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Quantum-Si Incorporated (QSi), a specialist in next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, has completed its business combination with HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp (HighCape), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by leading healthcare growth equity manager HighCape Capital LP.
The business combination and concurrent private placement, which were approved by HighCape’s stockholders at its special meeting held on 9 June, 2021, provide over USD500 million to fund the further development and planned commercialisation of the company’s single-molecule, semiconductor chip-based protein sequencing and genomics technology.
Following the transaction, the combined company was renamed Quantum-Si Incorporated, and its Class A common stock and warrants
Arrington Capital, a digital asset management firm in blockchain-based capital markets, has launched a new USD100 million fund to support initiatives building on Algorand, a blockchain accelerating the convergence of decentralised and traditional finance.
The Arrington Algo Growth Fund (AAGF) aims to encourage and spur additional development on Algorand, which has seen significant growth and adoption recently across DeFi (decentralised finance), traditional finance, the public sector, NFT space and more.
AAGF will invest in Algorand-focused projects, including liquid and illiquid coins, to empower projects that are creating new financial applications in the Algorand ecosystem. Algorand, the brainchild of Turing Award
TreasurySpring, the London-based financial technology company that operates the world’s first Fixed-Term Fund platform has closed its latest capital raise, securing more than USD10 million of new investment in a round that was co-led by MMC Ventures and Anthemis Group, with participation from existing investors, including ETFS Capital. The company has now raised more than USD15 million since its first external capital injection in November 2017.
Founded in 2016 by long-term business partners Kevin Cook, Matthew Longhurst and James Skillen, TreasurySpring’s FTF platform enables all holders of large cash balances to minimise risk and maximise returns, providing simple, digital access
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of 1E Limited from its founders.
“Our team helped to successfully navigate this important strategic investment, which will enable 1E Limited to capitalise on the growth of remote working,” says White & Case partner Ken Barry, who led the Firm’s deal team. “Our role advising on this deal highlights White & Case’s expertise in private equity, as well as our experience on transactions involving fast growing technology companies.”
The investment was made by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) IV, a EUR1.35 billion fund that
Limerston Capital portfolio company Forensic Access Group has completed the acquisition of Alecto Forensic Services Limited.
This is the latest acquisition into the Forensic Access Group, building on the success of Forensic Access and following the recent acquisition of IntaForensics. This acquisition supports the ambitious growth strategy aimed at creating a leading international forensic and criminal justice services organisation.
Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access is leader in the provision of forensic science and support services to the UK criminal justice system, and forms part of the larger Limerston Capital backed AFA International.
Swindon-based Alecto specialise in forensic: anthropology, archaeology, ecology, imaging, proficiency
Fruition Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, has partnered with an iconic family entertainment centre in Branson, Missouri, The Track Family Fun Parks (The Track).
The Track will continue to be led by Craig Wescott and Mike Russell, who have been involved since The Track’s inception 40 years ago.
Jay Coughlon, Managing Partner and co-founder of Fruition Partners, says: “What Craig, Mike and the entire Track team have built over the years is great entertainment for people of all ages! The Track offers an incredible collection of family attractions including multi-storey go-kart tracks, thrill rides, arcades and
DWS has closed the third investment commitment by the Clean Energy and Environment Fund (CEEF) in ESSE, a cleantech firm based in China specialising in greenhouse gas emission reduction and industrial solid waste recycling.
Established in 2013, ESSE has quickly grown into one of China’s leading companies specialising in greenhouse gas emissions mitigation. ESSE uses advanced technology to safely treat industrial emissions by extracting toxicity – including sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide – creating an additional by-product that can be used in new catalyst, desulphurisation, denitrification and construction materials.
ESSE operates across China’s major coastal and
BC Partners has announced a new Single Asset Acquisition Fund, led by funds advised by Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager.
In total, the fund has attracted more than EUR1 billion of investment, making it one of the largest such vehicles in Europe.
The Fund was formed to extend BC Partners’ investment in Springer Nature, a Fund IX asset in which BC Partners sees multiple opportunities for continued growth and additional value creation. The Fund will allow BC Partners to realise capital for Fund IX investors, while continuing to create value for its investors via robust organic
Glassbox, a strategic investment of Alicorn Global Ventures (Alicorn) Ltd an investor in late-stage tech companies, has started trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker GLBX.
Alicorn is the global venture arm or Arowana International, the established B Corporation accredited investment group.
Glassbox is a UK-headquartered global technology company that has developed an analytics platform that provides a complete view of all customer interactions across internet and mobile channels. The technology encompasses Traditional Web Analytics and Application Performance Management (APM), providing real-time analysis to identify issues and improve digital customer experience.
Today’s listing values Glassbox at
Companies hit hard by the pandemic may be attractive targets for SPAC vehicles. In this podcast Private Equity Wire speaks to Nina Kelleher, director at US-based advisory firm EisnerAmper, about some trending themes surrounding SPACs & PE, probing her outlook regarding the growth trajectory of SPACs.
Kelleher shares the impact of SPACs that she’s seeing across the PE vs.growth equity vs VC space, the potential long-term effects of the SPAC craze on the private equity world, and explores the question of whether this is, in fact, the way of the future.
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