CEE-focused Mezzanine Management has fully exited its investment in European contract research organisation Optimapharm by selling it to The Rohatyn Group. Mezzanine Management is an advisor to the AMC group of funds, whose total investments exceed EUR700 million. The investment advisory firm has been operating in Central Europe since 2000 from
Cathay Capital Private Equity (Cathay Capital) has raised USD850 million for its private equity fund, Midcap II. Founded in 2007, with offices in the US, Europe and China, Cathay Capital has completed over 140 buyouts, growth and venture capital investments. Midcap II represents Cathay Capital’s largest fund, an increase of USD325
UK Innovation funder Rocking Horse has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with London-based specialist investment firm Quilam Capital.The companies will look to assist the millions of UK SMEs who are eligible for around GBP22 billion worth of Government R&D tax credits or Innovate UK grant schemes, with advance funding to support
Praetura Ventures, an investor in businesses in high-value sectors, has launched the Praetura EIS Growth Fund.As an ‘evergreen’ fund, the Praetura EIS Growth Fund is looking to raise up to GBP30 million per annum and will soft close twice a year with the funds raised being deployed to support the
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired PKWARE, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based provider of data security software solutions. AGC Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to PKWARE on this transaction. Terms have not been disclosed. Founded in 1986, PKWARE (www.pkware.com) created the .ZIP
Wellth, a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioural economics, has received USD10 million in Series A funding round. Existing investors yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) co-led the funding round with participation from returning investors AXA Venture Partners, New York Life Ventures, NFP Ventures and I2BF Global
Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform for node management serving institutions and developers, has completed a strategic funding round of USD5.5 million led by venture capital (VC) firms focused on blockchain technology. Blockdaemon’s funding round is supported by a number of new investors including Hashkey, CoinShares, Blockchain.com, Kenetic, SPiCE VC and Fenbushi
By Jon Mowll, responsible investment analyst at EdenTree Investment Management – The global spread of Covid-19 has increased awareness of systemic issues that predate and have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The virus has raised questions of who and what we – or rather, our economic systems – value, as
Three Hills Capital Partners has completed a EUR67 million investment round to partially finance the acquisition of Agfa-Gevaert’s healthcare software business by Dedalus Holding. Because of THCP’s financial support, the founder and chairman of Dedalus, Giorgio Moretti, will retain 25 per cent in Dedalus Holding. “This closing represents a key
INDOS Financial’s ‘assets under depositary’ in closed-ended private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds now exceed USD10 billion. The new total, spread across 30 clients, splits to USD5.4 billion (private equity), USD3.2 billion (real estate), USD1.4 billion (infrastructure/debt). Overall INDOS Financials assets exceed USD35 billion from 75 clients represented by
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