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London based Real-time consumer engagement app OnePulse has closed a USD1.07m seed investment round, led by AngelLab, D5 Capital and the London Co-Investment Fund along with a number of senior brand and technology executives.
With over 300 clients (including businesses like Aviva, CGA Strategy, Coca-Cola, Bartle Bogle Hegarty & LBi Digitas), and a large panel of mobile users in the UK, OnePulse is looking to disrupt the traditional market research sector.
OnePulse is a mobile and web-based platform that provides on-demand insights to brands and businesses at any size or stage. Via OnePulse, companies ask people around the UK questions
Cato Networks has raised USD20 million in a series A funding round led by Steve Krausz, general partner at US Venture Partners (USVP), and Theresia Gouw, founder of Aspect Ventures.
Cato Networks will use the funding to refine its new Network Security as a Service (NSaaS) platform, which the firm says will change the way network security is delivered, managed, and evolved.
Cato Networks was founded by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz, who had bootstrapped the company until now. Kramer is one of the founding fathers of network security, best known for introducing the first firewall to the market as
Blockade Medical, a privately held company focused on the development of catheter based therapeutic devices for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and ischemic stroke, has closed a round of equity financing.
Existing investors participated along with new investment from TitanMed Capital and GP Healthcare Capital, venture capital and private equity funds, which are dedicated to healthcare investments. The company also announced the formation of a joint venture for future manufacturing of Blockade Devices for the Chinese marketplace.
The funds will support the continued commercialisation of the Barricade Coil System™ and will also be used for the continued development of novel
Stone-Goff Partners (SGP) has held the closing of Stone-Goff Partners Fund II, a private equity fund focused on investments in businesses within the consumer and services verticals.
Fund II will continue its predecessor’s successful lower middle market private equity investment strategy, generally investing between $6 million and $20 million in equity per transaction.
Following the initial closing, SGP is pleased to be in a position to deploy capital in attractive new opportunities, explained co-founder and partner, Hannah Stone Craven.
“We are thrilled to announce another milestone in the evolution of SGP and honoured by the reception we have received from
Rockaway Capital is to acquire 100 per cent of Central European online retail business Netretail Holding and Heureka, the No1 online price comparison website in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, from Naspers and other minority shareholders.
The EUR200 million-plus acquisition puts revenue from Rockaway Capital's e-commerce holdingson track to exceed EUR1 billion in revenue over the next few years.
Rockaway is an investment firm building the Internet economy in emerging markets, via venture capital, private equity or its own incubation. Rockaway's e-Commerce Holding unit consists of grocery and non-food specialty e-commerce shops, a superstore generalist e-commerce retailer, price comparison engines,
MUFG Fund Services has selected Markit’s private equity services to provide valuations for illiquid debt and unlisted equity positions.
MUFG Fund Services is part of MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and provides administration services for more than 1,100 alternative funds worldwide.
Blair Henderson, global head, business development & marketing at MUFG Investor Services, says: “Markit’s private equity valuation services will help us provide our clients with a comprehensive outsourced solution to their post-trade reporting requirements. This enables them to focus on sourcing deals and managing existing investments, and also ensures that
Baring Private Equity has secured regulatory approvals to complete its previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in Vistra Group from IK Investment Partners.
Vistra Group’s management team continue to hold a significant shareholding in the company.
Martin Crawford, CEO of Vistra Group, says: “Our partnership with Baring Asia brings a new and exciting chapter for the Vistra Group. With their support, we can continue the success and growth of the firm to the satisfaction of our clients, our employees and our shareholders. We very much look forward to what lies ahead.
“I would like to thank IK
Audax Private Equity has formed a platform in the specialty coatings and adhesives markets through the acquisition of California Products Corporation (CPC), together with its existing investment in Nicoat, a formulator of specialty packaging and printing coatings.
CPC expands the platform into the architectural, sports surfaces, and specialty construction coatings segments. Audax plans to rapidly grow the platform through acquisitions in both new and existing end markets, products lines, and technologies as well as maintaining a strong organic focus.
California Products, founded in 1926 and based in Andover, MA, is a leading provider of branded, premium architectural interior and exterior
A new qualification, the Certificate in Finance and Technology (CFT), has launched as the first and only global qualification designed specifically for technologists in financial institutions.
The CFT is unique in giving technology professionals in financial services organisations a genuine understanding of the business context in which they operate. By bridging the gap between the worlds of finance and technology, the CFT helps financial institutions to maximise the value of their technology teams, as well as helping candidates advance their careers.
Rob Woods (pictured), co-founder of the CFT, says: “The gap in understanding between financial services and technology specialists
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire Interactive Data Corporation (IDC), a provider of financial market data, analytics and related trading solutions, from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus.
The acquisition is valued at approximately USD5.2 billion, including USD3.65 billion in cash and USD1.55 billion in ICE common stock, and adds technology platforms and new data and valuation services to ICE’s global market data offering.
IDC, based in Bedford, MA, serves the mutual fund, bank, asset management, hedge fund, securities and financial instrument processing and administration sectors. ICE’s data business currently spans nine asset classes across the eleven exchanges and seven clearing
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