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The Vistria Group, a purpose-driven investment firm focusing on the middle market, has held final closing of Vistria Fund IV, LP, with USD2.68 billion of total capital commitments. Vistria now manages more than USD6.5 billion in institutional capital across its funds and co-investment vehicles.
Fund IV was substantially oversubscribed, closing at its hard cap and surpassing its target of USD1.5 billion. It includes a USD180 million commitment from Vistria’s Principals and Operating Partners. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Fund IV will seek to invest in US based healthcare, education and financial services companies that can benefit from the firm’s deep
LegalZoom.com, Inc (LegalZoom), has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of an aggregate of 19,121,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of USD28.00 per share. In addition, LegalZoom has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,868,150 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 30, 2021 under the symbol “LZ” and the offering is expected to close on July 2, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
Sandberg Capital, through the Sandberg Investment Fund II, has acquired a stake in the fast-growing Czech technology company Daktela, which focuses on providing complete solutions for contact centres and communication with customers.
PropTech1 Ventures, the European venture capital fund focused on the untapped innovation potential of the real estate industry, is the lead investor in the USD4 million seed funding round of the UK-based PropTech startup Desana.
Hiber AB, the platform that enables people to create interactive 3D experiences such as games, no coding skills required, has taken USD15 million in Series A funding, led by EQT Ventures. This brings Hiber’s total funding taken to date to almost USD20 million, giving the company the capital it needs to further accelerate the growth of its social entertainment network, Hiber. New investor CMT Digital also participated in the round, along with existing investors Luminar Ventures, Bumble Ventures, Konvoy Ventures, and SYBO.
Co-founded in 2017 by CEO Michael Yngfors and Chief Innovation Officer, Mattias Johansson, the team originally created
Isorg, a pioneer in Organic Photodetectors (OPDs) and large-area image sensors, today announces a capital increase of EUR16 million in series C financing.
Two major industrial investors, Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation, participated in the round. Greece-based Integrated Systems Development SA and five new French investors represented by fund manager Financière Fonds Privés also joined the round. Legacy shareholders Bpifrance, through its large venture funds, New Science Venture, CEA Investment and Sofimac Group (Limousin Participations) contributed, reaffirming their commitment and confidence in Isorg. The company has raised EUR47.8 million (approximately USD58.4 million) to date.
“This third fundraising
Innovate Finance, an industry body representing UK FinTech, has appointed Yvonne Bajela as its newest board member.
Bajela brings a wide range of expertise as an investment specialist, as well as being a strong and active advocate for promoting diversity and inclusion.
Bajela is an Investor at Impact X Capital, an early-stage investment firm. Impact X’s mandate is to invest in underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. Her expertise in diversity and inclusion will reinforce Innovate Finance’s mission of ensuring that access to financial services is fair and equitable for all.
Prior to Impact X, Bajela was a Senior Investment
Fast-growing private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has an expanding network of regional offices across the UK, is strengthening its presence in the Thames Valley with the opening of a new office in Reading to be closer to businesses and professional advisers in the region and build its reach across the South West where it has undertaken a raft of recent investments.
Located at Fora in Thames Tower, the company’s new offices in the city centre will house a four-strong YFM team who all live in the region, including investment partner David Wrench, a 15-year veteran of the
Rest Less, a digital platform for the over 50s, has raised GBP6.1 million (USD8.5 million) to further expand its services for its members. The funding round was led by venture capital firms MTech Capital and Viola FinTech with further participation from existing investors, QED Investors and Octopus Ventures. Viola FinTech Founder, Daniel Tsiddon, and MTech Capital Co-Founder, Kevin McLoughlin will join the board of directors.
Responding to major demographic shifts driven by an ageing population, Rest Less launched in early 2019 as the UK’s first membership community to offer its members flexible work, learning and volunteering opportunities. Rest Less’ mission
VTB Capital has invested in the pharmaceutical holding company Binnopharm Group, a subsidiary of Sistema.
Sistema Telecom Assets LLC sold a 11.2 per cent stake in Ristango Holding Limited, the owner of Binnopharm Group, to Nevsky Property Investments Limited, which is controlled by VTB Capital. The transaction value amounted to USD96 million (RUB7 billion).
As a result, Sistema’s effective share in Binnopharm Group, together with its financial partner VTB Bank, amounted to 75.3 per cent, with the remaining percentage shared between VTB Capital represented by Nevsky Property Investments Limited (11.2 per cent), a consortium of investors consisting of the
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