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Voya Investment Management (Voya IM), the asset management business of Voya Financial, has partnered with iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries.
Voya IM will leverage iCapital’s customised technology, service and diligence solution for financial advisors and their high-net-worth clients seeking access to Voya’s alternative and private fund offerings, starting with Pomona Investment Fund (PIF, a registered fund vehicle.
iCapital will digitise the subscription, administration, operational and reporting processes for PIF, which improves the efficiency of the investment process and helps ensure information is complete upon submission. PIF
TOG (The Office Group) and Fora have agreed to merge, subject to regulatory approval. The combined group’s aim is to be the premier flexible workspace company in the UK and Europe, bringing together two highly complementary businesses with similar cultures and high quality, design-led workspaces.
The demand for flexible workspace is growing rapidly across all sectors as businesses seek greater employee productivity, comfort and wellbeing, as well as providing a range of designs and amenities to suit different working styles and needs. These buildings are also selected with convenience in mind, with well-connected locations that suit more hybrid working in
Rollee, provider of an employment data platform that allows individuals to share their employment data, including income & activity, with lenders, insurers and many other businesses, has raised EUR4 million in venture capital financing.
Rollee has partnered with European VCs such as Speedinvest, Seedcamp, 20VC, and business angels from the fintech industry. Since its inception, Rollee’s had a European vision and plans to consolidate its French and British market position while expanding in Germany and Spain.
The new tech company aims to triple its workforce by the end of the year to achieve this. Rollee is creating a dynamic and
Mori, a food technology company focused on extending shelf-life to reduce waste and create more sustainable supply chains, has raised USD50 million in Series B1 financing round led by Prelude Ventures.
Previous investors The Drawdown Fund, Acre Venture Partners, The Engine, Refactor Capital, Blindspot, Closed Loop Partners, Knollwood Investment Advisory also participated as well as new investors Collaborative Fund and Thia Ventures.
Mori’s proprietary process uses just salt, water, and heat to extract natural silk protein that protects food and slows spoilage. It is seamlessly integrated into existing production processes, allowing customers across the supply chain to provide people with
German venture capital firm MIG Capital AG has closed a EUR3 million seed financing for French start-up Inbolt.
Led by MIG, the current round of financing involves SOSV, a global early-stage investor, BNP Paribas Development, the VC arm of the major French bank, and Laurent Dassault, one of France’s leading industrialists.
Inbolt is developing a novel 3D tracking system for use in industrial manufacturing to digitally support manual operations and minimise errors. Manufacturing and maintenance in the aerospace and automotive industries, for example, require multiple precise steps. Safety-relevant tasks have to be logged in detail, and until now often by
Equus Capital Partners (Equus), a real estate investment manager, has appointed Moira DiSandro as an associate.
In her role, DiSandro will focus on business development efforts, specifically capital raising for the firm’s commingled closed-end fund series as well as for its co-investment and programmatic joint venture activities.
Prior to joining Equus, DiSandro served as the director of business development for FS Investment Solutions, where she was responsible for identifying and developing new relationships with OSJs and centres of influence advisor groups across the country.
East Ventures has become the first Indonesian venture capital firm to sign the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).
East Ventures is committed to taking the lead in identifying and supporting the relevant initiatives to drive more sustainable actions.
The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment supported by the United Nation. Through the signing of UN PRI, East Ventures will further practice and implement the signatories’ contributions to develop a more sustainable global financial system, as well as to continue the application of six Principles for Responsible Investment to achieve broader objectives of the society.
SeaBeLife, a biotech company developing drug candidates intended to block cell necrosis, has received EUR1.37 million (USD1.49 million) in financing from Bpifrance.
This financing, which has been granted in connection with the French government’s ‘Deeptech Plan’, will contribute to research into first-in-class drug candidates for the treatment of acute liver, kidney, heart and brain disease.
These funds will enable SeaBeLife to develop drug candidates with the unique ability to simultaneously inhibit necroptosis and ferroptosis, two modes of regulated cell death that are activated in individuals living with certain pathologies. The objective is to protect or regenerate organs affected by
AXA IM Alts, a global leader in alternative investments with cEUR183 billion of assets under management, expects the bulk of its investment in 2022 to be in conviction asset classes such as life sciences, healthcare, residential, and industrial & logistics, as well as in repositioning offices, as it announces that it completed EUR10.8 billion of real estate equity transactions in 2021.
This comprised cEUR8.7 billion of acquisitions and almost EUR2.1 billion of disposals, and compares to EUR9.7 billion of transactions completed in 2020. The business’ real estate equity assets under management exceeded EUR87.7 billion by the end of 2021, up
Apex Group Ltd has been appointed by Perennial Partners to provide fund administration services to the Perennial Private Ventures Fund.
This mandate win follows a series of successful acquisitions for Apex in the region, including Australia-based Mainstream Group, and New-Zealand-based MMC.
Perennial Private Ventures Fund is targeting a raise of AUD200 million to invest in high growth private businesses, providing “patient” capital in the years before a potential liquidity event. The Fund has secured cornerstone investment and attracted further interest from private wholesale investors, family offices and superannuation funds.
The launch of the Fund follows the success of
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