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Blockstream raises USD210m

Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has raised USD210 million as part of a Series B financing on a valuation of USD3.2 billion. Investors include Baillie Gifford and iFinex. The new funding comes alongside the acquisition of Spondoolies’ intellectual property, and the core team joining Blockstream to build Blockstream’s ASIC arm. Spondoolies

Accelex announces further automation of critical workflows for private markets investors

Accelex, a data acquisition, analytics, and reporting solution for private markets investors and asset servicers, has launched capital account statement, capital call and distribution notice processing.  Firms will now be able to streamline the data extraction from these critical investment documents leveraging the same cutting-edge technology used by clients worldwide

Vistra partners with AMR Action Fund

Vistra, a provider of advisory and administrative support to Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund, Corporate, Capital Market and Private Wealth clients, has formed a strategic partnership with the AMR Action Fund, a public-private partnership supporting the development of new antibiotics.  Vistra was chosen by the AMR Action Fund to

PDQ secures growth investment from TA Associates

PDQ.com (PDQ), a provider of IT asset management software for small and medium-sized businesses, has secured a growth investment from private equity firm TA Associates (TA).  TA, together with PDQ’s founders and executive management team, plan to accelerate PDQ’s growth as the company aims to expand its portfolio of easy-to-use

Arlington Capital Partners acquires MCR

Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington Capital), a Washington DC-area private equity firm, is to acquire MCR (MCR), a provider of cost analysis and engineering and software development expertise to customers in defence, intelligence and critical civilian governmental agencies in the US as well as customers internationally.  MCR’s senior management team has

Blockchain VC fund Tioga Capital triples assets under management ahead of final close

Tioga Capital, a leading European venture capital fund focusing on blockchain technology, has tripled its assets under management to EUR42 million.  Buoyed by commitments from multiple sovereign wealth funds and Europe’s largest endowment, Tioga Capital’s growth clearly highlights how institutional investors are moving into blockchain. Recent months have also seen

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Info Edge Ventures leads Lumiq seed round

Info Edge Ventures has led a USD2 million seed round into Lumiq, an Indian data and analytics company that provides data-driven decision-making for financial enterprises. The funding round also saw participation from Redstart Labs and angel investor Parampreet Bhasin. Lumiq plans to utilise the fresh capital in the company’s sales

CVC completes acquisition of RiverStone Europe and appoints Chair

CVC Capital Partners (CVC) funds have completed the acquisition of RiverStone Europe from Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) and OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees.  The RiverStone Europe Group will now operate under the name RiverStone International. RiverStone International is one of the largest global consolidators of non-life

ZEDRA appoints new Head of Funds for Guernsey

ZEDRA has appointed Damien Fitzgerald as Head of Funds for Guernsey. In the role, he will lead the firm’s fund solutions offering and will be supported by the recently appointed Head of Fund Operations, John Donnelly, an industry veteran with considerable experience in client service management, financial reporting and fund

LeapFrog acquires 16.94 per cent stake in Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited

LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has acquired a 16.94 per cent stake in Ghana’s largest privately-owned bank, Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited from Amethis, an investment fund manager dedicated to the African continent, and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES), a mid-cap growth and buy-out franchise affiliated with

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