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Triple Point has strengthened its Private Credit Team with the appointment of highly-experienced growth capital specialist Sean Brophy as Head of Direct Lending.
With a wealth of experience in the financial sector, Brophy will focus on developing Triple Point’s SME lending loan book, as well as executing the Direct Lending team’s five –year asset growth plans. As Head of Direct Lending, Sean will work on providing SMEs with the capital they need, as well as supporting their M&A requirements. As part of his role, Brophy will further consolidate Triple Point’s position as a leading alternative finance provider of strategic growth
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has completed the sale of LTP Home Services Group (LTP), a residential plumbing and HVAC services platform, to L Catterton, a global consumer-focused private equity firm.
TSCP will retain a board seat and minority stake in the Company. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996 by Len Bush as “Len the Plumber,” LTP Home Services Group is a leading residential services company with a specialisation in plumbing and HVAC services, operating across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions under six brands.
Venture capital activity in Canada hit an all-time record high in the first quarter, with $3.5 billion in investment across 213 deals, up from $3 billion (across 276 deals) in the year-earlier quarter, according to the latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse Q1 2022 report.
Canadian start-ups in particular raised $824.4 million in the first three months of the year – a period marked by global uncertainty due to the war in Ukraine, rising inflation and interest rates, continued supply chain pressures and the persistence of the Covid-19 pandemic. A majority of that total funding came from Toronto-based software firm,
Greenstone Equity Partners, a capital raising firm in the Middle East, has launched an Investor Advisory Board of prominent GCC business leaders to provide strategic guidance and support.
The Investor Advisory Board has been established with the goal to enable and accelerate positive impact across the GCC and deliver unparalleled value to Greenstone’s GCC investor base and fund manager partners from around the world.
The inaugural members of the Greenstone Investor Advisory Board are nationals of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and hold senior leadership positions and board memberships across a variety of financial industries, including Capital Markets,
52 North Health, a UK and US-based med-tech start-up, has raised £1 million in its first round of funding from leading UK and European specialist investors.
The round was led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, King’s Health Partners MedTech Innovations, Meltwind, Milltrust Ventures and a number of angels.
52 North is developing the NeutroCheck: a fully-integrated clinical, AI and medical device-based system for people living with cancer.
The investment will be used to take the NeutroCheck device through clinical trials in the UK, as well as to
The Venture Capital Trust Association (VCTA) has announced two new members, Pembroke VCT and Molten Ventures VCT.
The VCTA is the industry body representing twelve of the largest VCT managers in the United Kingdom. The addition of Pembroke VCT and Molten Ventures VCT – previously Draper Esprit VCT -takes the VCTA’s membership to more than 90% of the VCT industry, with £6.3 billion funds under management invested through an extensive regional network of local offices in 15 cities across the UK.
The VCTAactively campaigns to support early-stage businesses during a period of significant economic disruption and create the regulatory
Arbolus, a knowledge sharing platform, has closed a $15 million Series A, led by Element Ventures alongside existing investors Fuel Ventures.
With this new investment, Arbolus is primed to be the leading disruptor in the expert knowledge industry. The company is transforming a previously offline and closed-network industry, into a digital, open ecosystem through its cutting edge technology.
The $15 million investment is supported by Silicon Valley Bank which will be providing a debt facility alongside the equity. In what has been an exceptional year for Arbolus, the London-headquartered business has seen revenue triple in the last year, doubled the
Vector Capital has become the majority shareholder in WatchGuard Technologies by acquiring the interests in the business previously owned by Francisco Partners and other co-investors.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996, WatchGuard has made enterprise-grade security accessible to all types of organisations for more than 25 years. The company’s unique focus on delivering best-of-breed security offerings and enabling Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to easily deploy and administer these solutions has fuelled mainstream adoption of advanced cybersecurity.
During Vector Capital’s and Francisco Partners’ joint ownership for more than a decade, WatchGuard transformed from a trusted
Taxfix, a Europe-based mobile tax app, has raised $220 million in a Series D funding round led by Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), part of the CAD$242 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers).
Existing investors Index Ventures, Valar Ventures, Creandum, and Redalpine also particpated in the round which values Taxfix at over $1 billion.
As part of the transaction, Avid Larizadeh Duggan, Managing Director, EMEA, of TVG, will join the Taxfix board.
Suntera Global has acquired US fund administration business Socium Fund Services in a key strategic move as the firm continues to grow and expand its international footprint into new global markets.
The acquisition of Socium, which requires no regulatory approval and completes with immediate effect, will strengthen Suntera Global’s offering for fund managers and provide the group with an important US operation for the first time, adding three key North American locations to its international footprint.
The deal is the seventh strategic acquisition made by Suntera Global since securing investment from leading mid-market investor Palatine in 2019.
Founded in 2016,
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