Managers
Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners, has invested USD50 million in Giift, a specialist in loyalty programme management and development.
KNEIP, a specialist in fund data management and reporting solutions for the asset management industry, has acquired Dataglide, a UK-based technology company specialised in data transformation and cloud-based automation.
The acquisition brings significant technology expertise in-house, with microservices architecture and multi-tenant cloud computing, which will increase service quality and data accuracy, as well as will drive process automation across its portfolio. With Dataglide technology, KNEIP is now ready to launch new products.
Dataglide has been working with KNEIP for more than a year to build its next generation fund data management system. The acquisition is highly complementary to KNEIP’s existing
Boosted.ai, a distributed machine learning platform for global investment professionals, has closed a USD35 million Series B financing round, led by Ten Coves Capital and Spark Capital.
Portage Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and HarbourVest Partners also participated in the round. Inclusive of seed capital, Boosted.ai’s total funding now stands at USD46 million.
The funding will be used to scale Boosted Insights, the company’s web-based platform that brings explainable machine learning tools to investment managers. By using Boosted Insights, portfolio management teams can augment their existing investment processes, source new ideas and manage risks through AI without any prior
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, has made a significant minority investment in AnovoRx Holdings (Anovo), a provider of specialty pharmacy services and customised treatment and support programs that address the unique needs of patients with certain complex and chronic diseases.
Flipdish, an international online ordering and digital experience platform for hospitality, has received a cUS100 million investment led by Tencent.
The funding values the company at over USD1.25 billion and follows a USD48.5m investment from Tiger Global Management in February 2021.
Tencent join other existing Flipdish investors Global Founders Capital, Elkstone, Enterprise Ireland and Growing Capital.
Founded by brothers Conor and James McCarthy in 2015, Flipdish provides technology that powers QR code ordering & payment at the table, online ordering for pick-up and delivery, self-service kiosks, customer loyalty programs, and digital marketing.
Private markets firm Partners Group has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire North Star, an operator of specialised vessels that offer emergency response and rescue and essential offshore wind maintenance services, from Basalt Infrastructure Partners.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, North Star is an established infrastructure company with a fleet of 48 Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels (ERRVs) and Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) and around 1,400 employees.
Partners Group aims to transform North Star into a leading next-generation offshore wind infrastructure services company, which reflects the firm’s focus on investing with sustainability factors in mind. Partners Group will work
Northstar Capital (Northstar), a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, has invested in Rustic Bakery, a portfolio company of San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP).
Northstar provided a co-investment to help SFEP finance the transaction. The Northstar team remains committed to partnering with experienced management teams and private equity sponsors. Rustic Bakery is the nineteenth platform investment for Fund VII, a USD500 million committed parallel fund strategy consisting of Northstar Mezzanine Partners VII LP and Northstar Mezzanine Partners SBIC LP.
Founded in 2005, Rustic Bakery is a specialty foods company that manufacturers and markets a growing portfolio
Eureka, an Israeli startup offering holistic security across cloud data stores, has secured USD8 million in a seed funding round led by YL Ventures with participation from renowned security executives and serial entrepreneurs.
Industry leaders and security luminaries who participated in Eureka’s seed round include Edna Conway (VP, Security & Risk Officer, Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure at Microsoft), David Hannigan (Director of Product Security Assurance at Google Cloud), Andy Ellis (Former CSO at Akamai Technologies), Maarten Van Horenbeeck (CISO at Zendesk), Assaf Rappaport (CEO at Wiz) and Ben Bernstein (Former CEO at Twistlock, acquired by PANW).
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Elephant has led a USD56 million Series C funding round in Tecovas, a footwear, apparel, and accessories brand, bringing total lifetime equity funding to approximately USD120 million.
Elephant, which also led Tecovas’ Series A and Series B rounds, is joined by new and existing investors, including Access Capital, Seamless Capital, and Kemmons Wilson Companies.
Blackstone has held the final close of Blackstone Capital Opportunities Fund IV (COF IV) bringing the total of funds available to Blackstone Credit’s opportunistic private debt strategy to USD8.75 billion.
COF has an almost 15-year track record of providing private financings for businesses of all sizes and across industries.
COF IV has already made 12 investments and commitments with a focus on high growth industries, such as technology and healthcare.
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