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GeoLinks has secured a significant minority investment from a group led by Rock Mountain Capital (RMC). The investment will power GeoLinks’ accelerated network expansion plans, amplify funding for strategic acquisitions and streamline internal growth and operations.“GeoLinks launched with the goal of disrupting a multibillion-dollar telecom industry,” says GeoLinks Co-Founder and CEO, Skyler Ditchfield. “We’ve done that by operationalising a simple, yet profound idea – do everything better and treat your customer how you would like to be treated. Through strategic network growth, technological innovation and unwavering dedication, we’ve continued to deliver high-speed connectivity to more businesses, schools, libraries, hospitals and
Hg, a global software investor, has made a strategic investment in CaseWare International (CaseWare), a specialist in audit and assurance software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.CaseWare is based in Toronto, Canada, and develops cutting-edge audit software solutions for accounting firms, corporations and governments. CaseWare’s platforms – Working Papers and IDEA – aim to change the future of audit and audit analytics by adopting cloud technology as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling measurable returns on efficiency, quality and value, for customers and their clients. For over 30 years CaseWare has been a technology leader in the
Linktree, a tech platform that connects audiences to a user’s entire online ecosystem, has raised USD10.7 million in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners, an investor in Shopify, and AirTree Ventures, an early investor in Canva.The funding will accelerate Linktree’s expansion in international markets, including global team growth, and the evolution of Linktree’s product and functionality in new ways to deliver valuable user experiences.
Linktree allows anyone from big brands to solopreneurs, celebrities to everyday content creators to build a microsite that houses their digital ecosystem, making it easier than ever to connect with their audiences wherever they are.
Ryder System, a specialist in supply chain, dedicated transportation and commercial fleet management solutions, has launched RyderVentures, a new corporate venture capital fund to invest in and partner with start-up companies that are developing new technologies and business models that deliver advancements and automation in the logistics and transportation industries.RyderVentures is targeting USD50 million in investments over the next five years. The focus is on start-up companies that are tackling disruptions in the supply chain, driven by accelerating demand for e-commerce fulfilment, asset sharing, next-generation vehicles, automation, and data analytics, among others.
“Ryder has a strong history in leveraging emerging
VentureIsrael has launched a new venture capital fund, which will invest in Israel based, early stage deep-tech start-ups. The fund investment strategy focuses on the companies with clear-cut technological advantages, an experienced management team and a flexible business strategy.The fund first investments are a secure quantum communications system, an AI market research solution and a next-generation correspondent banking platform.
VentureIsrael is managed by five partners – all investment experts with diverse backgrounds: Michael Harte – former COO of Santander UK and Barclays; Roman Gold, Gadi Isaev and Alexander Zarankin of JSCapital – the Israeli investment platform; and Igor Turkin of
Blackstone has held the final close of the second vintage of its long-hold private equity strategy, Blackstone Core Equity Partners (BCEP II) with USD8 billion commitments.
Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, has completed fundraising for three funds totalling more than USD22.8 billion in capital commitments – Thoma Bravo Fund XIV (USD17.8 billion), Thoma Bravo Discover Fund III (USD3.9 billion), and Thoma Bravo Explore Fund (USD1.1 billion).
Each fund reached its hard-cap and was significantly oversubscribed.
These closings bring Thoma Bravo’s assets under management to more than USD70 billion, and the new funds significantly enhance the firm’s capacity to invest in high quality software and technology companies around the world.
“We are grateful to our investors for their
Beringea, a transatlantic venture capital investor, has promoted Mark Shepherd to Investment Manager in its London-based investment team. Shepherd joined Beringea in January 2019, bringing experience in growth investing and consulting having begun his career at Javelin, a retail and consumer strategy consultancy, and Phoenix Equity Partners, a growth-focused private equity firm.
In the past twelve months, Shepherd played a pivotal role in Beringea’s GBP3 million investment into Commonplace – a digital platform for community engagement – as well as a follow-on investment into DeepCrawl, an analytics platform for technical SEO. Shepherd has also focused on expanding Beringea’s network among
FlowStone Partners has appointed Mark Phillip as Managing Director and head of business development and investor relations efforts for the firm. Phillip brings nearly two decades of experience in commercialising and investing in liquid and illiquid alternative investment strategies.
FlowStone Partners provides high-net-worth and family office investors with institutional-quality, highly diversified exposure to the private equity asset class through secondary, primary, and co-investment strategies. The FlowStone senior investment team has more than 65 years of combined private equity secondary and primary investment experience.
“I am excited to join the FlowStone team, which is lowering the barriers to private equity investing for
Pantheon has appointed Matt Cashion as an investment Partner in the firm’s global private equity co-investment Team. Cashion joined Pantheon’s New York office earlier this month providing additional senior-level presence on the east coast where Matt will lead the sourcing and execution of co-investment deals, contribute to fundraising and manage certain GP relationships.
Cashion joins at a time of strong growth and momentum for Pantheon’s Co-investment platform which has grown threefold over the past five years and now manages USD7.2 billion of co-investment assets for Pantheon clients. Over the past five years, Pantheon has been one of the more active co-investors
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