Managers
Taurus Administration Services has acquired Pacific Fund Systems’ PFS-PAXUS integrated share registry/fund accounting platform to support a push into the European market, which it expects to grow as a result of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
Taurus will target start-up and sub-USD100 million funds often regarded as being too small by the larger fund administrators. Taurus has been appointed administrator to three alternative investment funds and has seen its assets under administration grow over the last two years from USD80 million to USD192 million in 11 funds. It has offices in Madrid, Geneva and the Cayman Islands and is
Thompson Street Capital Partners, a St Louis-based private equity firm focused on investing in middle market founder-led businesses, has closed its latest private equity fund, TSCP IV, with USD640 million in commitments.
The fundraising commenced in September 2015 and closed in December 2015. The fund’s total commitments of USD640 million exceeded the fund’s target of USD500 million and the original hard cap of USD600 million.
Since 2000, Thompson Street Capital Partners has acquired more than 100 companies in the business services, healthcare services and engineered products sectors. The firm has managed more than USD800 million in equity across the
Sophia Genetics has close a new USD15 million Series C financing round led by Omega founder and Belgian billionaire Marc Coucke. The funds will be used to continue Sophia’s rapid market expansion and broaden its range of genomic tests.
Witnessing a 400 per cent growth rate this year alone, Sophia Genetics now supports more than 100 healthcare institutions across 20 countries. Its innovative analytics platform, Sophia DDM, holds unique machine learning based algorithms and hosts the world’s largest clinical genomics community, placing Europe ahead of the US in precision medicine.
Coucke says: “Sophia Genetics stood out among an increasingly
Cisco is making a significant investment of USD17 million in Idinvest Digital Fund II, which is dedicated to financing innovative young companies in the digital and new technologies sector including web services, the internet of things and fintech.
Cisco is now one of the main trade investors in IDF II alongside a pool of renowned European institutionals, bringing the size of this Idinvest Partners-managed fund for European business growth to EUR155 million.
“This partnership follows in the footsteps of our previous collaborations with Lagardère and Groupe Up, and will give an additional boost to Idinvest Partners’ reputation in tech and
USVP has held the closing of USVP XI, a USD300 million early stage venture capital fund that will focus on franchises in cybersecurity, enterprise software, consumer mobile and e-commerce, and healthcare.
USVP has led early-stage investments in 86 companies that have completed initial public offerings. “In closing USVP XI, we are building on an extensive track record of successful early-stage investing in transformative businesses with massive market potential. Box, Imperva, InsideSales, Intersect ENT, and Trunk Club all have become globally-recognised leaders in their markets,” said Steve Krausz, General Partner. “In the past five years, 24 of our companies have had
Innova Capital has invested in Trimo Group, a European provider of complete solutions for building envelopes and steel façade systems.
Trimo Group headquartered in Trebnje, Slovenia, provides Innova Capital with access to an attractive market for complete solutions in steel buildings, roofs, facades, modular units and sound-proof systems.
Innova Capital is to acquire 97.45 per cent of the shares of Trimo d.d. and 44.9 per cent of the shares in Trimo MSS, d.d. as well as all outstanding bank debt from 10 Slovenian banks and other credit institutions. The transaction is scheduled to close in Q1 2016 once certain
Global advisory, corporate development and executive search firm Jensen Partners has aligned with Context Capital Partners LP to launch Context Jensen Partners.
The new company will strategically address the obstacles faced by alternative asset managers who are focused on growing assets in an increasingly competitive fundraising environment.
Context Capital Partners (Context), a seeding firm focused on alternative investment strategies, is now a stakeholder in Jensen Partners (Jensen), which combines a customised, scientific approach with the proprietary 360° Investor Referencing Methodology and advanced behavioural analytics to source and recruit leading capital-raising executives and provide strategic consulting services for clients. This
VentureFounders is raising investment on its platform for idio, a content intelligence platform that allows companies to tailor their online content to the individual reader, in order to drive engagement.
idio already has strong backing, with existing investors – including Notion Capital – supporting this GBP1.5 million EIS eligible fundraise. The Co-Founders, Andrew Davies and Edward Barrow, are seasoned and highly motivated technology entrepreneurs, supported by an experienced management team with a track record of several successful exits.
idio has established a solid customer base across several different countries and sectors, particularly the financial services market. Key clients include JP
Funds managed by IK Investment Partners (IK) are to acquire TCM Group, a leading Scandinavian producer of quality kitchens, from Axcel. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Holstebro, Denmark, TCM Group develops, produces and sells quality kitchens. The Group has a broad and innovative range of kitchens, selling its products under the well-known brands Svane, Tvis and Modulia. TCM’s core market is Denmark with an increasing focus on the rest of the Nordic region, and an expanding network of stores across Denmark and Norway. In total, TCM has 300 employees, with production facilities in Tvis
Goodwin Procter’s London Private Equity Group continues to grow its footprint in the market, having acted on four diverse transactions announced over the past four weeks.
Richard Lever, private equity partner who joined in June to spearhead the growth of the firm’s practice in Europe, said, “We are pleased to have acted on four very diverse transactions, which highlight the breadth and depth of our private equity offering.”
Most recently, the team advised Better Capital, a turnaround specialist, on the sale of Santia Holdings Ltd, a leading UK provider of integrated health & safety and environment risk management services, to
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