The VCT season continues to pick up steam, with Maven announcing its intention to raise GBP15 million across two of its VCTs. It follows on from recent high profile launches from Albion, Mobeus and Octopus Titan. Demand for VCTs has been strong this tax year. So far GBP31 million has
Northgate Capital has closed Northgate Venture Partners VIII (NVP VIII) at USD120 million. NVP VIII invests primarily in marquee venture capital firms and a select number of emerging managers. “Over the last 20 years, we have backed some of the premier venture capital firms in the business,” says Brent Jones,
Norwest Venture Partners, a venture and growth equity investment firm, has closed its largest fund to date, Norwest Venture Partners XV (NVP XV) at USD2 billion. The fund targets disruptive and market-leading companies from seed to late-stage across consumer, enterprise and healthcare sectors. The launch of Norwest Venture Partners XV,
Alpine Investors (Alpine), a middle market private equity firm that focuses on software and services businesses, has completed fundraising for Alpine Investors VII (Fund VII) with USD1 billion in limited partner capital commitments. Fund VII was oversubscribed, well exceeding its USD750 million target and hitting its hard cap, bringing the
E-commerce platform Shopblocks has set its sights on the US market after securing a GBP500,000 investment. Shopblocks has raised funding from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s GM Investment Fund, its existing investor Dow Schofield Watts Angels (DSW Angels), and members of the management team to support its expansion in the
Careology, a health-tech platform for cancer care, has raised GBP1.12 million in funding from some of the UK’s leading health and technology private angel investors. Careology is the first intelligent technology that empowers people with cancer to feel in control of their own care. It seamlessly connects them to their family
FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has made an investment in the newly formed Orthodontic Partners (OP), an orthodontic services organisation. FFL will be partnering with co-founders Dr Jamie Reynolds, Dr Jeff Kozlowski and CEO Chip Hurlburt, who also have significant
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final close of its fifth co-investment fund at its hard cap of USD3.0 billion. HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment Fund V, which had an original target of USD2.5 billion, was oversubscribed. “HarbourVest’s direct co-investment program has established itself as a leader
Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, have backed a GBP4.5 million investment into SharpCloud Software Limited (SharpCloud). YFM’s investment comes from its two advised VCTs, British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc, alongside YFM Equity Partners Growth II LP.
True Nature Holding is forming a new Irish corporate entity, Mitesco PLC, to act as a holding company for its European based acquisitions. The new name, which is Latin for “progress”, reflects the company’s strategy of acquiring healthcare technology solutions companies, generally, those that are early stage, but past proof
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