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ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) has completed its acquisition of NXT Capital, which is now a new subsidiary of ORIX USA.
“NXT Capital is now a strategic part of ORIX USA’s asset management and middle-market growth engine,” says Hideto Nishitani, ORIX USA chairman, president and CEO. “We are fortunate to add NXT Capital to our team, which will bolster our reputation as a hybrid middle-market lender and asset manager.”
Based in Chicago, NXT Capital will continue to operate out of its current headquarters, while Robert E Radway remains in his role as chairman and CEO. More than 115 NXT
Nebula Genomics has raised USD4.3 million in seed financing with participation from 10 leading venture capital firms.
The funds will support the company’s mission to usher in the era of personal genome sequencing by creating a trusted, secure, and decentralized marketplace for genomic data. The company also has forged a partnership with Veritas Genetics, the leading whole genome sequencing and interpretation company, that will connect the Nebula marketplace to Veritas’ Arvados open-source software platform.
This financing round includes many of the best-known venture firms investing in innovative entrepreneurs in genomics and blockchain. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Arch Venture
Cloudian has raised USD94 million in a Series E funding, bringing the company’s total funding to USD173 million.
The round includes participation from investors Digital Alpha, Eight Roads Ventures, Goldman Sachs, INCJ, JPIC (Japan Post Investment Corporation), NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc and WS (Wilson Sonsini) Investments. Cloudian will use this investment, which is the largest single round to date for a distributed file systems and object storage provider, to expand its worldwide sales and marketing efforts and increase its engineering team to meet rising demand for its limitlessly-scalable enterprise storage solutions.
“Cloudian redefines enterprise storage with a global data
OnRobot A/S, a Denmark-based provider of end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) used in collaborative robot systems, has announced an investment led by global growth equity firm Summit Partners, with participation from existing investors including Vaekstfonden (The Danish Growth Fund).
The funding will help support OnRobot’s continued international growth and expansion of its product portfolio.
Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, OnRobot is a leading provider of hardware and software that help customers take full advantage of the benefits of collaborative robot applications: ease of use, cost-effectiveness and safe use alongside human workers. OnRobot integrates grippers, sensors and software to facilitate the deployment of
Technology investment firm TECHNEDs has entered into a new investment partnership with call recording solutions specialist ReTell.
ReTell, which is the ninth company to join TECHNEDs’ family of technology companies, works with integrators and retains a strong partner channel serving multiple markets to deliver a range of call recording solutions. Its software handles millions of recorded calls each day providing reliable call recording for SIP, ISDN and PSTN lines.
Ed Crane, TECHNEDs LLP Partner, says: “TECHNEDs is an experienced growth investor that has an established track record within in the call recording space. By leveraging our experience and industry knowledge,
Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) and Värde Partners (Värde), have formed a strategic partnership to pursue investments in stressed and distressed assets in India.
Operating through a joint platform, both parties will evaluate investments across sectors, focusing on the acquisition, restructuring and resolution of the substantial supply of non-performing assets in India as well as special situations financings. Given the current landscape and further prospects in asset reconstruction in India, ABCL and Värde believe there is an attractive pipeline for strong capital deployment opportunities over the next several years.
Ajay Srinivasan, Chief Executive of ABCL, says: “The ARC business
Readly, the global digital magazine newsstand, has raised EUR10m in additional funding to drive the next stage of its growth. The latest round of funding comes from new investor Swedish fund Swedbank Robur and London based Zouk Capital.
The company will use the funds to further its international expansion and support growth in its existing markets.
“Reading magazines digitally has become second nature as the demand for quality, curated content via the smartphone or tablet grows. The funding reflects confidence in our business model, team and market. It plays an important role in ensuring Readly fulfils its vision to be
Morgan Lewis has advised Digital Colony, a global investment firm focused on mobile and internet infrastructure, on its investment in Stratto Ltd.
Stratto is a leading provider of DAS (distributed antenna systems) and small cell networks in the United Kingdom offering in-building mobile coverage solutions. Digital Colony will become the majority shareholder in the company.
The transaction provides capital to further Stratto’s pipeline of indoor DAS network opportunities across the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Morgan Lewis’s team was led by London partner Tom Cartwright and included associates Jack Shawdon, Nadia Akhter, and Robert Hutton; tax
SpendMend, a portfolio company of Sheridan Capital Partners, has acquired Contract Management Strategies (CMS).
Founded in 2002 by Clayton Hale and headquartered in Irvine, California, CMS provides audit recovery and professional services for its clients with specialisation in Accounts Payable Audit Recovery, Sales & Use Tax Consulting and Audit Recovery, Pharmacy Audit Recovery & Price Reduction, Medical Device Audit Recovery and Tracking.
“We are pleased to be able to bring these two organisations together,” says Dan Geelhoed, CEO of SpendMend. “Together we are able to bring SpendMend’s spend visibility, technology and analytics to the CMS client base, open up CMS’ broad
Peer-to-peer business lender, Assetz Capital, has appointed Chris Macklin as chief risk officer.
With over 35 years of experience at RBS/NatWest, including four years as head of complex customer management and strategic relationship management, Chris Macklin brings to the company a wealth of knowledge and experience in strategic, credit and risk management within the financial sector.
In his new position, and with his extensive experience in working with thousands of SMEs, Chris will build on Assetz Capital’s leading position in risk management within the peer-to-peer market.
As chief risk officer, Chris will head up all of the risk management operations of the company, as well as building on the established
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