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BGF has made a further GBP2.1 million investment in Yorkshire-based digital mapping company, Gaist.
The deal follows BGF’s initial investment in 2018, taking the total invested to GBP4.8 million.
The highways technology company has developed a revolutionary and IP-rich proprietary system for collecting and analysing, high-definition imagery of highways networks across the world. Clients include local authorities, major utilities companies, private highways network operators, and blue-chip firms with a growing focus on the connected vehicle market. Gaist has recently signed an exclusive deal which gives the business access to live sensor data from tens of thousands of production
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has acquired a majority stake in Flashpoint, a specialist in actionable threat intelligence, to support its continued growth initiatives. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in New York City, Flashpoint is a leading provider of actionable threat intelligence and intelligence automation for commercial and government customers. The Company’s core software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, “Flashpoint Vision,” provides customers with access to timely, relevant, and actionable data that teams need to identify threats and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks, fraud, and physical damage. Flashpoint continues to expand its flagship offering, and recently added compromised credentials monitoring,
GraphCMS, a Berlin-based company whose pioneering content management platform enables enterprises to seamlessly deliver better digital experiences, has raised a USD10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by OpenOcean, and previous investors Peak and Paua Ventures also participated, bringing the company’s total funding to USD13.7 million.
Mango Capital’s Robin Vasan (investor in HashiCorp, Netlify and others), Fauna founder and CTO, Evan Weaver, and Instana (acquired by IBM) founder and CEO Mirko Novakovic also joined this round. GraphCMS will use the funding to expand its commercial footprint within the US and European markets, further supporting businesses to create
Percent, the fintech innovator with the mission to put good into everyday financial transactions, has closed a USD5 million venture round led by Morpheus Ventures. This strategic investment is being used to expand Percent’s Purpose-as-a-Service offering to commerce, big-tech and fintech markets in the US, building on its existing presence in the UK and Australia.
Nationwide Building Society is a co-investor in the round, building on its original investment in Percent early in the start-up’s journey. Such has been the building society’s belief in Percent and it’s offering since its previous investment, it also became a Percent customer in
By Elizabeth Weymouth (pictured), Founder and Managing Partner, Grafine Partners – There’s a quiet revolution happening among sophisticated institutional investors and large pools of capital that could eventually up-end one corner of the private equity universe. A growing number of LPs are starting to turn away from allocating to the largest managers and towards experienced dealmakers who are starting their own shops – many of whom are spin-outs from the giant firms.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of LiveU from Francisco Partners.
“Our team helped to successfully navigate this strategic investment, which will enable Carlyle to continue to support the growth of media tech companies and LiveU to reach new customers,” says White & Case partner Ken Barry, who led the Firm’s deal team. “Advising on this deal highlights White & Case’s expertise at the crossroads of the private equity and fast growing technology industry.”
The investment was made by Carlyle Europe Technology Partners (CETP) IV, a EUR1.35 billion fund that
State Street Corporation is to acquire Mercatus, a front-and-middle-office solutions and data management provider for private market managers. The transaction is expected to be completed in September subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
In connection with the acquisition, the company will launch its State Street AlphaSM for Private Markets solution which will allow institutional investors to fully manage the entire lifecycle of their infrastructure, private equity, real estate, private debt and fund of funds investments through a fully integrated, digital front -to-back, single platform. This includes the ability to provide whole portfolio exposure to managers
Sherpa Healthcare Partners has held the closing of its oversubscribed Sherpa Healthcare Fund II.
The fund focuses on early- to growth-stage investments in China healthcare sector to cover companies in biotech/biopharma, medical devices/diagnostics, and medical services. The Fund’s LPs include public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, family offices, funds of funds, asset management companies, and other institutional investors.
Outstanding portfolio companies of Sherpa Healthcare Funds include Cytek Biosciences, New Horizon Health, Singleron, Epimab, NanoVision, Belief Biomed, Stroke Care, Blissbio, VisionX, Visen, and many more.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Sherpa Healthcare Partners.
Q-Energy, a global investment and management company in renewable energy, has held the final closing of its fourth fund, Q-Energy IV, with an investment capacity of EUR1.1 billion in equity, which will allow the manager to mobilise more than EUR5 billion into the sector including debt.
Q-Energy launched its fourth fund in May 2020, and within two months it reached a First Closing of EUR360 million. Subsequently, it received commitments above its initial target size of EUR800 million, leading to its Final Close of EUR1.1 billion on 30 June 2021. Investors (mainly family offices, insurance companies, pension funds and university
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth investment in Aite-Novarica Group (ANG), a provider of subscription research and advisory services to financial institutions and the technology and service providers that support them.
Pamlico’s investment in ANG is the outcome of a partnership with executive Kurt Reisenberg to find and invest in a niche data and insights business. As a result of the partnership, Kurt proactively identified Aite Group and Novarica, Inc. as market-leading insights and advisory firms—an ideal fit for the partnership thesis. Supported by Pamlico, Kurt will lead the combined Aite-Novarica Group as CEO as the Company continues to
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