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AST Private Company Solutions partners with fund admin firm HC Global Fund Services

AST Private Company Solutions (AST PCS) has formed a new strategic partnership with HC Global Funds Services, (HC Global) as a provider of fund administration services to seed fund, accelerator fund, venture, and private equity funds as well as special purpose vehicles. Users of AST PCS’s recently launched Astrella capitalisation (cap)

AST Private Company Solutions partners with Standish Management

AST Private Company Solutions (AST PCS) has partnered with Standish Management, a fund administration provider to private equity with over USD130-plus billion under administration. Users of PCS’s Astrella capitalisation (cap) table and ownership tracking platform will be able to integrate relevant ownership data from Astrella to Standish. Standish will use this

Text messaging

Social Capital backs Hustle

Palo Alto-based Social Capital, a tech holding company founded by Chamath Palihapitiya that supports innovative companies in healthcare, artificial intelligence, climate change and space has acquired Hustle, a peer-to-peer text messaging platform. Chief executive officer Steven Pease and the Hustle management team will continue in their roles following the deal.

Cyware raises USD10m for its Cyber Fusion solution

Cyware, a provider of cyber fusion solutions, has raised a USD10 million Series A round to enhance its threat intelligence automation, threat response, and security orchestration solutions. This round was led by the Prelude Fund (the venture practice at Mercato Partners), and Tanium, a provider of unified endpoint management and security.

Muhammad Akram, Akram Associates

Dynamism and proactivity in times of uncertainty

Along with the Covid-19 pandemic’s tumult, alternative investment fund managers have had to face a number of tax changes that are anticipated to have a tremendous impact on their business. 

Keeper Security closes USD60m in growth funding

Keeper Security, the provider of a cybersecurity platform for preventing password-related data breaches and cyberthreats, has closed a USD60 million minority investment by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. This is Keeper Security’s first equity raise since its inception. The synergy of the Keeper Security-Insight partnership will further

Diversity

City firms agree to tackle black underrepresentation

A list of 80 City investment management firms have agreed to back an initiative to increase black representation within key functions in portfolio management and finance. The new initiative, called #100blackinterns, aims to bring together long only and hedge funds, private equity, credit and real estate managers, together with consultants

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