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Gen II Fund Services is to acquire Quilvest Luxembourg Services (QLS) from Quilvest Private Equity with Quilvest remaining a client of Gen II.
QLS is a Quilvest affiliate based in Luxembourg providing Private Equity/Real Estate administration services and supporting over USD5 billion of assets. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Upon closing QLS will change its name to Gen II Luxembourg Services.
“We are extremely fortunate to be aligning with Quilvest Private Equity (Quilvest). Quilvest has approximately 125 professionals (of which 55 work at QLS) focused on providing private equity and real estate investment programs to investors worldwide. The
Preqin’s private equity data will now be available via FactSet, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications. Subscribers will be able to access the data via the FactSet workstation, allowing users to integrate private market data into their workflows.
Clients will be able to see an integrated live feed of Preqin data on private equity fund managers, investors and performance alongside FactSet’s own datasets. This will enable users to conduct in-depth analysis of private equity performance, powered by both Preqin and FactSet data, all in one platform.
Preqin’s Global Head of Partnerships, Ayo Akindele, says: “We are very
Property agency Linley & Simpson has acquired the residential lettings and sales business of another leading independent agency in Yorkshire, Morgans.
The acquisition – completed for an undisclosed sum – is the eighth to take place since Linley & Simpson secured the backing of LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, in June 2018 to accelerate its growth plans.
The link-up adds more than 1,450 homes to the lettings portfolio of the agency – founded by Will Linley and Nick Simpson. It now stands at 8,000 properties across its 16 branches in North and West Yorkshire
It also brings together
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has led a USD12 million growth financing round in next-generation health technology company, Capital Rx.
The company will use the funds to accelerate go-to-market execution and bolster its technology platform to transform the USD500 billion pharmaceutical benefits management (PBM) industry.
Prescription drug prices have skyrocketed and the public is demanding more transparency around the cost of healthcare, which is a centrepiece of the 2020 Presidential election campaign. Large PBMs are facing scrutiny as their revenues are tied to drug prices and they have done little to bring pricing transparency to the market
Curve, a banking platform that consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one smart card and an app, has secured USD55 million from a leading group of investors as part of a successful Series B funding round, valuing the company at a quarter of a billion dollars.
The round is being led by Gauss Ventures, a fintech investor whose team has a track record of funding some of the brightest UK fintechs, as well as backing high impact technologies that reshape industries, and comes less than two years after Curve secured its Series A investment. The Series B round also welcomes
AppyParking, a kerbside management and mobility technology firm for local authorities and car park operators, has closed a GBP7.6 million Series A funding round.
The funding round includes new strategic investment from Hyundai Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation. It was led by West Hill Capital, the London based venture capital firm, with participation from existing investors Aviva Ventures and Breed Reply. The investment brings AppyParking’s total funding since launch to over £11 million and will enable the company to accelerate product development, support domestic and international growth and continue to expand their talented team.
Founded in 2013 with the launch
London-based venture capital firm, Luminous Ventures has made a GBP1million investment in Optellum, the developer of the world’s first AI clinical diagnosis support software for personalised early lung cancer diagnosis and treatment.
When applied to CT scans, Optellum’s AI software platform enables doctors to diagnose, treat and cure patients at the earliest stages of the disease. It has been shown that 85 per cent of lung cancer patients could survive for more than five years, if their disease was treated at such an early stage (Stage 1A).
As well as identifying at-risk patients, the software may also minimise over-diagnosis
Crown Capital Partners (Crown), a capital partner to entrepreneurs and growth businesses, is to acquire WireIE Holdings International (WireIE), an Ontario-based network operator that specialises in the deployment and management of carrier-grade data networks across Canada and internationally to underserved communities.
Pursuant to the Transaction, Crown has acquired all the debt and equity of WireIE for a nominal amount on closing and a performance-based earn-out payment of up to CAD5 million. Crown had previously provided an income streaming facility to WireIE in July 2018 to support the company’s expansion. Crown has invested CAD7.6 million to date and will provide additional
A fast growing manufacturing firm based in Merseyside has secured an initial investment of GBP7.5 million from BGF to support its expansion. This deal marks BGF’s commitment of a total of GBP2 billion into UK and Irish SMEs, including GBP280 million for companies based in the North West.
Headquartered in Speke in Merseyside, Joloda International designs and manufactures loading technology systems that improve or automate the process of loading and unloading cargo into vehicles. The business, which employs 140 people, has a strong heritage of innovation and has invested heavily to develop its product suite in response to an increasingly
MPB, a European technology platform for trading high-end photography and filmmaking kit, has raised growth capital to further expand in Europe and the US.
Less than 18 months after closing its Series B, the company has announced a GBP9 million Series C funding round, led by growth VC firm Acton Capital and with participation from existing investors Mobeus and Beringea.
MPB is a scale-up transforming how photographers and videographers access and sell photography and filmmaking gear. The MPB platform offers the world’s largest curated and verified selection of second-hand equipment. Thanks to data-driven automatisation of the vetting process and a
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