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Two of Scotland’s most successful entrepreneurs have launched a new investment arm for their diverse and growing portfolio of investments.
Paddy Burns and Chris van der Kuyl – co-founders of multiple award-winning games developer 4J Studios, best known for developing Minecraft for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo games consoles – have established Chroma Ventures as a means of consolidating an investment portfolio focused principally on data-led businesses and those developing and deploying innovative technology.
Chroma Ventures will channel flexible capital into a range of early-stage and established businesses with high-growth potential.
Burns and van der Kuyl have been active supporters
Caton Technology (Asia) Limited, a pioneer in next-generation IP network transport solutions announced has secured a USD50 million majority equity investment from Pasaca Capital Inc, a California-based private equity firm.
This investment will support Caton’s expansion plans to reach more businesses, applications and people with its technology and solution to unlock the internet for superior live video.
Caton is an experienced leading innovator in enabling IP delivery networks for the broadcast and media industry. Its R2TP technology and global network CatonNet have been integrated successfully as a disrupting solution for the delivery of low latency live IP video transport. Through
Aldea Ventures has has held a EUR60 million first close of a target EUR100 million fund to invest in 700 technology-enabled startups across Europe.
The firm takes a hybrid approach. Firstly, as a fund of funds Aldea invests in up to 20 early-stage micro VC funds across Europe and secondly, as a co-investment platform, the company will back the most promising startups from Series A upwards.
The Pan-European fund’s vision is to invest in cutting-edge technologies and industries, and support growth across Europe, connecting VC talent and startup ecosystems across entrepreneurial hubs. The diverse portfolio will also provide the firm
Two Sigma has appointed Tom Hill to the newly created role of Chairman of Two Sigma’s private investment business, which includes Two Sigma Impact, Two Sigma Ventures and Sightway Capital.
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Inflexion has sold its investment in Kynetec, a leader in agricultural and animal health market research, data and insights, to US-based Paine Schwartz Partners.
The transaction follows a nearly five-year partnership and delivers a strong return, marking the fourth exit for Inflexion funds over the past nine months. In 2016 Inflexion carved Kynetec out of its listed German parent GfK. The company subsequently embarked on an ambitious growth journey, with significant investment into technology and acquisitive-led growth, including the transformational purchase of Germany-based Kleffmann Group. The successful partnership with Inflexion strengthened the firm’s operations in North and South America,
EmergeVest, a Hong Kong-headquartered, growth-oriented private equity investment group with holdings that include EV Cargo, a global logistics-technology company and the largest private logistics company in the UK, has appointed Lawrence Lim as a Director with responsibilities across investment origination, execution, and portfolio management.
Lim was most recently Head of Transportation & Logistics for Asia at Deutsche Bank, where he spent seven years across offices in New York and Hong Kong within the Industrials & Infrastructure Investment Banking, Consumer & Retail Investment Banking, and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) divisions. Lim joins EmergeVest as EmergeVest looks to increase their investment activity
Charge Amps AB, a Swedish green-tech company and maker of EV charging solutions, today announces that it has raised GBP11 million (SEK130million) in a round led by Swedbank Robur via its equity funds, Microcap and Ny Teknik.
An affiliate of Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital)’s third fund, Cairngorm Capital LP III, has made a majority investment in Bromborough Paint & Building Supplies Limited (Bromborough), supporting a management buy-out by its executive team.
Established in 1948, Bromborough is a family-owned, specialist independent paint distributor, headquartered in the Wirral. Bromborough has 17 branches across the North West of England, from Shrewsbury in the West Midlands to Carlisle near the Scottish border, serving trade and retail customers. Bromborough also has an e-commerce platform, Trade 1st, supplying paint and decorating supplies nationwide.
Bromborough is the third largest independent
By Chris Gauld, director at Equator – With an ageing population, pandemic weary societies, exponential growth in health and wellbeing spend, and an explosion of health data, it’s little wonder that healthcare is a key trend in private equity deal origination. In fact, according to Pitchbook, in 2020, healthcare was the third most active section in US PE deals, and fourth most active sector in Europe.
At Equator, we undertook research into twenty healthcare businesses that have seen a PE-backed buyout or significant growth funding in the last three years. We analysed them using a combination of qualitative and quantitative
Pollinate, a global software business that partners with banks to help them deepen and extend relationships with business customers, has closed a USD50 million Series C funding round, led by Insight Partners, a global venture capital and private equity firm.
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