Managers
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, has completed a significant minority investment in oneZero Financial Systems (oneZero), a provider of software and technology solutions to the rapidly growing foreign exchange (FX) trading industry.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, oneZero provides FX and multi-asset class liquidity, distribution, business intelligence and risk management solutions to the retail brokerage and institutional marketplace, including hedge funds, prime brokers and global banks. Through its international presence across offices in the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Cyprus, the Company offers hosted and SaaS-based solutions that
MackeyRMS, a provider of research management software, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners.
The partnership makes MackeyRMS the third FinTech investment in Resurgens’ USD200 million flagship private equity fund, and will enable the Company to accelerate investment in its market-leading software, expand its global presence and enhance the overall customer service experience.
MackeyRMS is a rapidly growing provider of SaaS-based research management software built for today’s modern buy-side investment firms, including global asset managers, asset owners, hedge funds, fund-of-funds and private equity funds. The platform unites existing workflows with disparate data sources to streamline research
LDC-backed Mitrefinch, one of the UK’s leading developers of human capital management (HCM) software, has recorded double-digit revenue growth following a year of expansion at home and overseas.
The York-headquartered business reported a 12 per cent growth in revenue to GBP16.3million (2017: GBP14.6million) in the year to November 2018, while EBITDA grew 22 per cent to GBP5million over the same period (2017: GBP4.1million).
Mitrefinch’s success was bolstered by a year of overseas expansion, with the business now operating across the UK, US, Australia and Canada, and with international sales accounting for 26 per cent of turnover.
On home
HSBC Private Banking has held the successful close of Vision Private Equity 2019 – the first in a new programme of annual Vision Funds providing private clients with access to primary, secondary and direct co-investments across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies.
With over USD250 million raised globally, the Fund has proved popular internationally with investors looking for diversified private equity solutions, as well as clients wishing to meet their annual asset allocation requirements in private equity through a single, well diversified and professionally constructed portfolio.
Henry Lee, Global Head of Managed Investment Solutions, HSBC Private Banking, says: ‘’The Vision Fund
Private capital is growing in significance as a source of funds for private equity funds, new research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed.
The PE industry – particularly smaller, boutique and specialist managers – are taking advantage of the spectacular growth of private capital over the decade since the global financial crisis.
The research project, carried out at this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, showed that managers are increasingly being viewed as a source of deal flow as much as for their investment management expertise. Private capital now can amount to as much as 75-100 per cent of
TPG, a global alternative asset firm, is to make a non-controlling strategic investment in Harlem Capital Partners (HCP), an early-stage venture capital firm.
In connection with its investment in the company, TPG will commit capital to HCP Fund I. The investment will provide HCP access to resources to help scale its business, enhance operating capabilities, and support its portfolio. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Led by Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, HCP is committed to backing minority and women founders across industries in the United States. The firm is on a mission to change the face
Manchester digital agency RUN2 has received a GBP500,000 investment from >_fund:tmt, a dedicated fund for fast-growing tech and media companies, which will be used to expand and implement a new AI platform for online client hyper-personalisation and recommendation engines.
The platform promises to completely transform the output of the agency.
The investment comes following a period of significant growth for RUN2, which has achieved double digit growth and annual turnover approaching GBP1m for last year.
RUN2’s owner, Christian McGinty, says: “It’s been an incredible journey for us so far; achieving the growth we have for the past year is testament
Inverness Graham Investments, a private investment firm that targets tech-enabled manufacturing, service and software companies, has acquired Syntrio and Lighthouse Services (Lighthouse) to create a new governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions company.
Based in Chicago, Syntrio is a provider of proprietary online compliance, ethics and workplace training courses. Lighthouse is a provider of reporting hotline services managed through a proprietary case management software solution. Together, the combined business will provide an integrated GRC solution to address the ethics, compliance, workplace reporting and case management needs of US companies.
“The combination of Syntrio and Lighthouse represents an opportunity to build
Budderfly, a specialist in the Energy Efficiency as a Service market, has announced a new USD55 million in growth equity and project debt funding led by Balance Point Capital with participation by Connecticut Innovations.
This funding, together with the previous USD22 million funded over the past 24 months by Edison Partners, Founder and CEO Al Subbloie, Budderfly senior management, the State of Connecticut through the Department of Economic & Community Development, and others, will be used to scale customer project installations, accelerate Budderfly’s go-to-market efforts and expand product growth. Combined with expected vendor partner financing, Budderfly is now fully
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has acquired E Source, a provider of customer-focused research, data, and consulting for utilities and their partners.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, E Source provides subscription-based market intelligence services for thousands of utility employees and senior leaders across North America. The Company’s unique insights into key areas of demand side management, customer experience, and marketing, help utilities adapt to ever-changing business and market conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“ACP’s investment is a significant milestone for our company, our employees, and our customers,” says E Source CEO, Wayne Greenberg. “We’ve already established ourselves as
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