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CMO IPO caps hat-trick of high multiple exits for KCP

The recent IPO of online building products retailer CMO Group PLC rounded off a busy and productive 12 months for private equity firm Key Capital Partners(KCP). The flotation represented the firm’s third high-value exit in the last 12 months; coming hot on the heels of the sale of nursing business

VC form Forward Partners to list on AIM

Forward Partners, a London-based venture capital firm specialising in supporting high growth, early-stage technology businesses, has announced plans for a proposed admission to trading on AIM and associated placing of 34,749,490 new ordinary shares of 1 penny each at a price of 100 pence per share. The Company has also made

Seraphim Space Investment Trust Raises approximately GBP180m in oversubscribed IPO

Seraphim Space Investment Trust, a newly established closed-ended investment company which will invest in a diversified international portfolio of early and growth stage Space Tech businesses, has successfully raised gross proceeds of approximately GBP178.4 million pursuant to the Initial Issue of its ordinary shares as described in the prospectus published

Bullish to go public on NYSE with SPAC merger

Bullish, a technology company focused on developing financial services for the digital assets sector, is to go public through a merger with Far Peak Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: FPAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Bullish plans to launch a revolutionary, regulated cryptocurrency exchange that offers deep, predictable liquidity for investors

Number of H1 2021 UK IPOs exceeds number for the whole of 2020

The UK IPO market has continued its resurgence throughout H1 2021 with the number of new listings on the London Stock Exchange already exceeding the number that listed in the whole of 2020, according to research from law firm Pinsent Masons. As of 28 June 2021, 45 companies have listed

Forward Partners to float on AIM

Forward Partners, a London-based venture capital firm, is to to seek admission of its shares to trading on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange (Admission). Founded in 2013, Forward Partners is a well-established and respected London-based venture capital firm, specialising in supporting high growth, early-stage technology businesses. It

TISE launches sustainable segment, joins UN sustainable initiative

The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has launched a new market segment, TISE Sustainable, and joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (UN SSE). With sustainable finance gathering momentum, TISE is seeking to play a greater role in facilitating the financing of a sustainable future. TISE has established the new

Argand Partners’ Cherry completes successful IPO

Argand Partners (Argand), a New York- and San Francisco Bay Area-based industrials private equity firm, has announced that its portfolio company, Cherry AG (Cherry), a global designer and manufacturer of high-precision keyboard PC gaming mechanical switch technology, has successfully completed its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.  At the final

PROfounders delivers 25x return on Made.com investment

PROfounders Capital, an early stage venture capital investor, has welcomed the successful pricing of online furniture retailer Made.com ahead of its IPO on the London Stock Exchange, which will deliver a 25x return for PROfounders’ investors.  PROfounders’ investment in Made.com will also deliver another fund returner for investors, with proceeds

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