Managers
BluePeak has partnered with Ethos Mezzanine Partners, to jointly invest USD31.5 million in Grit in a transaction led by Ethos Mezzanine Partners.
The transaction marks the inaugural investment from the BluePeak Private Capital Fund SCSp (the Fund), an impact-linked private credit and mezzanine finance facility raised during the Covid-19 pandemic. BluePeak designs innovative financing solutions to scale mid-sized African businesses.
Amber Implants, a medical technology company developing next generation spinal implants for spinal injuries, has closed a USD10 million Series A Financing which was co-led by the firm’s founders and existing venture capital investors, with participation from angel investors and non-dilutive government funding.
Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance the Company’s revolutionary vertebral body augmentation system, VCFix®, through all preclinical verification and validation tests, ISO 13485 certification, regulatory activities, and an early feasibility clinical study and a pilot and pivotal clinical trial.
Venture capital investment remained close to record levels with the swift pace of Q4 2021, capping off what has been a banner year for the global venture capital market.
According to the Q4’21 edition of Venture Pulse – a quarterly report published by KPMG Private Enterprise on VC trends in key jurisdictions around the world, the quarter witnessed near-record highs for total venture capital investment, corporate venture capital investment, exits and global fundraising.
Global quarterly venture capital investment surpassed the USD150 billion mark in consecutive quarters this year, reaching USD171 billion across 8,710 deals during Q4 2021 – only slightly
Pan-European growth debt platform, Atempo Growth (Atempo) has held the first close of its debut fund, with commitments of over USD200 million.
The fund will target investments across Europe and is backed by European investors from across the continent including the European Investment Bank and Banco Santander.
Atempo is a new venture debt platform which brings together a founding team which has provided capital to over 100 companies across a range of different sectors, having worked in the past with companies like Twisto and CurrencyCloud. The co-founders have worked closely together for several years and have experience spanning
Verica, the continuous verification company using chaos engineering to make systems more reliable and less vulnerable to costly incidents, has raised USD12 million in Series A funding round led by Intel Capital.
True Ventures and Mango Capital also participated in the round which brings Verica’s total venture-backed funding to date to to USD17 million.
This new capital will allow Verica to expand upon its product roadmap, continue building out the enterprise-class features customers expect, grow its headcount, scale its go-to-market activities and ultimately allow the company to onboard future customers at a faster pace.
Amplify Life Insurance, a digital life insurance platform focused on helping customers build wealth through permanent life insurance, has raised USD12 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and Crosslink Capital.
Other investors who participated include Conversion Capital, Anthemis, and Transverse Asset Management.
Amplify is digital platform that offers customers the ability to invest in public equities or alternative investments with their life insurance premiums, accessing tax-free returns throughout their lifetime.
After incorporating in September 2019, Amplify raised its seed round in January, 2021. Since launching a customer-facing platform in 2020, Amplify has been growing over 400
Stellex Capital Management (Stellex), a middle-market private equity firm, has made a new platform investment in plumbing services platform Peltram Plumbing Holdings (P3).
Stellex acquired P3 in partnership with the existing management team from an investor group led by Crescendo Capital Partners (Crescendo). The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In addition to partnering with the existing local management teams, Stellex has recruited Terry Young, former Senior Vice President of Comfort Systems USA, and Chad Lusco, former Senior Vice President of KBS and Empire Services, to drive P3’s next chapter of growth.
Rotunda Capital Partners (Rotunda), an operationally focused, lower middle-market private equity investment firm, has sold MacQueen Equipment (MacQueen), a distributor of environmental and emergency equipment solutions.
Established in 1961 and headquartered in St Paul, Minnesota, MacQueen is one-stop shop provider of critical environmental, infrastructure and emergency equipment, aftermarket parts and service and safety products and accessories to municipalities, fire departments and commercial customers.
Since partnering with Rotunda in late 2018, the Company has achieved transformational growth. Through seven acquisitions and strategic operational investments, the Company has tripled in size to become a super-regional distributor with 15 locations in 12 states.
Electra.aero (Electra), a developer of hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, has secured a Series A investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), the venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The funding will support Electra’s plans to begin flight testing a full-scale hybrid eSTOL technology demonstrator aircraft later this year.
Lockheed Martin Ventures has invested in Electra’s Series A funding round to support flight testing Electra’s hybrid-electric eSTOL aircraft full-scale technology demonstrator in 2022.
Private equity firm Liberty Strategic Capital is to invest USD150 million in Satellogic in connection with its merger with CF Acquisition Corp V (CFV), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, which will see Satellogic become a publicly traded company.
Satellogic specialises in high-resolution imagery of the Earth’s surface obtained through a constellation of low earth orbit satellites.
CFV was formed as a “blank check” company in January 2020 and completed an IPO in February 2021 at a price of USD10 per unit. In July 2021, CFV and Satellogic announced plans to merge at an implied enterprise
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