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Crosspoint Capital Partners (Crosspoint) has closed Crosspoint Capital Fund I (Fund I), a private equity investment fund focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software sectors.
Fund I closed at USD1.3 billion, exceeding its target of USD1 billion and making it one of the largest first-time, technology-focused private equity funds ever raised. Managing Partners of the firm include Greg Clark, Ian Loring, Steve Luczo, Matt MacKenzie and Hugh Thompson.
“Private equity is an exceedingly competitive industry and simply having capital is no longer a source of differentiation. We are pursuing a new and differentiated model for private equity investing
Ecommerce data specialist Conjura has launched a new data due diligence service, Snapshot. This allows businesses preparing for a funding round to assess the customer data they hold. This can be used to demonstrate current performance and also identify potential growth opportunities. Conversely, Snapshot can be used by investors to audit and analyse granular transaction level business data to help them decide whether to invest or not.
Conjura Snapshot plugs in direct to the APIs of the majority of cloud-based tools and systems used by ecommerce businesses to provide an overview of online/offline sales, customer marketing, product development and
CenterOak Partners LLC (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, today announced the closing of CenterOak Equity Fund II (Fund II) with total equity commitments of USD690 million. Fund II was oversubscribed, exceeding its USD575 million target and closed at its hard cap.
Fund II will continue the firm’s strategy of investing alongside managers of attractive middle market companies in the business services, industrial growth, and consumer sectors across the US Fund II received investments from public and private pension funds, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, family offices and insurance companies.
“We are very pleased and honored to have received such
Capstone Partners, a specialist independent global placement agent, has appointed Lars Lindqvist as a Principal. Based in Europe, Lindqvist will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the Nordics, UK and the Middle East.
“We are delighted to welcome Lars to Capstone Partners. He has 12 years of fundraising and secondaries experience with European and Middle Eastern LPs and as a Swede brings local talent to our Nordic coverage,” says Lucien Cipollone, Associate Partner at Capstone Partners.
“As we continue to grow, Lars’ wealth of knowledge and expertise is a valuable asset in the prevailing times.”
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ARQIS has advised BME Group on the acquisition of the Mahler Group – a general building materials and tiles distributor in Bavaria. The sale of shares is still subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities and is expected to be completed in the course of 2021.
BME is one of Europe’s specialist building material distribution companies and active in the distribution of building materials in Germany under the brands Bauking (General Builders Merchant) as well as Paulsen Gruppe, Detering, Bergmann & Franz (all Sanitary, Heating & Plumbing merchants). With the acquisition of the Mahler Group, Bauking will expand its
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Talentsoft on its proposed sale to Cegid, a Silver Lake portfolio company.
The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory authorities and customary works council consultations.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Paris, Talentsoft is a cloud-native European leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) software with 2,200 customers active in 130 countries. Talentsoft leverages an open HCM platform with powerful talent management, learning and core HR capabilities to enhance the employee experience while adjusting to cultural, linguistic and regulatory requirements of HR management across Europe. Led by its
In this week’s podcast, Mark Yusko – founder, chief investment officer and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management – discusses why, in his view, SPACs are now replacing the traditional Series C, D and E rounds, how retail investors could tap into previously ‘hard to access’ late-stage growth PE with the help of SPAC vehicles, and his take on the viability of the SPAC craze.
Moonfare is launching the Moonfare Growth Equity Portfolio, a new portfolio of technology funds that gives individual investors access to the most exciting strategies in private equity.
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Indigo Medical, a provider of material review, medical signatory approval services and medical communication for global pharmaceutical and biopharma companies, is joining imc group with the backing of pan-European investor Waterland Private Equity.
The new partnership enhances imc group’s increasing geographic footprint and capabilities, as well as disrupts the global healthcare communications industry with a one-stop service for clients across seven core divisions: Medical & Scientific Content, Publications, Digital & Creative, Insights & Consulting, Patient Engagement, Meetings & Events, and Medical Compliance & Material Review.
Established by pharmaceutical industry veterans, Tina and Rak Patel, Indigo Medical’s highly specialist knowledge
Contea, Jysk Pension, FinPro and Status have formed a partnership with Polaris Provate Equity to launch North, a provider of independent and full-service financial advisory consulting to companies, organisations and their employees.
North will be the first consultancy offering independent advisory services within insurance, pension, financial procurement and mortgage financing based on the four companies’ existing expert competencies in these areas and supplemented with the onboarding of several other competencies. North is founded with Lars Gundorph as Group CEO and Per Klitgård as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
North serves privately owned and public companies, and the consultancy offers
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