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Peloton Capital Management and Stephen Smith have acquired Glass Lewis from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo).
Glass Lewis is a provider of independent global governance solutions. Its unbiased research reports that provide analysis and recommendations on every proxy vote, including M&A and other financial transactions, along with its industry-leading proxy vote management solutions, aim to drive value across all governance activities for institutional investors.
“Peloton Capital Management and Stephen are committed to long-term, sustainable value creation through good governance. This aligns strongly with the core values we have established at Glass
PatSnap, a global leader in Innovation Intelligence, has secured USDD300 million in Series E funding.
The investment round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent Investment with participation from CPE Industrial Fund and existing investors Sequoia China, Shun Wei Capital, and Vertex Ventures.
PatSnap plans to use the funds to further advance its innovation intelligence platform, accelerate product development, and acquire additional domain expertise in the industry sectors where its technology is used by research and development (R&D) and intellectual property (IP) teams. The funds will also enable PatSnap to expand its sales presence around the world
MintGreen has closed a seed financing round, led by CoinShares Ventures, the investment arm of the publicly listed digital asset investment firm, as it looks to deploy the first large-scale commercial project to harvest heat from bitcoin mining.
MintGreen is a Canadian clean tech company that recovers waste heat from cryptocurrency mining and sells it via heat off-take agreements with industrial clients. MintGreen’s proprietary immersion bitcoin mining systems use clean sourced electricity twice; first to mine bitcoin, and then to produce zero carbon heating. The persistent and predictable heat loads generated year-round are complementary to the needs of industrial processes
Guernsey-based 1818 Venture Capital has made a substantial equity investment in Level, a UK-based and FCA regulated lender within the family and private client law sectors, and set up a dynamic new debt facility for the company, representing a combined total investment approaching GBP20 million.
Since its launch in 2017 Level has become the UK’s top ranked lender in the family law sector according to Chambers & Partners, the world’s leading provider of legal research and analysis. Level unlocks future liquidity for clients and law firms in family law proceedings, probate, and other related matters. This allows clients to access
Inovia Capital has held the closing of its second growth fund with USD450 million in committed capital.
The fund, which saw strong support from existing and new investors, will invest in tech-focused growth-stage companies in industries such as financial services, healthcare, commerce, the future of work, and travel. The closing of this fund brings Inovia’s total capital under management to over USD1.5 billion.
Growth Fund II is built on the proven track record of our first growth fund, a USD400 million fund announced in February of 2019, and will continue investing in innovative, globally-minded companies primarily in Canada, but also
FlowStone Partners has exceeded USD100 million of assets under management (AUM) in the FlowStone Opportunity Fund. The 1940 & 1933 Act registered investment vehicle was launched in August 2019 to provide qualified high-net-worth and smaller institutional investors with diversified exposure to private equity through an actively managed secondary-focused strategy.
For funds with this strategy and structure, the FlowStone Opportunity Fund is among the quickest to pass the USD100 million threshold.
FlowStone’s investment team has more than 65 years of combined private equity secondary and primary investment experience. The Fund is continuously offered, allowing investors to decide when to allocate, which
Equita, an independent Italian investment bank, has held an additional closing of Equita Private Debt Fund II (EPD II), the PIR compliant Italian closed-end fund managed by Equita Capital SGR.
The new phase of EPD II’s fundraising closed with EUR31.5 million of commitments and involved four institutional investors, including a leading Italian insurance company and a major domestic pension fund. New investors’ commitments added to the EUR100 million raised in September 2020, allowing Equita to confirm EPD II’s target of EUR200 million (EUR250 million hard cap).
Andrea Vismara, Chief Executive Officer at Equita, says: “We are pleased that additional outstanding
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive M&A advisor to Tube Processing Corporation in its sale of its Commercial Tube Processing Division (CTP) to Nelson Global Products, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners.
Established in 1974, CTP is a manufacturer of complex, high-performance tube assemblies, metal fabrications and precision weldments for OEMs in a diverse set of end markets including on-highway, off-highway, construction and military durable equipment. Tube Processing Corporation has been run by George Seybert and his family since 1939. CTP’s new state-of-the-art facility, located on Fortune CircleWest in Indianapolis, is a testament to the Seybert family’s
ICV Partners, LLC, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies in business services, consumer goods and services, food and beverage, and healthcare, has made a majority investment in Cherry Tree Dental (Cherry Tree), in partnership with Co-CEOs Steve Sorrel and Jack Young.
Cherry Tree Dental is a general dentistry provider in Wisconsin that employs a proven acquisition and office consolidation strategy dedicated to small, one or two-dentist practices. Founded in 2006 and based in Madison, Cherry Tree is the largest independent general dentistry provider in Wisconsin, operating 28 locations in 10 markets. Cherry Tree’s offices are supported by
Funds advised by BC Partners, an international investment firm, are to to acquire a majority stake in Davies, a specialist professional services and technology business serving the global insurance market.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Davies delivers professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation and change management. It currently employs over 4,000 people supporting more than 800 clients around the world, and in recent years has expanded into new markets including Bermuda, Canada and the US. Through a
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