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Chief Outsiders, an “Executives-as-a-Service” firm offering fractional Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) to mid-sized companies across the nation, has been named on the Inc 5000 2017 list as one of the country’s fastest growing companies.
This is the fourth consecutive year Chief Outsiders has earned a place on the list, with the company achieving revenue growth between 2014 and 2016 of nearly 190 per cent. CEO and founder Art Saxby attributes that growth to the company’s rapid expansion in Private Equity (PE) – it recently doubled the number of PE-owned businesses it serves, making this the fastest growing segment of Chief
ICEYE, a specialist in synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) technology for micro-satellites, has secured USD13 million in new funding, including an USD8.5 million financing round led by Draper Nexus.
ICEYE will use the latest funding to scale up operations, including manufacturing of the company’s SAR technology built from off-the-shelf components, and launch additional satellites. ICEYE plans to launch the first three micro-satellites equipped with SAR sensors over the next 12 months, delivering earth observation data to select customers shortly thereafter.
This USD8.5 million round also included participation from True Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, Space Angels, and Draper Associates. Additional funding was received
Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management comments on sterling’s fall to an eight-year low…
The single currency’s strength this year is a far cry from the days when investors feared its demise. Year-to-date the euro is up 8 per cent against sterling and 12 per cent against the US dollar.
The euro’s resurgence this year has come on the back of an improving growth backdrop – note yesterday’s flash PMI reading for August – together with receding political risks, following the market favourable election results in the Netherlands and France. At this point, the upcoming German election
Amenity Analytics has raised USD7.6 million in a Series A round of funding led by an investment from State of Mind Ventures.
Additionally, Yuval Baharav (pictured), managing partner of State of Mind Ventures, has joined the company’s board of directors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and to scale sales and marketing.
Amenity Analytics’ platform uses self-correcting artificial intelligence to unlock insights in any kind of text. Their highly-accurate natural language processing requires minimal coding or special information technology support – a significant hidden cost in other AI approaches. Clients have used Amenity’s platform to identify
Club deals, often used by private equity managers prior to the ’08 financial crisis, are a thing of the past. The new kid on the block is the co-investment deal, which over the last four or five years has been gaining real traction with institutional investors.
Speaking with Private Equity Wire, Corentin du Roy (pictured), Managing Director at HarbourVest and one of the leaders of HarbourVest’s co-investment opportunities in Europe, says that co-investments are now an established part of an investor’s allocation.
“Over the past four or five years, a large majority of LPs see the benefit of having 10
Brella, developer of a networking application for business events that was founded in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2016, has raised EUR1.2 million in private equity.
The lead investor was Vendep Capital together with a team of international angel investors, including from the USA, France and Finland.
The investment will allow Brella to expand its operations in the USA, which is already the conmpany’s most important market. In addition, the company will be able to hire over a dozen product developers, as well as sales and marketing staff, in Finland.
The idea for the service was born when the company’s
Kirkland & Ellis has advised private equity investors Bain Capital and Cinven on the successful takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical group Stada. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, this is the largest buy-out ever realized in the German market.
In a second voluntary public takeover offer, 63.85 per cent of the Stada shares were tendered to Nidda Healthcare Holding AG, the acquiring company of Bain Capital and Cinven. The transfer of shares tendered during the acceptance period will be conducted prior to the Annual General Meeting on 30 August, 2017. Within a further acceptance period of two weeks
Rock Hill Capital Group (Rock Hill) has finalised the sale of Alpha Technical Services Corporation, LC (ATS) to Quala, a specialist in bulk transportation container cleaning.
Based in Pasadena, Texas, ATS operates a full service state-of-the-art industrial cleaning facility specialszing in difficult cleaning projects requiring advanced cleaning techniques. ATS has the capabilities to clean the full spectrum of railcars and containers from the most basic washout to the most complicated or hazardous project. In addition, ATS performs railcar inspections, repairs, and requalification services. ATS’s repair facility is a certified AAR M-1002 Tank Car Facility and can provide HM-216 Tank Car Qualifications.
Post Oak Energy Capital has committed USD100 million of equity to Sierra EF, a subsidiary of Sierra Resources. Affiliates of GSO Capital Partners (GSO), and the Sierra management team have also contributed capital to the Company and will continue to invest alongside Post Oak.
Sierra is a Houston-based exploration and production company with a focus on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in South Texas. The Sierra team is led by industry veterans John Eads, President; John C. Eads, CFO; John T Campbell, COO; Robert S. Fabris, EVP Land & Business Development; and John H Kelly, EVP
StoryStream, the content acceleration experts, has raised GBP1.2 million in additional funding, led by MMC Ventures, to advance its offering with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
With this latest investment, StoryStream will use AI to accelerate the efficiency of finding, managing and deploying content to power engaging content experiences for brands, whilst unlocking valuable insights for marketers.
To lead the AI philosophy at StoryStream the company also hired Dr Janet Bastiman as its Chief Science Officer to head a new team based in its London office, which opened earlier this year. Dr Bastiman is a veteran C-level executive with a PhD
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