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US Bank announced it is expanding services to include Irish Limited Partnership (ILP) funds, providing an end-to-end solution across loan administration, fund and investor services, depositary, custody and account banking.
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“We’re presently meeting with current and prospective US Bank clients about providing servicing solutions for ILP structures which they are currently forming. Our team has extensive experience in supporting regulated Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) in addition to closed-ended debt funds structured as partnerships in other domiciles,” says Linda Gorman, US Bank Global Fund Services. “We look forward to assisting our global clients as
The Solana Foundation has partnered with cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx and MXC, to launch two strategic investment funds that will bring USD40 million of new capital to accelerate the growth and development of key projects in the Solana ecosystem.
Solana’s layer 1 proof of stake network has grown at an exponential rate, with 560+ active community validators around the world who have produced over 70 million blocks and processed over 14 billion transactions. Since the launch of its mainnet beta in 2020, Solana has attracted industry-leading projects like Serum, Chainlink, Terra, Audius, USDC, USDT, and more to deploy on its blockchain.
Pine Island Capital Partners (Pine Island), a private investment firm that combines an experienced investment team with a group of accomplished former senior government, military officials, and business leaders, has appointed former NASA Administrator Major General Charles F Bolden Jr, USMC (Ret) as a partner.
Bolden served as the 12th Administrator of NASA from 2009 to 2017, where he oversaw the transition to a new era of space exploration guided by the development of advanced technologies in aeronautics and aerospace. He led the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program and oversaw the development of the Commercial Resupply Services and Commercial
Linking platform Linktree has raised USD45 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Index Ventures, an investor in Patreon and Discord, and Coatue, an investor in TikTok, with participation from returning investors AirTree Ventures and Insight Partners.
Coatue Chairman Dan Rose will join Linktree’s Board of Directors, bringing his 20 years of experience from Facebook and Amazon. The funding follows a USD10.7 million Series A round announced in October 2020.
Linktree is the rapidly growing social identity layer with more than 12 million users globally, four million of whom signed up in the last three months. The platform
Horizon Capital’s USD200 million fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, has sold its minority stake in Dobrobut to existing shareholders – Oleg Kalashnikov, Dobrobut’s Managing Shareholder and CEO, and Concorde Capital.
Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Horizon Capital invested in Dobrobut in April 2019. Fuelled by the Fund’s investment, the Company was able to rapidly execute value-accretive strategic projects, strongly accelerating the growth of the business. Over the last two years, Dobrobut completed two lucrative M&A transactions, acquiring Boris and Doctor Sam clinics; is completing the construction of a new flagship hospital; expanded its network
Council Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm based in Nashville, has invested in ViaQuest Holdings, Ltd and Affiliates (ViaQuest).
ViaQuest is a leading provider of residential, day and employment services for individuals with development disabilities (IDD), (ii) hospice care and (iii) behavioural and mental health services. The company delivers care tailored to patients’ and their family’s individual needs and circumstances. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, ViaQuest provides services in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.
Eric Keen, General Partner at Council Capital, says: “We are excited to invest in ViaQuest and partner with Founder/CEO Rich Johnson and the management team. ViaQuest is
BTIG has appointed Biju Kurian as Managing Director in its Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking unit.
Kurian will focus on investment banking opportunities for growth-oriented companies across enterprise software applications. He will be based in BTIG’s New York office, and report to Matt Clark, Chief Operating Officer, BTIG Investment Banking.
Prior to BTIG, Kurian was a Director within Investment Banking at Stifel, focused on financial sponsors coverage, and previously held roles within software investment banking and mergers and acquisitions while with the firm. Earlier in his career, he covered the technology sector at various financial institutions including Deutsche Bank,
We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Private Equity Wire European Awards, compiled in conjunction with Bloomberg.
JTC, a specialist global fund administrator, has been appointed by Resolute Capital Partners (Resolute Capital), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, to administer its two new international feeder funds.
Resolute Capital actively invests in and manages investments in energy, real estate, and technology and structures its offerings with proven and flexible operational techniques. JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has been administering Resolute Capital’s private equity funds since 2018. When Resolute Capital decided to expand globally and researched available fund administrator options, they awarded JTC the opportunity to administer their international feeder funds in Guernsey, a well-established fund domicile and a
Lukka, a specialist enterprise crypto asset software and data provider, announced it has completed its USD53m Series D round of financing. Participants in the round include Soros Fund Management, S&P Global, and CPA.com (a subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). This fundraise follows Lukka’s recent Series C round, which was led by State Street just three months prior.
This investment will accelerate Lukka’s operations as a specialist institutional-grade middle and back office crypto asset software and data provider at a time when the rapid adoption of crypto assets by the traditional financial services industry requires more
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