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SIMON Markets (SIMON), a fintech company that offers an end-to-end digital suite of tools to help financial professionals understand, manage, and analyse complex alternative investment products, has secured a strategic investment from Citi.
Citi is a longtime partner of SIMON, both as a leading issuer of structured investments and through its wealth management division whose financial professionals use the investment platform.
Passthrough, a data-driven subscription document platform that seamlessly automates, distributes, executes, and manages the subscription process for fund managers and their investors, has raised USD5 million.
Positive Sum led the round with participation from Okta Ventures, Great Oaks VC, and Company Ventures.
Additional strategic angel investors and operators also participated in the round including Samir Kaji (Founder and CEO of Allocate); Bob Moore (CEO of Crossbeam); Josh Smith (co-founder and former CEO of Solovis, a leading institutional investment portfolio management system); Marshall Boyd (Co-President/Chief Investment Officer at Interstate Equities Corp.); Andrea Walne (General Partner at Manhattan Venture Partners); Daniel McAuley
Parthenon Capital has made an additional investment in CardWorks, the parent company of CardWorks Servicing, Merrick Bank and Carson Smithfield.
In connection with the transaction, Parthenon’s co-CEO and managing partner, Brian Golson, will join CardWorks’ Board of Directors.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM) has appointed Mabrouk Chetouane as Head of Global Market Strategy, Solutions, International.
In his new role, Mabrouk will lead and manage the global market strategy team responsible for developing the in-house macroeconomic, asset allocation and investment views within Natixis IM Solutions, which are essential to both clients and sales. He will report to Claire Martinetto, Head of Natixis IM Solutions, International and be based in Paris.
In addition to research, Mabrouk will oversee the team’s involvement in the multi- investment process as well as strategic asset allocation modelling for public and private markets. He will
Maranon Capital has added seven members to the firm’s investment and operations teams.
As Associates, Jack Brandt, Steve Pastoriza, Jack Purdy, and Tyler White are responsible for investment underwriting and portfolio management.
Brandt was previously an Associate at RF Investment Partners, LLC, Pastries was an Analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman, Purdy was previously an Associate at Manulife Investment Management, while White was previously an Analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Company.
Spencer Crawford joins as a Structured Product Analyst and is responsible for reconciling and monitoring CLOs and warehouses as well as analysis and reporting. Prior to joining Maranon, he
Manulife Investment Management has appointed Marc Feliciano as global head of real estate, private markets.
In this position, reporting to Christoph Schumacher, global head of real assets, Feliciano will oversee all aspects of the real estate business, including portfolio management, investments, asset management, and the integration of sustainability into both investments and operations. He will also be responsible for developing and implementing Manulife Investment Management’s global real estate investment strategy and increasing its capabilities on behalf of clients, including Manulife’s General Account.
Feliciano joins Manulife Investment Management from DWS where he was the chief investment officer (CIO) of real
New elderly care search platform, Lottie has raised GBP2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Kindred.
Lottie also secured investment from angel and Zoopla executive, David Wascha as well as former Airbnb and Facebook director, Caroline Hudack. Tom Blomfield and Lendable co-founder Victoria van Lennep also reinvested.
HV Capital has launched the first continuation fund in the German venture capital tech sector, with a size of over EUR430 million.
HV COCO Growth will enable HV Capital to continue supporting portfolio companies from existing funds and take advantage of further growth opportunities facing them. All existing investments from the three very successful funds HV IV, HV V and HV Co- investment Fund from the years 2010 to 2015 will be taken over by the new fund.
In addition to HarbourVest, which is the anchor investor, LGT Capital Partners, Pathway Capital, and a number of family offices and financial
Hildred Capital Management (Hildred), a New York based private equity firm, has closed its first institutional fund, Hildred Equity Partners II with total commitments of USD362.5 million, exceeding its target.
Hildred will continue to focus on generating strong financial returns for its partners by tapping into secular growth opportunities in attractive healthcare sectors such as consumer products, medical provider services, pharmaceuticals services, information technology, life science tools and diagnostics, as well as related businesses, and will pursue both majority and influential minority investments.
The Fund received strong support from a diverse group of both new and existing Hildred investors globally,
The Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) has appointed Drew Guff, Managing Director and Founding Partner of Siguler Guff & Company, as Chair of the Board of Directors, along with new Board members Otavio Castello Branco, Senior Managing Partner and Board Member of Patria Investments, and Dr Karim El Solh, Co-Founder and CEO of Gulf Capital.
The GPCA Board has also appointed Nicolas Rohatyn, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Rohatyn Group (TRG), as Chair Emeritus.
GPCA members are leading investors across Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East, who collectively manage more than USD2 trillion in assets.
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