Managers
CEE-focused Mezzanine Management has fully exited its investment in European contract research organisation Optimapharm by selling it to The Rohatyn Group.
Mezzanine Management is an advisor to the AMC group of funds, whose total investments exceed EUR700 million. The investment advisory firm has been operating in Central Europe since 2000 from its offices in Vienna, Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague.
The funds’ investment portfolio includes 53 transactions across 12 countries in the CEE region. The firm is also adding a direct lending strategy to its regional private debt platform to address the growing market in Central Europe, and to support local
Cathay Capital Private Equity (Cathay Capital) has raised USD850 million for its private equity fund, Midcap II. Founded in 2007, with offices in the US, Europe and China, Cathay Capital has completed over 140 buyouts, growth and venture capital investments. Midcap II represents Cathay Capital’s largest fund, an increase of USD325 million over its Midcap I fund which closed in 2014. With the new fund, Cathay Capital will have [USD3.8-plus billion] in assets under management.
“This significant increase in assets under management in the current environment reflects the renewed confidence of Cathay’s existing investors, as well as the many new partners attracted
UK Innovation funder Rocking Horse has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with London-based specialist investment firm Quilam Capital.The companies will look to assist the millions of UK SMEs who are eligible for around GBP22 billion worth of Government R&D tax credits or Innovate UK grant schemes, with advance funding to support their growth and development.
Rocking Horse provides unique loan solutions at competitive rates with no monthly capital payments to SME’s which are secured against R&D tax credits and Innovate UK grant regimes. The loans are then repaid when the funding comes through. It anticipates that the loans will range from GBP50k
Praetura Ventures, an investor in businesses in high-value sectors, has launched the Praetura EIS Growth Fund.As an ‘evergreen’ fund, the Praetura EIS Growth Fund is looking to raise up to GBP30 million per annum and will soft close twice a year with the funds raised being deployed to support the growth ambitions of businesses in the North and across the UK.
This will include early-stage businesses looking for smaller, seed-stage investments as well as capital and support for more developed businesses that are looking to scale.
David Foreman, managing director at Praetura Ventures, says: “We speak to entrepreneurs and
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired PKWARE, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based provider of data security software solutions. AGC Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to PKWARE on this transaction. Terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1986, PKWARE (www.pkware.com) created the .ZIP file format and provides leading compression, encryption and data security platform solutions to highly regulated enterprises. The Company’s flagship data security platform, Smartcrypt, enables companies to protect sensitive data, meet compliance and regulatory requirements and manage risk.
Brandon Muirhead, Director, TSCP, says: “Enterprises have a critical need to protect sensitive
Wellth, a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioural economics, has received USD10 million in Series A funding round.
Existing investors yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) co-led the funding round with participation from returning investors AXA Venture Partners, New York Life Ventures, NFP Ventures and I2BF Global Ventures, as well as new investors Rock Health and DaVita Venture Group.
Wellth will use the new capital to support rapid scaling to address larger and broader populations of patients.
Wellth members receive financial incentives, nudges, and behavioural reinforcements to establish healthy, lasting habits. Once enrolled, members use Wellth’s platform
Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform for node management serving institutions and developers, has completed a strategic funding round of USD5.5 million led by venture capital (VC) firms focused on blockchain technology. Blockdaemon’s funding round is supported by a number of new investors including Hashkey, CoinShares, Blockchain.com, Kenetic, SPiCE VC and Fenbushi Capital. Early investors Comcast Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Boldstart, and Heavybit will also continue their participation in the latest funding round.
Investor and advisor Meltem Demirors, says: “At CoinShares, we believe compute and connectivity will define the next decade of economic growth, and that blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are
By Jon Mowll, responsible investment analyst at EdenTree Investment Management – The global spread of Covid-19 has increased awareness of systemic issues that predate and have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The virus has raised questions of who and what we – or rather, our economic systems – value, as well as questions around the nature of work, our collective humanity and the role of business in society.
Three Hills Capital Partners has completed a EUR67 million investment round to partially finance the acquisition of Agfa-Gevaert’s healthcare software business by Dedalus Holding.
Because of THCP’s financial support, the founder and chairman of Dedalus, Giorgio Moretti, will retain 25 per cent in Dedalus Holding.
“This closing represents a key milestone in Dedalus’ growth trajectory to become one of the global leaders in the healthcare sector which is, more than ever today, a key pillar of our society,” said THCP founder and managing partner Mauro Moretti. “Having been selected again by Giorgio as his partners of choice, just as we were
INDOS Financial’s ‘assets under depositary’ in closed-ended private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds now exceed USD10 billion. The new total, spread across 30 clients, splits to USD5.4 billion (private equity), USD3.2 billion (real estate), USD1.4 billion (infrastructure/debt).
Overall INDOS Financials assets exceed USD35 billion from 75 clients represented by some 145 funds.
“INDOS Financial is the only independent depositary in the alternatives space with the experience to service both hedge funds and other alternatives (including private equity, real estate, infrastructure and debt funds),” says Bill Prew, INDOS founder and CEO. “Having initially concentrated on the open-ended hedge fund sector
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