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BorderX Lab, a technology enabled, cross-border e-commerce company founded in 2014 by three former Google computer scientists, has raised USD20 million in a Series B financing round led by Kleiner Perkins.
The company’s platform allows consumers around the world to discover and purchase authentic consumer goods and lifestyle products from leading Western brands.
Additional investors in the Series B round include Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC (China Broadband Capital), Welight Capital and iFly Venture Capital. The financing will be used to further drive international expansion, create new platform features to improve the customer experience and continue the hiring of world
Good Returns Group has secured USD1 million of funding from Inverdale Capital Management, an asset management firm focused on alternative investments.
The capital will enable Good Returns to serve the needs of its larger clients and strategically grow its impact programs.
This backing from one of Dallas’ leading asset managers highlights the significant potential of Good Returns’ approach to funding the growth of “impact organizations,” organizations that address social challenges using financially and operationally sustainable models. It also demonstrates a higher level of engagement from North Texas individual and institutional investors in the impact investment movement.
“Good Returns’ vision
Linden Capital Partners (Linden), a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm, has closed its fourth private equity fund, Linden Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), with USD1.5 billion of limited partner commitments.
Similar to Linden’s prior funds, Fund IV was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD1.25 billion and hitting its hard cap. “We truly appreciate the support from our investors, which include endowments, global financial institutions, and pension funds,” says Linden President and Managing Partner, Tony Davis. “Linden will continue to execute its consistent strategy in Fund IV. This strategy consists of implementing its proprietary value creation programs, emphasising human capital, and
PAI Partners (PAI) and funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) are to jointly acquire World Freight Company International (WFCI), a specialist in the General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) market, from existing shareholders Greenbriar Equity Group and Pierre Brunet, Chairman of WFCI. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
WFCI exclusively markets and manages cargo freight capacity for more than 200 airline customers on more than 16,000 routes serving every major air cargo market globally, in particular the critical Asia-Europe corridor, to take advantage of growing e-commerce markets. WFCI manages more than EUR
1.3 billion (USD1.5
An Enterprise Investment Scheme that led to a world-first innovation in online learning has given investors a 75-times return on their money in a little over five years.
The Par Syndicate, a business angel network established by Edinburgh-based venture capital firm Par Equity, acquired International Correspondence Schools in late 2012. At the time, despite being a long-established “distance learning” specialist, ICS was in danger of administration, with 50 jobs and the hopes of thousands of students at risk.
Now, after half a decade of refocusing and growth, it has been transformed into a fully-fledged online education provider and a
A company backed by the Permira funds is to acquire a majority stake in orthopaedic firm Corin Orthopaedics Holdings Ltd (“Corin”) from DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR (controlled by DeA Capital Group), Hunt Capital, IP (Investimenti e Partecipazioni) and other investors, for an undisclosed sum.
The investment provides substantial new funding to fuel the next stage of Corin’s development after five years of outstanding growth. Chief Executive Stefano Alfonsi and the management team will continue to lead Corin and will remain significant investors in the Company alongside the Permira funds.
Headquartered in Cirencester, UK, Corin is an international orthopaedic
Intel Capital participated in SiFive’s recent Series C funding round. The investment was revealed at the Intel Capital Global Summit, at which SiFive CEO Naveed Sherwani pushed for the democratization of the semiconductor industry.
SiFive’s hardware designs leverage the body of software and tools available from the open-source community under the guidance of the RISC-V Foundation, dramatically reducing the cost of developing custom silicon. RISC-V was born from the dire need to address the skyrocketing cost of designing and manufacturing increasingly complex new chip architectures. System designers can use the SiFive Freedom platforms and DesignShare catalog to focus on their
We Doctor Holdings Limited (WeDoctor), a Chinese technology-enabled medical and healthcare solutions platform, has closed a USD500 million financing led by AIA Company Limited and NWS Holdings Limited.
Existing shareholders and new investors including CICFH also participated in the round which marks the largest pre-IPO financing ever in China’s technology-based medical and healthcare sector, and brings WeDoctor’s valuation to USD5.5 billion upon completion.
This round of investment brings together a number of renowned market leaders across sectors with complementary strengths and exceptional capabilities to further enhance WeDoctor’s platform and long-term growth. WeDoctor plans to collaborate with its strategic investors
Nationwide Window Cleaning and High Access Maintenance have joined forces in the inaugural merger of two BGF-backed businesses.
The deal creates one of the largest independent facilities management services companies in the UK, with a combined revenue of GBP30 million. BGF has supported the merger with a further capital investment of GBP5.5 million.
High Access’ Niel Bethell takes the role of Group CEO while NWC’s Thornton Tasker will become the Executive Chairman. Bethell and Tasker founded their businesses in the mid to late 2000s and have pushed forward significant growth in recent years.
The merger was initiated by
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to BlackFin Capital Partners on the sale of its portfolio company NeoXam to Cathay Capital and Bpifrance.
NeoXam is a leading global financial software company, enabling global asset managers and sell-side institutions to address the multiple challenges they face in the front, middle and back-offices.
NeoXam has a global footprint serving blue-chip institutions in EMEA, Americas and APAC across 25 countries via 14 offices worldwide. By partnering with Cathay Capital and Bpifrance, NeoXam’s management intends to leverage the strong growth of the market and the technological assets of its data management,
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