O’Melveny has advised Kayne Partners on a USD25 million minority investment in executive search firm Riviera Partners. Private equity firm ROCA Partners joined Kayne in the investment, which was announced on 4 June, 2019. Kayne Partners is the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, a provider of capital
Browne Jacobson has advised Mobeus Equity Partners on its GBP3 million capital growth investment in Parsley Box. The investment will be used to accelerate product development, customer acquisition and recruitment in the Edinburgh based business which was established in 2017 by Adrienne and Gordon Macaulay to provide nutritionally balanced meals
UK Private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested a further GBP750,000, in car insurance platform, Honcho Markets (honcho). The funding has been provided by Maven VCTs (GBP322,500), North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (GBP322,500) and the Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham
Inzura.ai, a UK-based global insurtech, has raised a further GBP1 million in a pre-A funding round. This follows a seed investment round in early 2018 and rapid growth in the UK and South East Asian markets. Inzura works with brokers and insurers to deliver enhanced digital versions of their insurance
A total of USD2.891 billion was invested in the data and insights industry last year, either through venture capital or private equity. Market research is now receiving funding comparable to sectors such as Energy and IT Hardware, with recorded VC investment of USD1.75 billion and USD2.28 billion respectively according to
Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) is to sell Il Bisonte to Tokyo Stock exchange-listed fashion distribution specialist, Look Holdings (Look). The transaction values Il Bisonte at an Enterprise Value of EUR100 million, three times the entry price paid by Palamon, producing a 26 per cent Gross IRR for Palamon European Equity
Cybersecurity specialist KnowBe4 has raised USD300 million in a funding round led by global investment firm KKR, with significant participation from existing investors Elephant and TenEleven Ventures. This new infusion of funds, valuing the company at USD1 billion, is expected to be used for global growth initiatives and platform development, and builds
Funderbeam, a global funding and trading platform, has raised USD4.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by UK-based Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV). The round includes new investors such as GK-Plug and Play Indonesia, Pandan Ventures, with existing investors including Draper Associates, Draper Venture Partners, IQ Capital, and Mistletoe
Crestbridge has established a branch of its Luxembourg Management Company (ManCo) in London as the business seeks to cement ties between the UK and Luxembourg and secure new opportunities post-Brexit. The move comes after Crestbridge received formal regulatory approval to establish a branch of its EU-based ManCo, the ‘Crestbridge Management
YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has held the first close of its Buy-Out-Fund II with GBP60 million of investment committed. This follows the GBP45 million raised for its Buy-Out Fund I, which had a final close in April 2017. Only two years later, and following the recent investment in The Protein Works,
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