Managers
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with USD37 billion of assets under management, as successfully completed fundraising for its inaugural Private Credit programme with approximately USD1.1 billion of capital available to deploy, including leverage.
Since the launch of the private credit strategy in 2016, Adams Street has seen strong demand from institutional investors worldwide, with commitments from both new and existing investors in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The diverse array of investors included public and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, foundations, family offices and high net worth individuals.
“We were pleased to receive such
Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire Microgen Financial Systems Limited, a provider of Trust & Fund Administration (T&FA) software to the Trust and Corporate Services industry.
The transaction is subject to the approval of the shareholders of the seller, Aptitude Software Group.
The acquisition of MFS was executed by Silverfleet’s dedicated lower mid-market investment team.
Headquartered in Fleet, UK with offices in London, Guernsey, Cambridge and Cyprus, MFS provides front and back office technology solutions to the financial services industry. The firm’s global client base comprises major wealth and asset management firms and trust and
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has partnered with ACTINEO, a German InsurTech firm which specialises in bodily injury claims, providing tech-enabled and data-driven services to the insurance industry.
Based in Cologne, Germany, ACTINEO is the leading provider of digitalization, invoice checking and predictive analysis services for bodily injury claims to insurance providers in Germany. Currently, the company processes and digitalises more than 120,000 bodily injury claims per year and develops prediction models for a customer base of more than 50 insurers. Customers benefit from increased transparency, control and better risk management. ACTINEO’s compelling results are proven in its remarkably
The rising trend of private capital investment is being well serviced in Guernsey due to the island’s flexibility to meet investors’ sophisticated requirements, sector experts agreed at the 2019 Guernsey Funds Forum.
In the decade following the global financial crisis, private wealth has doubled in nominal terms, and private capital has become a significant source of investment for fund managers, particularly in Guernsey’s specialist sector of private equity funds.
Research carried out by Guernsey Finance has shown that its importance is growing rapidly, particularly for smaller managers.
Panellists at a private capital session at the milestone 10th Funds
DataArt has raised equity funding from the German development finance institution DEG. DEG has co-invested alongside DFI-backed Da Vinci Capital, a CIS-focused private equity fund manager with a strong track record in the IT industry.
DEG is part of KfW, the German state-owned promotional bank. With a presence of around 80 representative offices worldwide, KfW promotes sustainable finance both in its domestic market in Germany and in international markets, including developing and emerging markets.
With 22 locations globally, DataArt employs over 2,800 professionals with the majority located in Eastern Europe. The company is known for its state-of-the-art recruiting system and
Roger.ai, an accounting automation tool that can cut time businesses spend on day-to-day financial processes by as much as 80 per cent, has raised a USD7.35 million in a Series A funding round led by QED Investors, with participation from 9Yards Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Financial Venture Studio, BootstrapLabs, and Dan Wernikoff, former GM of QuickBooks and TurboTax, along with other angel investors.
Originally built in Denmark with Danish founders, Roger works on top of existing accounting software to automate financial processes like bill pay, approvals, receipt scanning, compliance and bookkeeping with simple workflows anyone can set up and manage.
Investment bank Piper Jaffray Companies has sold Advisory Research through two separate transactions which will result in the firm exiting its traditional asset management business.
The midstream energy business of Advisory Research, is being sold to Tortoise Capital Advisors, while the remaining Advisory Research business is being acquired by a partner group led by Matthew Swaim, managing director and executive committee chairman at Advisory Research.
Piper Jaffray expects to generate net cash proceeds from these two transactions of approximately USD60-70 million, exclusive of potential earn-out proceeds.
“Tortoise has built an excellent investment management platform focused on essential assets,” says Deb
Law firm Paul Hastings has advised European private equity firm Astorg and the other selling shareholders of M7 Group, in connection with the sale of 100 per cent of their shares and voting rights in M7 Group to Groupe CANAL+, a subsidiary of the Vivendi group.
Based in Luxembourg and Amsterdam, M7 Group is one the major independent Pay-TV operators in Europe, with more than three million subscribers in Europe. M7 Group’ portfolio includes the following brands: CanalDigitaal and Online.nl in the Netherlands, Skylink in the Czech and Slovak Republics, TV Vlaanderen and TéléSAT in Belgium, AustriaSat and HD Austria in
Insurance company yulife has secured GBP10 million in a Series A funding round led by Creandum Funds, backers of Spotify, iZettle and depop.
MMC Ventures and Notion Capital participated in the round alongside existing investors Anthemis Exponential Ventures, RGAX and Israel’s most active venture investor OurCrowd. This new round of funding follows a previous GBP3 million seed-round led by LocalGlobe.
yulife is on a mission to breathe life back into life insurance by rewarding people for living well now, whilst protecting their loved ones in the future.
Group life cover (or death in service, as it’s often known) is one
An affiliate of Versa Capital Management (Versa) has acquired Alex Apparel Group (Alex Apparel), a designer and wholesaler of social dresses and separates under the Alex Evenings, SL Fashions and Ignite Evenings brands, from Atlantic Street Capital.
The Alex Apparel Group brands are sold both online and in over 3,400 retail locations, including major department stores, specialty store chains and boutiques and pure-play ecommerce sites.
Colleen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of Alex Apparel, says: “We are excited to partner with Versa to continue the strong trajectory of our business. Versa provides us with the tools and resources to advance our
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