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TWINO Group reaches EUR1bn loans issued

European peer-to-peer lending marketplace TWINO Group has reached a funding milestone of EUR1 billion loans issued since its inception in 2009, with half of the loans issued in the past three years. TWINO, which offers investors the chance to earn premium returns from unsecured consumer loans, now has almost 20,000 active

Clocktower closes second financial services innovation VC fund

Clocktower Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital investment arm of Clocktower Group, a client-focused alternative investment firm employing opportunistic strategies across public and private markets, has held the final close of the firm’s second financial services innovation fund, Clocktower Technologies II (CTV2). Focused exclusively on investments in early stage fintech

Baring Private Equity Asia to acquire Lumenis

Baring Private Equity Asia’s affiliated private equity funds (BPEA) have agreed to acquire Lumenis, a leading provider of specialty energy-based medical devices across the fields of aesthetics, urology, ophthalmology, ENT and gynecology from XIO. The transaction values Lumenis at an enterprise value of over USD1 billion. Lumenis is a global

HIG Capital closes USD3.1bn HIG Middle Market LBO Fund III above target

Global alternative asset management firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the HIG Middle Market LBO Fund III with aggregate capital commitments of USD3.1 billion, well exceeding its target. The Fund will continue the strategy of HIG Middle Market’s two predecessor funds, by making private equity investments in middle market companies,

Vista Equity Partners acquires Accelya

Vista Equity Partners (Vista), an investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has acquired Accelya, a provider of financial, commercial and analytics solutions to the airline and travel industry. Vista’s investment in Accelya is the first made by the firm’s permanent capital investment fund Vista Equity Partners

Foresight makes circa two-times return in three years on sale of Idio to Episerver

Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has sold Idio Limited (Idio) to Episerver, a customer-centric digital experience company. The acquisition is expected to enhance Episerver’s analytics and personalisation capabilities to deliver customer-centric digital experiences. Idio is a content personalisation and analytics platform powering the digital

Wellington Management closes Biomedical Innovation Fund I at USD393m

Independent management and investment firm, Wellington Management (Wellington), has announced the final close of the Wellington Biomedical Innovation Fund I (the Fund).  At the point of closure, the Fund was oversubscribed.   The Fund will invest in private biotechnology companies focused on drug discovery and development, and seeking capital to advance

Avedon Capital Partners sells its investment in Olympia

Avedon Capital Partners has sold its stake in Olympia, an employment agency focused on the social transition to meaningful work, to Morgan Stanley Tactical Value Investing. Morgan Stanley Tactical Value Investing will support Olympia in the next phase of its growth and strategy. Olympia has over 10 years of industry

Cairngorm Capital acquires Grant & Stone

Specialist private investment firm, Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital), has acquired independent builders’ merchant, Grant & Stone, and its commence subsidiary, Trading Depot UK Limited. Cairngorm Capital has acquired Grant & Stone from its founding shareholders and will support the current management team, led by Chief Executive, Nick House.  

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