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Mercer Global Advisors, a registered investment adviser (RIA) majority owned by private equity firms Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Mirsky Financial Management Corporation (MFMC), a wealth management firm located in Rochester, New York.
MFMC, which serves clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD320 million, was founded in 1999 by David B Mirsky, President, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CMA, and later joined by Bernard . Salamone, Executive Vice President, JD, CPA, CFP.
Crypto investment firm Maven 11 Capital has closed its second fund, Venture Fund II, at USD120 million on 30 November.
Building on the success of the first fund, Fund II will look to back founders looking to build novel infrastructure protocols, DeFi primitives and Web 3.0 applications in the crypto industry.
With all change of control and regulatory approvals now in place, JTC has completed the acquisition of Irish asset manager Ballybunion Capital Limited (Ballybunion), first announced in September 2021.
Kirk & Kirk, a high fashion glasses and sunglasses retailer whose major investor is private equity firm Growthdeck, has seen more than 40 per cent year-on-year revenue growth in the past 12 months, despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Growth at Kirk & Kirk has been driven by the business securing a number of major new wholesale agreements, with more than 400 independent stockists worldwide now retailing its frames.
Management consultancy CIL has appointed David Hunt as Associate Director.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has completed the USD2.5 billion sale of Sirius Computer Solutions, a provider of technology-based solutions for corporate and institutional customers, to CDW.
The commercial lending market for aviation has changed dramatically since the start of 2020, resulting in a precipitous drop in general appetite in the commercial lending sector for aviation, with many lenders exiting the market. The banks that remain open for new aviation business are trying to adapt to a new environment where it is difficult to value their existing books, and volatility as well as future uncertainty makes it difficult to price new transactions.
Even with recent market optimism surrounding the successful rollout of vaccines, air travel, especially among the business community, has been slow to return. In addition,
Textkernel, a search and match technology specialist has made the add-on acquisition of US-based AI company Sovren.
Sovren, which delivers a similar product suite, predominantly within the North American market, is based in Texas, USA. The combination of both companies creates a market leading player in the AI-based search and match technology space. This seamlessly fits into Textkernel’s mission to connect people and jobs, better.
With this strategic step, Textkernel continues its exciting growth trajectory and strengthens its North American and APAC footprint. Both Textkernel and Sovren have achieved impressive growth in recent years, both inside and outside the USA.
European revenue-based finance provider Round2 Capital, has expanded its commitment to the Nordic tech market with a EUR4 million investment in Finnish SaaS company Vainu.
The investment fund, based in Vienna, Berlin and Stockholm, has been working with Vainu since 2019 and provided both revenue-based financing and equity in the current round. With this fresh capital, Vainu was able to transform its business, doubling its annual average customer value (ACV) while systematically moving away from a small standalone customer segment.
Vainu is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor that operates a company information platform to help customers achieve rich personalisation in sales
All-in-one charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service Rightcharge, has raised GBP700k in a fully subscribed Seed funding round, to help accelerate the adoption of smart EV charging in the UK.
Investors include Link Venture Capital (a Norwegian cleantech VC), and a host of Angel investors such as James Hind (founder of carwow), Mike Allen (Zeus Capital/ early investor in carwow), Stuart Dyble (co-founder of Influence emobility / former board member at Jaguar Land Rover) and Julia Stent (former Commercial Director at uSwitch).
Rightcharge unlocks the benefits of smart charging for EV drivers by helping them find the right
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