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QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has promoted Laura Bock to partner.
“Laura is a true rising star at QED,” says QED Investors Co-Founder and Managing Partner Nigel Morris. “In addition to her stellar work leading QED to invest in multiple insuretech and infrastructure companies, Laura has played a key role in supporting our vision to increase financial health across the country, working closely with portfolio companies that help Americans pay down their debt and forge a path to financial wellness.
“She is a highly strategic thinker with top-notch relationship-building skills,
One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has appointed Fola Adamolekun as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
Based in New York, Adamolekun will lead and oversee One Rock’s legal and compliance functions.
Adamolekun joins One Rock after serving as an Executive Director and the Deputy General Counsel of Global Alternatives at JP Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, where she was principally responsible for the Asset Management Alternatives Solutions and Private Bank Alternatives Investments groups. Prior to her role at JP Morgan, Adamolekun was the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Valinor
eVisit, a Virtual Care platform for large healthcare providers, has closed a USD45 million Series B financing round led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs), with participation from Texas Health Resources, Tom Burton and Steve Barlow (Co-founders of Health Catalyst), and existing insiders.
eVisit will invest the capital to drive growth by building out its Virtual Care platform and scaling up its sales and marketing efforts.
The fundraise comes in the midst of eVisit’s rapid operational growth and staff expansion, driven by enterprise demand for its Virtual Care capabilities from large-scale Healthcare Organization (HCO)
Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its third secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners III, at its hard cap of USD675 million.
The fund was oversubscribed and had strong participation from existing limited partners as well a number of new investors; limited partners include foundations, endowments, family offices, insurance companies and sophisticated clients of the registered investment advisor and consultant community.
Commonfund Capital has invested in private capital since 1988 and has included secondary investments as an increasingly important allocation within their portfolios since 1993. They offered their first dedicated secondaries fund in 2015.
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Blue Bear Capital, a venture and growth equity firm focused on AI-powered solutions for the world’s energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges, has held the oversubscribed final close of its second venture capital fund at its hard cap of USD150 million.
Like Blue Bear’s first fund, the new fund will focus on digital technologies making an outsized impact in markets including wind, solar, the electric grid, EV infrastructure, transportation, and energy-intensive industries.
“Trillions of dollars will be spent to scale renewable energy, modernize infrastructure, and secure sustainable supply chains,” says Blue Bear partner Ernst Sack. “Meanwhile artificial intelligence is redefining how
Private investment house Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Florida Food Products (FFP) through its US Buyout team from MidOcean Partners (MidOcean) for an enterprise value in excess of USD1 billion.
MidOcean initially invested in the business in 2018 and will retain a significant stake in FFP alongside Ardian. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
FFP is the leading innovator, formulator and producer of vegetable and fruit-based clean label ingredients. The Company’s products replace traditional, synthetic ingredients with natural, plant-based alternatives, which improve texture and flavor, extend shelf life, and ultimately provide consumers with clean label and
London-based Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has announced the launch of its Private Equity and Venture Capital division, AIV Capital.
Led by experienced investment manager Ethan Khatri, AIV Capital will invest between USD10 -USD75Mn+ into established businesses ranging from Growth/Series B to pre-IPO and has a flexible approach utilising both primary and secondary capital. Its sector agnostic focus will be on strong management teams with a demonstrated edge in the space they operate in.
AIV Capital Managing Director, Ethan Khatri brings 16 years of investment experience across the European and Asian venture markets. Over
Finverity, a mid-market supply chain finance platform focused on emerging markets, has launched fund manager functionality, an industry first for the supply chain finance (SCF) sector.
This makes Finverity the first SCF platform to connect both institutional-level funders and fund/asset managers operating their allocations via segregated accounts, providing complete visibility and control over investments. The launch of this functionality addresses a key gap in the market and is expected to lead to an increase in investor flows and liquidity in supply chain finance.
Investor allocations to SCF are often routed through multiple fund managers or intermediaries. This has led to
Ostmodern’s Skylark has announced an expansion of its commercial team. Taylor Riese, formerly of Verizon Media Platform has been named the new Chief Revenue Officer and Lasharna Turner, formerly Adobe is the new Head of Marketing.
The news comes after Ostmodern recently secured GBP2 million in investment from Puma Private Equity. The investment in Skylark will contribute towards growth plans, including the development of the platform and the expansion of the commercial arm of the business. This will look like a larger global sales team and strategy. Skylark will be developing robust brand positioning and in depth marketing strategy to
Affiliates of Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire) are to acquire the assets of Spectra Premium Industries (Spectra).
Headquartered in Boucherville, Quebec, Spectra is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of thermal and fluid management metal-formed products for the automotive, heavy-duty truck and industrial markets. With over 700 employees, Spectra operates manufacturing facilities in Boucherville and Quebec City, as well as a network of distribution centers throughout the United States and Canada to serve its premier aftermarket and OEM customers.
The Company has filed sale motions to approve the sale to Turnspire pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) Proceedings with
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