Allocations
Auster Fund I, managed by Auster Capital Limited, (Auster Capital) has completed an investment in Rise Up Fashion (oceansapart), the legal entity owning oceansapart #soulful clothing and entered into a partnership with the founders, management, existing owners and Altor Fund V (Altor).
The founders Susanna Wagner and Paul Engelmann will continue in their roles and remain significant shareholders alongside the new and existing shareholders.
Founded in 2018, oceansapart is the uniquely positioned non-competitive activewear apparel company serving a growing community focused on inclusivity and diversity rather than just sports performance. The activewear designs include leggings, bras, hoodies and activewear
X-Margin, a specialist in applying privacy-preserving technology to credit and financial market risk, has raised USD8 million in a Series A funding round where Coinbase Ventures, HashKey Capital and Spartan Group were major investors.
Bixin Ventures, Miranda Ventures (Bybit), Gemini, Primitive Ventures and Kenetic Capital also participated in the funding round.
Existing investors that followed-on include Alameda Research Ventures, CMT Digital, CoinShares, DCG, GSR, and Polychain.
Additionally, X-Margin received backing by some of the most active trading institutions and users of X-Margin Credit. They included CMS Holdings, Wintermute, MGNR, Dunamis Trading, Pirata Capital, and Kronos Research.
Established in 2019,
London-based Kick Game, a luxury trainer and apparel retailer, is on track to grow revenues to GBP50 million in 2022 following a GBP3.5m injection of capital from VGC Partners.
Founded by brothers Rob and David Franks in 2013, Kick Game is a destination-retailer to shop exclusive, rare and sold-out trainers and streetwear from brands such as Air Jordan, Nike, Yeezy, Off-White, Trapstar, Fear of God Essentials and Supreme.
The business continues to capitalise on the phenomenal demand for limited edition trainers and the rise of streetwear culture across the globe. Such demand has been fuelled by high-profile collaborations with
Sprinque, an Amsterdam-based checkout platform for B2B merchants and marketplaces offering a SaaS payment solution tailored to businesses’ needs, has raised EUR1.7 million in funding from Volta Ventures, Force Over Mass and a renowned group of angel investors and payments industry executives.
Sprinque built a digital checkout infrastructure to make business transactions as frictionless as ordering something from a consumer webshop. Their SaaS solution only needs one single integration and offers a multitude of business-specific options. These include pay with net 30-, 60-, and 90-day terms, split payments, and pay on milestones. It also provides access to multiple payment methods,
L’ATTITUDE 2021 will once again feature Match-Up, a national stage that matches US Latina/o entrepreneurs with unparalleled visibility, institutional capital, and strategic global partners.
Match-Up is hosted and anchored by L’ATTITUDE VENTURES (LAT VC), a venture fund that invests exclusively in early-stage US Latino entrepreneurs. LAT VC has raised over half of its USD100 million target size from leading institutions who recognise the critical entrepreneurial and economic growth of US Latinos, a USD2.6 trillion cohort that generates one in every four new entrepreneurs. The major investors in LAT VC will be revealed at L’ATTITUDE in San Diego 29 September to
CVC, a private equity and credit investment advisory firm, and Glendower Capital (Glendower), a private equity secondaries manager, have agreed to merge and establish a strategic partnership.
The partnership will greatly complement and enhance both firms’ existing businesses and create a combined group with total assets under management of approximately EUR113 billion.
Commenting on the transaction, CVC’s Co-Founder, Rolly van Rappard, says: “We are delighted to announce this exciting acquisition and partnership with Glendower, a high-quality founder-led business with strong performance and growth.
“Glendower has a very similar investment-led culture to CVC as well as the operational and
Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR Partners) have invested in Oleter Group, a Property damage restoration (PDR) provider in the Nordic region.
KLAR has invested as a growth partner alongside the existing owners and management with the objective of developing the company into a provider of PDR services in Northern Europe.
Oleter Group consists of Ocab and Frøiland Bygg Skade (FBS), market-leading providers of property damage restoration services. The service offering includes damage inspection, pest control and restoration of fire and water damage. The group has a strong geographical presence in Sweden and Norway with close to 1,700 employees
CGE Partners (CGE) has invested in SureCloud, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions and tech-enabled Risk and Cybersecurity services to international blue chip corporate clients.
SureCloud’s software solutions and IP-led services are underpinned by a cloud-based platform which enables organisations to proactively manage increasingly complex IT, business continuity and cyber risks with ease. SureCloud is at the core of CGE’s sector focused investment strategy of scaling businesses in high-growth markets.
CGE is partnering with Richard Hibbert (CEO), Nick Rafferty (COO) and Chris Haynes (CFO) to support SureCloud in its next phase of growth, amid the
RugsUSA, an e-commerce provider of area rugs and home décor products, has secured a growth investment Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses.
As part of the transaction, Comvest Partners, an operationally-focused private investment firm, will sell its majority position to Francisco Partners and retain a minority stake in the business. The pending transaction is expected to close later in 2021.
“RugsUSA has reinvented the rug-buying experience as the pioneer in driving area rug and home décor purchases online. Anyone who has bought a rug from RugsUSA knows first-hand how seamless the shopping experience
Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP) has closed its latest, oversubscribed lower middle-market private equity fund, Falfurrias Capital Partners V, at USD850 million in investor commitments.
The firm’s prior flagship fund, Falfurrias Capital Partners IV, totalled USD500 million and was raised in 2019. In total, FCP has approximately USD1.9 billion under management.
The Charlotte-based private equity firm, founded by former Bank of America CEO Hugh L McColl Jr, former Bank of America CFO Marc Oken, and Managing Partner Ed McMahan, will invest the proceeds of the fund in growth-oriented, lower middle-market businesses, leveraging the firm’s deep network of industry relationships, operational expertise,
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
