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Following the massive pandemic shock-driven correction in the first quarter of 2020, the following 12 months (Q2 2020 – Q1 2021) brought a persistent recovery and further growth to the global Buyout and VC markets.
That’s according to latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance Overview, covering the period to the end of Q1 2021, from eFront, a financial software and solutions provider dedicated to alternative investments.
In the first quarter of this year, VC funds have globally generated a quarterly return of 12.9 per cent, while the Buyout funds produced 9.6 per cent over the same period.
This evolution in private
Bites, a specialist in the employee communications and training industry, has raised USD5 million a seed funding round.
With Bites, anyone within an organisation can create and distribute professional, social-media-styled videos and content without having to download special software or new applications to their phones. While remaining remote, managers receive feedback through discussion boards and have access to robust analytics data showing engagement and completion rates.
The funding round was led by Vertex Ventures Israel, an Israeli venture capital firm. Surround Ventures, a US-Israeli VC specialising in early-stage media and eCommerce startups, Oryzn Capital, an Israeli venture focused on early-stage
Risilience, a climate change business platform, has secured a Series A investment of GBP6 million from international investors led by IQ Capital.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has adde Michelle Dunne as a managing director in its consultant coverage leadership team.
Dunne will partner with Jamie Wong to lead the consultant efforts across EMEA, working closely with their counterpart in North America, Lesley Nurse.
Dunne has 25 years of experience and joins from BlackRock where she was head of global consultant relations (EMEA) responsible for the development and execution of alternatives strategies for global, local and specialist consultants across the region. She has held various roles at BlackRock focused on alternative investment sales for institutional investors. Michelle also
Leucid Bio (Leucid), a biotech company pioneering next-generation cell therapies for hard-to-treat cancers, has successfully raised GBP11.5 million in a Series A financing round.
The investment was led by Epidarex and new investor Vulpes Investment Management, with participation from new investors 2Invest and Future Fund of the British Business Bank, and existing investor Sofinnova Partners. Proceeds from the financing will be used to initiate a Phase 1 trial of its lead candidate, LEU-011, for the treatment of platinum resistant ovarian cancer.
CAR T-cell therapy is a revolutionary technology in which the patient’s own immune cells are reprogrammed so they
Procuritas’ portfolio company Werksta, a car damage repair chain in the Nordics, has completed three add-on acquisitions, adding Alppilan Autohuolto Oy in Finland, Skadeverkstad Uppsala Östra AB in Sweden and Follo Bilskade AS in Norway into the group.
Werksta was formed in 2015 through Procuritas’ investment in two individual body shops with a combined revenue of EUR12 million, which has grown into a Nordic EUR150 million revenue business with over 900 employees.
Catherine Sahlgren, CEO of Werksta, says: “We are delighted to expand our operations with these latest acquisitions that strengthen our position as the leading independent Nordic car
Credit Suisse and BlackRock have partnered to build the next generation of purpose-driven investments that aim to provide attractive private equity returns in line with the Credit Suisse Supertrends.
This will be the first in a series of investment initiatives created for the private wealth market for eligible individual investors. They will seek to achieve a double impact: attractive multiples on the capital invested and positive contribution to addressing major societal trends.
The Health and Wellbeing Fund is designed to tap into a rich set of opportunities across four sub-themes, including physical health and wellbeing, mental health and development,
Bob Concierge, a Romanian startup which has developed an intelligent system of automated devices that provide and sell products and services within residential complexes and office buildings, has received a new investment of EUR6 million from American fund NCH Capital.
The company aims to use the funds to continue to innovate and scale up the business, in order to become the major marketplace for residential services in Romania and in the European region. With this new round, the total investments in the Romanian startup have exceeded EUR11 million.
Currently, Bob Concierge operates a network of 64 devices in the country,
Insurami, a commercial real estate Deposit Guarantee platform, has raised GBP42 million, consisting of debt alongside existing equity investment, to expand its unique Deposit Guarantee products across the entirety of the commercial property sector.
The platform, which offers commercial real estate tenants an alternative to locking up cash in a deposit, while providing landlords the equivalent level of security and risk management as a traditional cash deposit, has seen investment from Fasanara Capital, joining existing investors including Global Founders Capital, Entrepreneur First and Clocktower Ventures.
Insurami has experienced momentum across the real estate sector throughout the pandemic including institutional
US institutional investor and private equity fund VCM Global Asset Management is eyeing new alternative investments strategies including medical lien receivables just months after buying a significant stake in London-based fintech MillTechFX.
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