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Astarte Capital Partners, a specialist co-investment platform focusing on the real assets space, has closed its current fundraise and is contributing a percentage of its profits to Beyond Capital’s impact investment efforts.Beyond Capital Fund is a nonprofit fund that invests in companies to help improve the lives of people living below the poverty line in East Africa and India,    “When we launched Beyond Capital 11 years ago, we envisioned this exact arrangement with an aligned stakeholder,” said Eva Yazhari, Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Capital. “Astarte Capital Partners is that most ideal collaborator — an institutional donor that believes
Paris
FundRock Management Company will launch a new operation that helps international institutional investors getting access to alternative asset classes, including private equity. Through a partnership with Jean Edouard Mazery, FundRock is set to drive expansion into the French private equity real estate sector. While already managing French funds under the Freedom to Provide Services passport regime, FundRock has decided to bolster its presence in France by establishing a newly created French AIFM based in Paris, named “FundRock France AM”, subject to prior authorisation from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.   “We are excited about our expansion into France, which underlines
DeepCrawl, a cloud-based technical SEO platform, has raised USD19 million in a Series B funding round with Five Elms Capital and Beringea. The round is being led by Five Elms, a growth equity and venture capital firm focused on B2B software companies. To date, DeepCrawl has raised USD25.8 million through angel investments from Beaumont Capital and Series A funding led by Beringea. This latest funding round will primarily be used for R&D and investing in sales and marketing to drive greater market penetration in the US.   Today’s websites are becoming increasingly complex as brands continue evolving their online presence to
Porto, Portugal
Universtone, a global private equity real estate investment and development firm has invested in Bondstone, a private equity real estate investment and asset management firm focused on the Portuguese market.
 Bondstone was formed by Paulo Loureiro, a Portuguese real estate entrepreneur and a former executive director at Morgan Stanley in New York.  With offices in Lisbon and Porto, Bondstone plans to deploy a total investment of EUR400 million by the end of 2021, by co-investing with prominent investors in value-add and opportunistic strategies in the commercial and residential sectors. The strategies will include development, refurbishment and repositioning projects.   “I
QRails, a cloud-based, open API issuer-processor that enables payment solutions around the world, has closed a USD8 million Series A funding round led by EFM Asset Management. The announcement comes as QRails, in partnership with payroll service providers, is about to launch a novel earned wage access solution in the United States, UK and Australia. This fundraising round brings total funds raised to date by QRails to USD18 million. Less than a year after launching its processor and after co-founder Gerard Griffin took the helm as CEO, QRails has won significant customer mandates on the strength of its technology, its domain
New Heritage Capital (Heritage), a Boston-based private equity firm, has made a platform investment in Northern California-based DeWinter Group (DeWinter), a provider of temporary and permanent staffing solutions with expertise in finance, accounting and information technology. The transaction was structured using Heritage’s unique Private IPO solution, which leaves operating control in the hands of the reinvesting owners while providing them the desired liquidity and financial flexibility to accelerate future growth. DeWinter has provided high-skilled staffing solutions in the San Francisco Bay Area for 20 years, building a reputation for an unwavering commitment to serving its clients and candidates. “We are thrilled
Funds managed by Blackstone are to acquire a majority stake in HealthEdge, a technology business that delivers next generation Core Administrative Processing Systems (CAPS) solutions to healthcare businesses. The investment is being led by Blackstone’s growth equity team, which is focused on providing capital to fast-growing companies and helping them leverage Blackstone’s deep operating resources and scale to become market leaders. Steve Krupa, CEO of HealthEdge, says: “We are thrilled to work with Blackstone as we enter the next chapter of our company’s growth. Blackstone’s expertise in healthcare and extensive operational resources made them our partner of choice to help fuel
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to CoreHR – a portfolio company of JMI Equity – on its sale to The Access Group, a portfolio company of TA Associates and Hg. Headquartered in Cork, CoreHR provides a comprehensive suite of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions to over a million users in 270 enterprise and mid-market customers across the UK and Ireland. Since JMI Equity invested in 2016, the company has successfully transitioned its customer base from legacy perpetual licences to a SaaS model, driving value creation for both customers and shareholders. The Access Group will combine CoreHR with
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market industrial companies headquartered in the US, has sold GED Integrated Solutions (GED). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Altus Capital Partners acquired GED in June of 2015 alongside the senior management team of GED to support the Company’s growth and expansion efforts. Headquartered in Glenwillow, Ohio, GED is the North American leader in intelligent automation systems for the fenestration industry. The Company’s integrated equipment, software and aftermarket parts and service provides window OEMs with end-to-end manufacturing process solutions. Bill Weaver, GED’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We have been
Board meeting
Evolution Managers Capital, a platform for emerging private equity managers to launch their own investments, has backed Conanicut Capital, a new Boston-based private equity firm.


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