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TruArc Partners, a private equity firm focused on the middle-market, is partnering with Lamark Media, a full-service integrated digital marketing company.
The deal will provide Lamark Media with strategic support and significant capital resources to advance the company’s growth strategy, including increased investment in people, capabilities, and technology, as well as the continued strategic acquisition of complementary businesses that augment and expand Lamark Media’s existing skill sets.
New research into the opportunities in private assets for wealth management clients has found there is significant interest amongst wealth managers to invest in private assets on behalf of clients, with 80 per cent already doing so.
There are barriers though, including operational and regulatory challenges and a lack of appropriate investment vehicles, that are standing in the way of greater allocations.
The research, conducted by the Investment Association and Goji, a provider of regulated platform technology, also focused on the new fund structures that would facilitate investment in private assets, including the new Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF).
The research
Target Global has led a GBP40 million Series B funding round in Lepaya, a provider of skills training that combines online and offline learning. The investment is one of the largest financing rounds to date for an education technology company in Europe.
Noor van Boven (formerly N26), Anna Brandt (formerly Mollie), entrepreneurs Jordy Kool (Urban Gym) and Chris Zadeh (formerly Ophen), as well as existing investors Mediahuis Ventures and Tablomonto also participated in the round which brings total capital raised by Lepaya to USD47 million.
Existing investors Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) and Parkwalk Advisors have lead a GBP16 million Series B funding round in Brainomix, an AI-powered medtech solutions company.
New investor, Tencent Holdings, also participated in the round along with the Oxford University Innovation Fund (OUIF), with the investment set to be used to fund the company’s expansion into new markets and new therapeutic indications, including lung fibrosis and cancer.
ORIX Capital Partners (OCP) has acquired a majority interest in Odin (Odin), an environmental and geotechnical solutions provider.
Patronus Health, developer of an interactive, app-based prehabilitation programme, has secured fresh capital of approximately EUR1 million as part of a pre-seed financing round under lead investor and business angel Georg Matheis, MD, and funding from the State of Hesse.
The funds will be used to develop the Patronus Prehab App and set up the company.
Patronus Health was founded as a spin-off of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in August 2021 and was created as a joint initiative by three physicians who recognised the medical need for more prehabilitation in the context of surgical or post-surgery patient care.
Private Equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) is to sell Asmodee, a leading board game publisher and distributor, to Embracer Group (Embracer), a global public video game company.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory merger control clearance and work council consultations.
As part of the deal, PAI would also become a shareholder in Embracer, with approximately 4 per cent of the shares, enabling the firm to retain exposure to the attractive and fast-growing gaming and entertainment segments and to benefit from the value creation of the combined new group.
Onoco, a parenting app designed to help organise families through planning, documenting infant care and tracking their development, has raised GBP150,000 from Jenson Funding Partners as part of an ongoing pre-seed round.
Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) have sold 24 Seven, a provider of digital marketing and creative staffing solutions in the United States, Canada, and the UK, to a single asset GP-led continuation investment vehicle managed by an affiliate of MSCP.
The continuation fund is led by Glendower Capital with participation from other secondary investors including Pantheon.
KPMG UK has appointed nine new partners across its Deal Advisory practice, rounding off a year which saw record levels of deal activity and landmark transactions.
The newly promoted partners span the breadth of the firm’s Deal Advisory offering and bring with them their respective areas of expertise:
Emily Watkins, Deal Analytics (strategic profitability insights)
Anthony Ball, Corporate Finance (healthcare M&A)
Gwyn Llewelyn, Corporate Finance (infrastructure advisory)
Ashish Sarkar, Strategy Group (financial services, strategy and performance transformation)
Francesca Scott, Strategy Group (synergies and public company)
Guan Yeo, Transaction Advisory Services (consumer)
Mark Harper, Strategy group (consumer sector deal execution)
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