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Moglix has reached an important milestone by becoming the first industrial B2B commerce platform, in the manufacturing space, to become a unicorn.
The company is said to be valued at USD1 billion in its latest USD120 million Series E funding round. The latest investment was led by Falcon Edge Capital and Harvard Management Company (HMC). This round of funding also saw participation from its existing investors, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India and Venture Highway.
Moglix is India’s largest and fastest growing B2B commerce platform in the industrial & MRO procurement space with a clear first-mover advantage. The Company is building
Healios – a UK online therapy platform for children and young people with mental health and neurodiverse conditions – has raised GBP7 million in a Series A round led by InHealth Ventures with participation from existing investors AlbionVC.
The funding will enable Healios to widen its provision and meet the significant and rising demand for mental health support among children and young people. Currently, one-in-eight (12.8 per cent) five-to-19 year olds in the UK have a mental health disorder but two-thirds are unable to access NHS care because of soaring demands and long waiting lists. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified
Veteran deal lawyer Jason K Zachary has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and a member of the Capital Markets and Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices.
Zachary will split time between the firm’s Denver and New York offices and will be an important part of the firm’s growth initiatives on the west coast.
Zachary regularly advises boards of directors and senior management of corporate clients, as well as private equity and venture capital investment funds and their portfolio companies in a range of complex business transactions and corporate governance
Black Box Intelligence (BBI), a portfolio company of Diversis Capital Partners, is to acquire restaurant industry benchmarking firm MillerPulse LLC. The move comes just four months after Diversis acquired a majority stake in Black Box Intelligence.
“We’re thrilled to add the MillerPulse membership to our database. The reputation Larry Miller and team have built is strong throughout the industry and we’re extremely excited to see the two powerhouse data sets come together to create an even more robust set of benchmarks that will truly be unmatched in the marketplace,” says Kelli Valade, CEO & President of Black Box Intelligence.
Brentwood Associates (Brentwood), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has closed the Brentwood Associates Opportunities Fund, with USD190 million in capital commitments.
The fund has has completed the purchase of selected legacy assets from two of Brentwood’s prior funds and provided liquidity to its investors.
The transaction, which was led by Spring Bridge Partners, with significant backing from Hollyport Capital and other institutional investors, provides capital and additional flexibility to support the growth of the portfolio companies included in the transaction.
“We are excited to partner with these highly respected and experienced institutional investors in a structured transaction that allows
&vest, an investment platform founded in 2019 focused on SPACs and private investments, has appointed Bill Hinman as a Partner.
Hinman served as Director of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2017 to 2020, where he was primarily responsible for overseeing regulations and processes for initial public offerings and other corporate disclosures. During his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Hinman spearheaded nearly 50 policy and rule-making initiatives designed to strengthen public markets as well as modernise and improve the framework for companies accessing capital markets, including addressing the large increase in SPAC offerings.
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Day two of PEWire Live’s CFO/COO virtual summit featured discussions surrounding how to navigate Covid-related short-term liquidity risks, key cybersecurity and ESG considerations specifically for private equity, ESG reporting and setting the right KPIs, and how private equity professionals can evolve and cater to the demands of the COO role as we move into the new economy amid a post-pandemic recovery.
Queen’s Park Equity (QPE) has supported the management buyout of Sagacity Solutions (Sagacity), a provider of tech-enabled customer data management solutions, led by the founders of the business, Anita Dougall, Malka Townshend and Harry Dougall.
Sagacity offers three core solutions within the lifecycle of its clients’ customers; reducing bad debt, improving revenue & margin and optimising customer value. Sagacity generates impressive ROI for some of the largest utility, telecoms and financial services corporates and is very well positioned to capitalise on the multi-million UK market opportunity. QPE is investing alongside the founders to support the company’s continued expansion.
Nordic Capital, a private equity investor with a resolute commitment to creating stronger, sustainable businesses, has further invested in ArisGlobal, by acquiring an additional shareholding from the founding Abbhi family.
The transaction follows Nordic Capital’s initial investment in ArisGlobal, a provider of innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for the life sciences industry in 2019 and subsequent years of significant growth for the Miami-based company. Drawing on its deep understanding of both the healthcare and technology sectors, Nordic Capital will continue to support ArisGlobal’s growth, with further investment into research and development, cognitive computing, global delivery and commercial operations.
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Hayden AI Technologies, Inc (Hayden AI), a smart city solutions provider, has closed a USD4.5 million funding round led by BootstrapLabs, an early-stage Silicon Valley venture capital firm focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence.
This brings the company’s total funding to USD9.5 million, including a USD5 million seed round from last year. The new funding will go towards accelerating the development and delivery of AI-powered solutions aimed at enabling governments to achieve their goals of safer streets, equitable transportation, and efficient urban mobility.
In addition to BootstrapLabs also participating in the round were seed stage investor MVP Partners, UC Berkeley’s
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