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SignalSense a developer of advanced network security intelligence has closed a seed funding round of USD4.5 million.
Trilogy Equity Partners (www.trilogyequity.com) led this funding round, continuing its support after SignalSense’s angel funding, which also included Ignition Partners (www.ignitionpartners.com) and Tola Capital (www.tolacapital.com).
The latest capital infusion will be used by SignalSense to accelerate technology development, expand the company’s sales presence on the East Coast and hire additional data science, security and software engineers to complement the experienced and capable team that is already in place.
"We’re finding anomalies that can’t be stopped with standard pattern matching,” says Lynn Kasel, SignalSense’s
Harbottle & Lewis has advised social intelligence company Brandwatch on its USD33 million Series C financing led by new investor Partech Ventures, with participation from existing investors Highland Europe and Nauta Capital.
Partech’s investment follows previous Series A and B rounds of USD6m and USD22m led respectively by Nauta and Highland, both in relation to which Harbottle & Lewis previously advised.
Brandwatch’s continued growth demonstrates the strong appetite organizations have for a best of breed social analytics platform as social networks have evolved into a critical source of consumer and business insight. The funding will be used to accelerate development
Bryan, Garnier & Co acted as exclusive financial advisor to My Media Group on its capital reorganisation financed by Euromezzanine through bonds issuance, which allowed management to take back full control of the company.
After three years alongside Dzeta Conseil, My Media Group has achieved a 42 per cent gross margin growth in a globally stagnating market. Strong of this operational performance, My Media Group, valued at over EUR50m, has regained its full independence following the transaction.
My Media Group was able to grow organically thanks to an accelerated flagship client acquisition process (ie Castorama, Groupon, Sixt or Burger King
Constellation has acquired a majority stake in faircheck Schadenservice Deutschland, a provider of claims management and handling services for property insurance.
Susanna Martin and Hubertus Marx founded faircheck in 2006 in Korschenbroich, Germany, with the firm’s main focus being property damage claims. It also handles claims related to breakage of glass and damage to electronic devices.
faircheck, which operates with a nationwide network of more than 300 insurance experts, has secured long-term contracts with Germany’s major insurance companies and in June 2015.
Constellation’s acquisition was completed in close collaboration with the existing management team and the founders Marx and Martin,
A “seller’s market” and an appetite for growth has seen merger and acquisition (M&A) activity return to its highest level this quarter since the pre-recession boom times (Q2 2008), according to the latest PCPI/PEPI analysis from BDO.
The third quarter of 2015 saw a total of 631 deals completed, which is a significant uptick from last quarter’s 509 deals.
The third quarter saw trade buyers complete 532 deals, which reflects a 29% increase from the previous quarter. Levels of private equity activity have continued to rise modestly over the past 12 months, with 99 deals completed in Q3 compared
An affiliate of Sun European Partners has acquired Flexitech Holding SAS (Flexitech), a designer and supplier of hydraulic brake hoses to the automotive industry.
The business was acquired from Mitsubishi Corporation for an undisclosed value. William Blair and BDA advised Sun European Partners on the transaction.
Established in France in 1960, Flexitech has over 50 years of operations experience and currently employs over 1,200 highly skilled full-time employees. Flexitech operates its own facilities in France, Romania, the United States, Mexico and Brazil, and supports its customers through local partners in China and India.
Flexitech supplies a range of high quality
Markit has launched Markit WSO Credit Manager, a credit and portfolio analysis application for investment professionals focused on bank loans. Credit Manager was designed in partnership with CVC Credit Partners and other industry experts.
The application helps portfolio managers and credit analysts make investment decisions by centralising the data they need to select investments, monitor credit performance and identify risk.
Credit Manager streamlines credit selection with screening functions that filter investment opportunities based on technical and fundamental criteria. The system alerts users about changes to portfolio holdings and provides collaboration tools to help investment teams coordinate their response if action
Quercus Assets Selection, which specialises in infrastructure investments with a focus on renewable energy, is to launch two new renewable energy infrastructure funds, bringing the total number of funds in its portfolio to five.
The launch of the two new funds will complement the recently launched Quercus European Renewables fund to maximise the portfolio’s risk/return profile through a meticulous strategy of diversification.
Quercus is looking to raise a minimum combined target of EUR500 million across the three funds, which is to be invested in connected wind and solar plants in Italy, as well as in other renewable technologies throughout Europe.
A new private equity firm, created through a management buyout from Barclays, is looking to open up new growth investment opportunities in natural resources.
Following the deal, Barclays Natural Resource Investments (BNRI) is now Global Natural Resource Investments (GNRI) an independent, private equity firm, which will build on the existing management team’s strong expertise and proven track record in successfully managing natural resource investment opportunities globally over the last nine years.
Barclays will not be selling any of its existing investments as part of the acquisition. An investment advisory mandate between GNRI and Barclays has been agreed under which
Start-ups in ASEAN are drawing increasing attention from venture capital firms and several countries have put in place measures to encourage such activities. The appetite for venture capital investments has seen a growth in both the number of deals and aggregate value transacted between 2014 and 2015 YTD. On the other hand, buyout activity has yet to match the peak seen in 2014.
In 2014-2015 YTD, there were 401 venture capital deals completed in ASEAN, totalling USD2.2 billion in aggregate value. When looking at buyout activities in the same timeframe, a total of 81 private equity-backed buyout deals were transacted
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