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Shield Capital (SHIELD) has launched its inaugural venture capital fund to support entrepreneurs building technologies critical to commercial and national security customers.
Formed in stealth mode, Shield Capital Fund I (SHIELD), LP exceeded target capitalisation of USD120 million. SHIELD is operational with a focused investment strategy in four high-growth frontier technology domains: artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity and space.
Founded and led by VC industry and national security veterans, Philip Bilden and Raj Shah, the management team is comprised of seasoned investors and company builders who have founded and scaled several successful start-ups and invested in more than 70 companies. The
Serent Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm that invests in founder-led B2B software companies, has closed its fifth and largest fund to date, Serent Capital Fund V, at USD1.1 billion.
Serent Capital Fund V was oversubscribed and closed in less than 100 days. With the closing of Fund V, Serent is now managing nearly USD5 billion in assets across its funds.
The fund’s strategy will remain unchanged from previous funds. Serent will continue to focus on founder-led, bootstrapped B2B software companies where Serent’s sector expertise and resources can drive future growth.
Serent Capital invests from USD20 million to
New Era ADR, a technology company focused on the USD250 billion litigation and dispute resolution industry, has closed an oversubscribed USD4.6 million seed funding round.
The financing is led by New York and Boston-based Nextview Ventures with participation from Jump Capital.
The company’s original pre-seed investors, Motivate Ventures and Alumni Ventures, also participated in this round along with entrepreneurs and investors David Kalt, Sean Chou, Pete Kadens, and Lon Chow. This latest round of financing brings the company’s total funding to USD6.3 million – all of it raised in the past year.
Mayfair Capital Partners (Mayfair), a division of Oxford Financial Group (Oxford), on behalf of its underlying investors, has acquired Tile Redi Holdings (Tile Redi).
Terms of the investment, which closed on 28 February, 2022, have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tile Redi manufactures highly-engineered, patented shower product solutions. The Company is a market leader in one-piece, customisable shower pans that are leak-proof, easy to install and UL certified.
Oxford’s Mayfair division has a history of investing in high-growth, market-leading companies with the goal of providing growth capital and strategic support in order to enable businesses to broaden
Early-stage venture capital LiveOak Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, has promoted Creighton Hicks and Mike Marcantonio to Partner.
The promotions coincide with the launch of the firm’s third fund, a USD210 million vehicle focused on early-stage companies in Texas. The pair join Founding Partners Venu Shamapant and Krishna Srinivasan who launched LiveOak nearly a decade ago.
Creighton joined LiveOak in 2020 from Dell Technologies Capital (DTC) where he led investments in numerous early-stage software companies, including CloudKnox (acquired by Microsoft) and FullStory.
Prior to joining LiveOak in 2018, Marcantonio spent six years with early-stage venture
Cosmetic Solutions (Cosmetic Solutions), an innovation partner for turnkey private label skin care, custom formulation, and contract manufacturing, has acquired New Mexico-based Private Label Select (PLS), an organic cosmetics and personal care manufacturer.
PLS President Micah Halpert brings his organic and natural product development expertise to his new role as Vice President of Business Development for Cosmetic Solutions.
Financial terms of the transaction, which sees funds managed by Lee Equity Partners invest in Cosmetic Solutions, have not been disclosed.
Private Label Select specialises in product development for skincare, lip balms, salves, sunscreens and SPF products, lip tints and glosses, and
IMB Partners (IMB), a middle market private equity firm specialising in utility and government agency services, has agreed to make a strategic investment in Carr & Duff (C&D), a southeastern Pennsylvania corporation providing specialty electrical construction services.
Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
IMB and its principals have invested over USD800 million of capital in over 30 platform and add-on investments, setting itself apart through its differentiated value creation process and emphasis on valuing partnership and people first. The company has experience in the Philadelphia utility services market through its partnership with project and construction management company
Gilde Healthcare has raised EUR517 million towards the first and final close of Gilde Healthcare Private Equity IV (GHPE IV).
GHPE IV focuses on investments in profitable healthcare companies operating in the lower mid-market in Northwest Europe.
The fund concentrates on firms with an active buy-and-build strategy and invests in all sub-segments of the healthcare sector. These include companies in healthcare provision, service providers to the healthcare sector and medical industry, manufacturers of medical supplies and pharmaceutical companies. Market interest was strong and the new fund was oversubscribed, attracting institutional investors from the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, and
Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure investment and operating platform, has promoted Darryl Carbonaro has been promoted to General Counsel.
Generate has also hired Lisa Schule as a Managing Director on the investment team. Schule is a successful growth-equity investor with 22 years of experience investing in energy and resource efficiency companies that address climate change.
Carbonaro has served as Head of Legal for Generate since 2017, establishing and growing the company’s in-house legal operations. He joins the company’s Management Committee and will oversee growth of the legal and compliance functions as Generate expands its reach as the one-stop shop for
EQT AB is to acquire Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), a private markets investment firm in Asia with EUR17.7 billion of assets under management (AUM).
The total consideration for the the transaction is EUR8.6 billion, consisting of USD191.2 million new ordinary EQT shares, valued at EUR5.3 billion, plus EUR1.5 billion in cash
The combination with BPEA, a Pan-Asian private markets firm, provides a step-change to EQT’s presence in Asia, and ideally positions EQT to execute on the structural growth opportunity in Asian private markets.
Following the combination, EQT will be local-with-locals in 25 countries, representing ~80 per cent of global
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