Managers
TPG Real Estate Partners (TREP), the dedicated real estate equity investment platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has signed an agreement to acquire a significant stake in Studio Babelsberg.
TREP will acquire the stake from Studio Babelsberg’s main shareholder, Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, which is controlled by Dr Carl L Woebcken and Christoph Fisser, CEO and COO of Studio Babelsberg, respectively. Woebcken and Fisser will maintain ownership in Studio Babelsberg. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of several closing conditions.
As part of the transaction, TREP intends to launch a public tender offer to the shareholders of Studio Babelsberg
THG Ingenuity, the technology division of THG, has invested GBP1.4 million to acquire a minority stake in Civo, cloud native service provider.
Civo’s developer-focused Kubernetes platform will strengthen and accelerate development of the technology stack that underpins THG Ingenuity, its cutting-edge proprietary technology platform.
The deal is THG Ingenuity’s first strategic investment since it announced in May 2021 that Softbank Group had invested USD730 million in THG with an option for a further USD1.6 billion investment in THG Ingenuity, THG’s cutting-edge proprietary technology platform.
The funding comes at an important phase of growth for Civo as it creates
Sophie’s Kitchen, a specialist in the plant-based food industry, has secured a USD5.6 million investment in a funding round led by Billy Goat Brands, a publicly-listed venture capital platform with a focus on the blue economy.
Santé Ventures (Santé), an early-stage healthcare and life sciences investment firm, has held the final close of its oversubscribed Fund IV at USD260 million.
Consistent with Santé’s industry focus, expertise, and previous success, the new fund will make strategic investments across early-stage Biotech, Healthtech, and Medtech companies.
Fund IV secured capital commitments from more than two-dozen limited partners, including the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) and new institutional investors in Asia and Latin America. Returning limited partners in previous Santé funds accounted for nearly 90 per cent of the total capital.
“The confidence and commitment of our investors
Omaze, a social impact fundraising platform that offers the chance to win once-in-a-lifetime prizes to support charities around the world, has secured USD85 million in new capital.
EGYM, a global fitness technology developer, has received USD41 million in a Series E financing round from Mayfair Equity Partners, a tech and consumer growth investor.
Following the investment, Mayfair Equity Partners will own a minority stake, along with existing investors HPE Growth, Highland Capital Europe, Kreos, and others. Additional financial details have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2010, EGYM offers a range of products that create a digital, connected exercise experience for gyms and their members. Its EGYM Workouts are a range of proprietary Smart Strength and Smart Flex gym equipment that guide a user through connected strength
Irving Place Capital (IPC), a middle-market private equity firm is to sell Alpha Packaging (Alpha), a leading provider of bottles and jars serving the health & wellness markets as well as other attractive, growing markets, to Pretium Packaging, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, LP.
“It has been a pleasure to work with the team at IPC, who has supported Alpha and our growth strategy,” says Terry Moody, CEO of Alpha. “We are excited to merge with Pretium and leverage our highly complementary product portfolios and process technologies to better serve our customers, while simultaneously continuing to provide a
GigaIO, a creator of data centre rack-scale architecture for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions, has completed a Series B round of funding totalling USD14.7 million.
Impact Venture Capital led the funding round, which was oversubscribed by 50 per cent and included participation from Mark IV Capital, Lagomaj Capital, SK Hynix, and Four Palms Ventures.
GigaIO has fundamentally changed the HPC and AI landscape by creating the world’s only enterprise-class, universal composable fabric―an open standards solution with limitless flexibility, cloudlike agility, and an added layer of security. This enables faster time to achieve results as workloads run as
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has made a GBP1.75 million growth capital investment into Previsico Limited (Previsico), developers of an accurate flood forecasting and warning system.
The investment is jointly funded by the Midlands Engine Investment Fund and Foresight Williams Technology and will enable the Loughborough University spin-out to further develop the Previsico platform, allowing it to be used in more cities, and support the creation of new jobs in Loughborough. The aim is to increase the headcount from 17 to 70 by 2024.
Flooding is currently one of the most damaging natural
Coinfirm, the global leader in RegTech for digital currencies and the blockchain-based financial ecosystem, has closed its USD8 million Series A funding round.
The company has also appointed Mircea Mihaescu as its new Chief Executive Officer.
The investment will enable Coinfirm to continue its rapid growth trajectory and strengthen its market-leading position in the EU as well as enabling the company to expand its offering to the Asian and US markets. The funding will especially strengthen the firm’s enterprise and financial institution offering, to complement its strong offering for crypto market participants.
The Series A is co-led by SIX Fintech
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