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Triple Point has launched the Venture Fund, a new share class in the successful Triple Point VCT 2011 plc. The fund is designed to generate significant returns for investors through a challenge-led investment strategy.
Traditional venture investing focuses on researching a broad cohort of companies and seeking to identify those businesses that are likely to be successful. However, this analysis cannot always predict whether there is a genuine market demand for a product or service. Research has shown that over 40 per cent of start-ups fail because there is no market need, the product doesn’t resonate with the market, or the
Primary Bid, an online platform that enables retail investors to gain access to discounted equity offerings of publicly listed companies, has closed a GBP2 million investment round led by funds managed by Lombard Odier, family offices and a series of angel investors.
The proceeds will fuel Primary Bid’s pan European expansion plan, which will give retail investors exclusive opportunities to buy shares in quoted companies across the Eurozone at discounted rates.
Commenting on the funding round, Anand Sambasivan, co-founder and CEO of Primary Bid, says: “A key objective for Primary Bid is to allow pan-European retail investors seamless access to pan-European
Online wealth manager Tiller Investments has greed a partnership with venture capital firm West Hill Capital.
West Hill Capital will now offer access to Tiller’s premium wealth management service to all of its clients via the firm’s distribution network.
Built from the ground up, Tiller’s modular technology design makes it an ideal partner for institutions, such as private banks and asset managers, looking for an intuitive and effortless online solution to meet the demands of their clients. Tiller’s various components can be white-labelled, customised and integrated to an institution’s existing infrastructure.
Ian Cadby, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Maru Group, a technology-enabled market and customer insights Group backed by Primary Capital, has acquired social listening software Lissted.
The integration of the software into Maru is the latest in a number of significant developments for the Group and will enhance its capabilities, enabling it to remain at the forefront of digital insights.
Founded in 2015, Lissted enables its users to identify key influencers in relevant online communities, gain real-time insights from social media conversations, and engage with targeted clients and customers. The software has four embedded algorithms that are exclusive to and wholly owned by Lissted, which can
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has completed a minority investment in leading vehicle management and logistics support specialist SMH Fleet Solutions with acquisition facilities provided by HSBC.
Headquartered in Worcestershire, SMH Fleet Solutions provides a full-suite of fleet management services including delivery, preparation, refurbishment, and re-marketing of vehicles to a broad range of blue chip automotive manufacturers, rental and leasing specialists.
Achieving record revenues of over GBP42 million in its latest financial year to December 2017, the investment will enable SMH Fleet Solutions to further expand its footprint with new sites across the UK, and grow its service proposition through
Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has advised Low Carbon, a privately-owned investment company, in connection with the establishment of VLC Renewables Fund I (VLC Renewables).
VLC Renewables was established in Jersey as an unregulated eligible investor fund and structured using Jersey limited partnerships. It was created to invest in renewable energy projects which received initial commitments of EUR200 million from Vitol, one of the world’s largest energy companies.
The fund, advised by Low Carbon, will invest in European renewable energy generation projects. Its initial focus will be both onshore and offshore wind energy, specifically targeting projects at various stages
Grupa Netsprint, a portfolio company of Innova Capital, has acquired Way To Grow, a specialist in the optimisation of advertising space for publishers in the programmatic model.
Way to Grow was founded in 2014 by Dominik Czarnota, Janusz Michalik and Łukasz Grodecki, who had worked together at sites such as nk.pl and Interia.pl.
Monika Bronowska, CEO of Grupa Netsprint, says: “Now we will be able to offer our partners even more comprehensive services and even more effectively support their business. An effect of synergy will also be the intensification of activities on other markets.”
Czarnota adds: “We have
Livspace has closed a USD70 million Series C funding round led by global investment funds TPG Growth and Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing investors Jungle Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Helion Ventures.
The deal marks the largest Series C round ever raised by a B2C vertical e-commerce company in India.
Launched in 2015 by consumer-Internet industry veterans Anuj Srivastava and Ramakant Sharma, Livspace is one of the fastest-growing, consumer-facing Internet companies in India. In little over three years, Livspace has emerged as a key player in India’s home interiors and renovation market, which is expected to top USD23
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has raised USD2.2 billion in new capital across its global private equity program. Northleaf now manages more than USD11 billion in private equity, private credit and infrastructure commitments on behalf of institutional investors in Canada, Europe and the United States.
The new capital raised for Northleaf’s global private equity program includes commitments to Northleaf Private Equity Investors VII (NPE VII), the firm’s seventh global fund, Northleaf Secondary Partners II (NSP II), the firm’s second specialist secondaries fund that closed above target at USD800 million, and a number of discretionary separately managed accounts that invest alongside Northleaf’s pooled investment funds. Both NPE
Amazon Filters, a filtration equipment manufacturer, has secured a significant investment from BGF. The business will use BGF’s funding to continue its organic growth and further expand its distribution network.
Founded in 1985 by Mike Pizzey, the family-owned business is an independent manufacturer of bespoke filter housings and cartridges. It provides a complete range of standard and customised filter housings and consumables for use in a wide range of industrial sectors. The company has over 1,000 clients across the water, pharmaceutical, automotive and food and drink sectors, and generates revenue of GBP24 million.
Headquartered in Camberley, Surrey, Amazon Filters
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