Managers
Sovereign Capital Partners’ portfolio company ACOLIN, a provider of regulatory and cross-border fund distribution services, has acquired GFA, a SaaS-based data collection and analytics provider for asset managers.
This follows ACOLIN’s acquisition of digital fund distribution and data management business Fundbase in February.
Founded in 2014, GFA (www.gfa.lu) operates a SaaS-based data collection and analytics platform for asset managers and distributors to manage their increasing compliance obligations, and to enable asset managers to gain valuable insights into their distribution networks and identify opportunities to further improve business performance.
The acquisitions of both GFA and Fundbase (https://www.fundbase.com/) have accelerated
Spirit Pharmaceuticals has secured a growth capital investment from NewSpring Capital, Tecum Capital, Leedon Park Capital, and PNC Bank. The investor group backed CEO and Founder Ajoy Joshi to support the Company’s continued growth.
eSalesHub, a Yorkshire tech firm analysing big data using AI to optimise clients marketing spend, has secured a GBP1.65 million funding round from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).
The NPIF – Maven Equity Fund invested GBP1.35 million, alongside the GBP300,000 from the Maven VCTs.
eSalesHub will invest the new funds, alongside internally generated cash, to scale the business and further develop its proprietary A.I technology solutions. Expansion is expected to create 25 new jobs across technology, data science, business development and sales & marketing at
‘Smart antenna’ designer Sofant Technologies has completed a follow-on fundraise of GBP740,000 in an oversubscribed funding round led by venture capital investor EMV Capital. The fundraise builds on last year’s GBP2.3 million pre-series A round for the Edinburgh-based 5G and satellite communications antenna developer.
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Freya Capital a venture capital fund that aims to provide investment support to early-stage companies has been added to the latest edition of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Starter programme. The total capitalisation of Freya Capital is PLN64 million.
Freya Capital intends to invest in seed/early-stage companies operating in Europe, with high growth potential and plans to expand into international markets. In the course of its cooperation the fund will support enterprises on the merits and business-wise, benefiting from the knowledge of its partners.
Freya Capital was established by a team of experienced entrepreneurs – Hubert Anyżewski, Zbigniew Barwicz, Jan
The UK wireless telecommunications services business WHP Telecoms (WHP), backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has completed the acquisition of Intelligent Communications Solutions Limited (ICS Group), a telecoms rigging installations and design company, marking the group’s third acquisition in the space of a month.
Boston-based NorthBridge Partners (NorthBridge) and New York-based Park Madison Partners have announced the final close of NB Partners Fund III, LP (Fund III), which was oversusbcribed at its USD500 million hard cap.
Investors in the fund included a mix of public and private pensions, foundations, asset managers, family offices, and high net worth individuals.
NorthBridge launched its logistics strategy in 2014 with the goal of acquiring, modernising, and developing small-to-mid sized final-mile logistics assets on the US East Coast. Fund III’s strategy is a continuation of the prior two vehicles, targeting strategically located US East Coast industrial assets that are
Main Sequence, Australia’s deep tech investment fund founded by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has raised AUD250m for its second fund.
The oversubscribed raise was supported by returning investors including Horizons Ventures, Hostplus, Lockheed Martin and Temasek, as well as family offices and private investors from Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Mutual Trust.
Investments from Fund II will continue Main Sequence’s mission to solve the world’s biggest problems in health, food, space, and industrial productivity, by turning science and research into breakthrough companies.
Main Sequence is also increasing its focus on science and engineering discoveries that address decarbonisation as
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a global private equity firm, has invested in Prime Global Medical Communications Ltd (Prime Global), in partnership with the company founder and existing management team.
Founded in 1997, Prime Global is a global medical communications and market access group that provides the world’s leading biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare businesses with full-service professional communications, including healthcare strategy and consultancy, scientific and medical communications, consumer health, patient-integrated science, and market access. The Company is an active player in a market that is poised for rapid growth as a result of increased spending on pharmaceutical research and development
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