alternative investment platform, has published a new white paper which presents a strong case for private equity investments and important factors for success. Read the full story at Wealth Adviser…
Wombat, the UK’s first thematic & curated fractional investment platform, has closed a GBP2 million seed round to help the fast-growth business serve consumers’ increasing appetite for shares investing. The seed round, led by Fuel Ventures, will help Wombat further develop the platform to provide easy access to the world
Orion Innovation (Orion), a digital transformation and product development services firm, is to acquire Tellence Technologies (Tellence), a privately-held technology services company headquartered in Bucharest, Romania. With this acquisition, Orion is strengthening its European presence by establishing an R&D operation in Romania, with associates across Bucharest and other major cities,
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has entered exclusive negotiations to make a majority growth investment in DL Software, a France-based group of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software providers. Current DL Software majority shareholder 21 Invest France, as well as company founders and management, would each retain a
Kingswood Capital Management (Kingswood), an operationally-focused lower-middle market private equity firm, has closed the Kingswood Capital Opportunities Fund I. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap with total commitments of USD230 million. The Fund received commitments from a balanced group of high-quality limited partners, including public pension
Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain Capital) and Cinven (the consortium) have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF4.2 billion. LSI is a world-leading provider of specialty chemicals for microbial control solutions, used to eliminate or
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