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Hoxton Ventures new fund will ‘act as bridge’ between US and Europe

Hoxton Ventures has held the final close of its second fund, an early stage European VC fund, which includes seed investments in Babylon Health, Deliveroo and Darktrace. Existing investors in Hoxton’s first fund have invested in the second fund as well, alongside capital from new British, Swiss and US institutional

Haven Cyber Technologies Group secures EUR5.7m investment from C5 Capital

Haven Cyber Technologies Group (Haven Group), has secured a further investment of EUR5.7 million from C5 Capital, A specialist investment firm investing in the secure data ecosystem. In addition, the Haven Group announced Andrew Miller had been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer, and James Armstrong had been appointed Finance Director

FTV Capital closes largest fund to date at USD1.2bn hard cap

Growth equity investment firm FTV Capital (FTV) has closed its sixth and largest fund to date, FTV VI, at ts hard cap of USD1.2 billion in capital commitments from existing and new limited partners. Over its 22-year history, FTV has raised nearly USD4 billion and invested in 114 innovative, high-growth companies

KKR to acquire Roompot Group from PAI Partners

KKR is to acquire Roompot Group, a provider of holiday parks in Western Europe, from European private equity firm PAI Partners. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, having already received positive works council advice. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Founded in 1965 in the region of Zeeland (the

Prime Capital AG completes first closing of Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund

German independent asset manager Prime Capital AG has reached a EUR202 million first closing on its Prime Green Energy Infrastructure Fund, its first commingled product in the infrastructure space. The Fund focuses on wind-powered energy assets in the Nordic countries, with no reliance on government support and with the lowest cost

State Street’s Private Equity Index up to a 4.35 per cent in Q4 2019

The State Street Private Equity Index (SSPEI) posted its second highest quarterly return in the past two years at 4.35 per cent return in the fourth quarter of 2019, up from the 0.82 per cent return in Q3 2019. Venture Capital funds rallied 5.68 per cent after last quarter’s decline of

Livingbridge invests in Chill Insurance

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has invested in Irish insurance and financial services group Chill Insurance (Chill).Headquartered in Dublin where it employs almost 250 staff, Chill was founded in 2006 by brothers Padraig and Seamus Lynch and has subsequently grown into one of the largest

SLAMcore raises USD5 million to meet growing demand for robotics 

SLAMcore, a UK company developing spatial AI algorithms for robots and drones, has secured USD5 million in a funding round led by Octopus Ventures and MMC Ventures, with participation from Amadeus Capital Partners and Toyota AI Ventures. The funding will allow SLAMcore to meet the increasing demand of the robotics market,

Coronavirus crisis

Crisis acts as catalyst for the ‘S factor’ in ESG, says Aegon AM

The coronavirus crisis and nationwide lockdown have given clarity on how to evaluate companies’ ability to tackle social issues, “crystallising” what the S in ESG stands for, according to Bas NieuweWeme, CEO of Aegon Asset Management. The impact from coronavirus and the changes to the way people have had to

Akia secures funding from GSR Ventures

Akia, a Menlo Park-based start-up focused on transforming the way hotels engage with their guests, has secured a new round of funding from GSR Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with more than USD3 billion under management. Akia will utilise the capital to accelerate and expand implementation of its AI-enabled SaaS

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