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CapitalRise, a property investment platform, has secured GBP1 million in backing from Revolt Ventures, the venture capital arm of real estate investment manager, Meyer Bergman.
This follows CapitalRise’s successful Seedrs crowdfunding raise earlier this year and brings the total funds raised to GBP3.3 million.
CapitalRise’s CEO and Co-Founder, Uma Rajah, says: “To receive backing from such eminent investors reflects sustained confidence in our proposition. Our track record delivering strong returns at an average 10 per cent per annum with zero losses and defaults since inception reflects our vigilance and strict due diligence when it comes to choosing investment opportunities.
The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold surgical device tracking and workflow software provider, Censis Technologies (Censis).
Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Censis provides SaaS-based surgical instrument tracking and workflow solutions for sterile processing departments (SPDs) of hospitals and ambulatory surgical centres.
Censis helps ensure the accuracy and procedural compliance of SPDs, including the critical responsibility of assembling instrument trays for surgical procedures, sterilising instruments and managing and maintaining inventory from purchase to retirement.
Riverside Managing Partner, Loren Schlachet, says: “Our team had a clear value
Clients of Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, have invested in the final close of a North America and Europe-focused lower mid-market private equity fund, run by the highly experienced global team at TriSpan, the New York and London-based private equity manager.
As per Connection Capital’s investment model, its high net worth (HNW) private investor and family office clients were able to participate in the TriSpan Opportunities Fund in units of just GBP25,000 (the usual minimum investment in USD1 million) via a Connection Capital investment vehicle that, in total, substantially exceeded the minimum investment threshold of the TriSpan
Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone).
Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, has also appointed Philip Gore-Randall as Non-Executive Chairman.
Under its new brand identity and with Equistone’s backing, Acuity will continue to provide market-leading customised knowledge services to a growing, blue-chip client base of over 300 financial services firms globally, in domains such as investment banking, investment research, private equity &
A new survey of senior private equity professionals reveals that only 23 per cent describe the due diligence that private equity firms carry out on cyber security issues of target companies as ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.
The research, which was commissioned by Mactavish, the leading expert on commercial insurance placement and disputes, reveals that 30 per cent of the private equity professionals interviewed describe the industry’s work here as ‘average’, and 27 per cent them said it was ‘poor’ or ‘terrible.’
However, the findings suggest future potential improvements in this area, as 83 per cent of respondents expect private equity firms
Stone Capital and Biosyngen have partnered to establish a USD50 million biopharmaceutical investment Fund in Singapore for the Biosyngen biopharmaceutical technology transfer platform and to incubate companies.
Biosyngen has been an angel investment platform for biopharmaceutical projects, who has formed projects with selected early stage technologies after stringent screening process. This fund allows Biosyngen to take advantage of Singapore pool of talent, technology, regulations, government support and other industrial resources, in particular cell therapy technologies, Biosyngen provides high-efficient incubation support and clinical transformation of the projects. The Company is also taking advantage of the Chinese government’s policy support, environment and
O’Melveny has advised Nolan Capital., the family office of Peter Nolan, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ortega National Parks, a hospitality organisation serving national, state and county parks across the country.
Nolan Capital has ownership interests in retail, endeavours restaurant operations, manufacturing and real estate investments.
Ortega specialises in retail and hospitality industries managing commerce in several national, state and county parks across the United States through retail stores, concessions, restaurants and lodging. Ortega also works to uphold historical preservation at every site with environmental responsibility.
The O’Melveny deal team representing Nolan Capital was led by
North America continued to attract the major share of global venture capital (VC) funding during the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
North America accounted for 48.5 per cent of the global VC investment volume and 52.4 per cent of the investment value in Q3 2019, followed by Asia-Pacific (APAC) with 29.7 per cent and 28.7 per cent of the global VC investment volume and value, respectively.
Despite none of the countries witnessing billion-dollar funding during Q3 2019 and the prevailing economic and geopolitical uncertainties in some of the countries, the global
Funds managed by Blackstone are taking a majority stake in MagicLab, which builds and operates leading dating and social networking apps, including Bumble and Badoo. The transaction values the company at approximately USD3 billion.
Founded in 2006 by Andrey Andreev, MagicLab helped invent how people meet in the modern, mobile age. MagicLab’s suite of brands has connected and transformed the lives of over 500 million people around the world across dating, social, and business. The group shares a foundation of technology, talent, and experience to constantly innovate new ways for people to meet and create life-changing moments by building relationships.
TCG, a multi-stage investment firm dedicated to building consumer businesses, has closed its inaugural fund with committed capital of over USD700 million.
The fund is led by Peter Chernin, Jesse Jacobs and Mike Kerns and will leverage its three founders’ deep experience helping consumer-focused businesses to identify, invest in and grow companies at the forefront of emerging consumer trends.
TCG has already invested approximately USD200 million in businesses that are catering to consumer interests in innovative ways. The fund’s current portfolio includes majority and minority investments in nine direct-to-consumer and content-to-commerce businesses: Food52; Exploding Kittens; Headspace; MeatEater; The Action Network;
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