Victory Capital Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent of WestEnd Advisors (WestEnd) for an upfront payment of USD480 million. WestEnd will become Victory Capital’s 12th Investment Franchise and represents a new dimension of growth and diversification. Founded in 2004, and headquartered in Charlotte, North
O’Melveny has represented DigiLens Inc, an specialist in head-worn holographic display and waveguide technology, in its Series D funding round led by Samsung Electronics, a transaction valuing DigiLens at over USD500 million. The transaction was announced on 2 November. Additional industry leaders joining the funding round include Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Diamond
Hg, a software and services investor and supporter of the expansion of legal technology solutions specialist Litera since 2019, is leading a further investment in the business. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Chicago, New York and London, Litera software empowers users across the
GeoWealth, a modern turnkey asset management program (TAMP) built for advisers, has raised USD19 million in a Series B funding round led by Kayne Partners Fund, the growth private equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, with a follow-on investment from JP Morgan Asset Management, a strategic investor in GeoWealth
Avantax, a specialist in tax-focused financial planning, has acquired Pennsylvania-based Warner Finance, with approximately USD258 million in total client assets as of 11 October, 2021. The transaction expands the presence of Avantax’s employee-based RIA (registered investment advisor) while enabling the Warner team to focus on new growth opportunities as they
Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has invested in Pngme, a financial technology company with a focus on driving financial inclusion by providing mission critical data infrastructure and machine learning models to financial institutions. According to the Central Bank
Abacus Group, a global provider of IT services for alternative investment firms, today announced it has completed acquisition of the IT services business unit of Echo Technology Solutions. Founded in 2002, Echo is a technology and digital transformation consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, with two key business units –
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York, has sold its portfolio company BECO Holding Company, Inc (BHC0 to an affiliate of HIG Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Zig Websoftware, a developer of solutions for housing corporations, student accommodation, commercial property management, and housing allocation. Today, over 160 real estate organisations and 1.8 million tenants and housing market entrants use Zig’s software. Zig has been active in the real
UK-based proptech startup Evo has secured GBP1 million investment Via the GroVentive investment platform. At the next stage of growth, Evo plans to build partnerships with a variety of providers, including rent payments, utilities, grocery deliveries and transactions with local governments. Co-founder and CEO Dean Shepherd says: “Renters are screaming
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