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Abris Capital Partners, a Central European private equity investor, is to acquire a majority stake in Orbitvu – a specialist in automated product photography solutions.
Orbitvu, founded in Poland in 2010, has grown to become the leading player in the global market for automated photography solutions. The company provides a one-stop-shop solution for visual content creation and management via compact photo studios and software. Customer benefits include time and cost savings in content production and post-processing.
Orbitvu’s solutions are used to capture still and 360° product images as well as live model videos for various sectors including apparel, consumer goods,
Preqin, a global specialist in alternative assets data, tools, and insights, has appointed Chris Hawkins as its General Counsel.
Following years of strong growth and on the back of the recent acquisition of Colmore, a provider of portfolio monitoring, administration, and fee validation services to institutional investors, Chris will establish and expand Preqin’s legal function.
In his new role as Preqin’s General Counsel, Hawkins will develop and lead the corporate legal strategy – working closely with the company’s Board and Executive Committee – and oversee all corporate and company secretarial matters.
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates is to acquire TouchTunes, an in-venue, interactive music and entertainment platform, from funds advised by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight) and Newlight Partners (Newlight).
TouchTunes has established a network of more than 65,000 connected digital jukeboxes in bars, brewpubs, restaurants and other social spaces across North America and Europe.
TouchTunes jukeboxes also offer a variety of interactive experiences, including an integrated photo booth solution.
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to close in early April.
CRB Group, the parent company of Cross River Bank (Cross River), a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, today announced a USD620 million financing.
The round was led by Eldridge and Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc, Whale Rock and Hanaco Ventures.
Several of Cross River’s existing investors and significant partners also participated in the round. FT Partners served as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Cross River on this transaction.
Strategic finance platform Mosaic has raised USD25 million in a Series B financing round led by Founders Fund, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, XYZ Venture Capital, Fifth Down Capital, and Friends & Family Capital.
The round brings Mosaic’s total funding to USD46 million in under 14 months, and reunites Peter Thiel, Managing Partner at Founders Fund and Co-founder of both Palantir Technologies and PayPal, with the team that helped build the finance department at Palantir.
Funding will be used to further expand the company’s product development and go to market teams as Mosaic continues to add greater depth
gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, has raised USD110 million for a second blockchain-focused early-stage fund gCC Fund II.
With 36 portfolio companies, gCC Fund I has already backed many of the strongest entrepreneurs in the space including leading the strategic seed round of NFT Marketplace OpenSea and placing a seed investment into Yield Guild Gaming. gCC Fund I has many strong early-stage investments in portfolio including unicorns like Celsius Network, Qredo, Agoric, Astar, 1inch, VEGA protocol and more.
Fund II will target exceptional developers, projects, DAOs, guilds, apps, games, and protocols at any layer at the
Amulet Capital Partners (Amulet), a middle-market private equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, has recapitalised Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions (Lighthouse), a network of outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2018, Lighthouse helps improve the lives of patients suffering from substance use disorder by delivering a suite of outpatient-oriented services and supportive resources such as recovery housing aimed at addressing the Social Determinants of Health.
A group of private equity investors is to acquire Nielsen, a TV ratings and marketing data company, in a deal worth USD16 billion, including debt.
Alpha Wave Global and Tiger Global Management have co-led a USD70 million Series D funding round in Classplus, a Delhi-based edtech start-up which offers a digital platform for coaching centres.
Orva, a full-service e-commerce platform specialising in the sale of footwear, apparel, accessories and home products from leading consumer brands and a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, has appointed Joseph Falcão as Chief Financial Officer.
In this newly created role, Falcão will focus on scaling Orva’s financial infrastructure to promote innovation and drive future growth for the company.
Falcão brings more than two decades of experience constructing, institutionalising and scaling the finance functions of businesses across growth and large cap stages. He joins Orva from Thrasio, where he served as Chief Financial Officer, SVP of Finance and Treasurer
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