SGG Group, the world’s fourth largest investor services group, has adopted a new name, visual identity and corporate website. SGG Group has rebranded to become IQ-EQ. IQ-EQ unites SGG, First Names Group, Augentius, Iyer Practice and Viacert under one single brand. Mark Pesco, Group CEO, says: “Our new name
Global private investments firm Flexstone Partners, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, and Hostplus, an Australian superannuation fund, are to launch a US private equity emerging managers programme dedicated to Hostplus and designed to provide risk-adjusted investment solutions to qualifying Hostplus members. The emerging managers programme will see Flexstone Partners
UK-based equity management platform, Capdesk, has raised GBP1.5 million from London-based VC fund Fuel Ventures and angels to digitise and provide liquidity to the billions of pounds’ worth of employee shares in unlisted European companies. Capdesk was founded by Christian Gabriel and Casper Arboll as a response to a new
Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of CoolSys to the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Brea, CA, CoolSys is a leading refrigeration and HVAC services company and provides a full spectrum of
Under the legal leadership of ARQIS, the German Standards Setting Institute (GESSI) has published the “Term Sheet”, another standard document for startups and investors, especially business angels. The GESSI is a joint project of the Business Angels Network Germany e.V. (BAND) and the Federal Association of German Startups e.V. (Startup
Singapore-based private equity investor Tembusu Partners is to launch several investment funds totalling at least RMB1.0 billion (SGD205.6 million) after securing the first Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) status awarded to a foreign fund management firm in China’s Guizhou Province. The pan-Asian investment firm also announced the appointment of Lim
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has led USD26 million funding round in Las Vegas-based ecommerce security and website performance company NS8. The company will use the funds to accelerate product innovation and go-to-market expansion. Ecommerce fraud is growing at nearly twice the rate as online sales, according to
BlackCurve, a pricing optimisation company, has closed GBP1.5 million funding round, led by Pan-European VC Nauta Capital. Founded in 2016, BlackCurve’s pricing optimisation platform helps retailers manage and optimise the price of every item they sell to achieve their business goals. The platform, powered by Artificial Intelligence, ingests data sources ranging
Veeqo, a retail automation platform that helps retailers sync their inventory across multiple sales channels and fulfil customer orders, has raised a GBP3.3m growth investment from the Development Capital team at Octopus Investments. Octopus joins existing investors, Daniel McPherson and New Look founder Tom Singh, along with equity crowdfunding platform
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Livingbridge portfolio company, Carousel Logistics Limited, on its refinancing and acquisition of time-critical logistics company BDA Logistics Innovation (BDA). Carousel provides specialist logistics solutions to high performance industries across Europe, in the Agriculture, MedTech, High-Tech, Scientific and Automotive sectors, plus other service-focused industries.
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