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Synamedia, an independent video software provider backed by the Permira funds and Sky, has appointed Paul Segre as CEO, with immediate effect. Previously CEO of Genesys, Segre succeeds the departing CEO Yves Padrines, who presided over Synamedia’s successful first two years as a customer-focused leader in the expansion of pay-TV with OTT distribution, and the development of innovative solutions to protect revenues from streaming piracy and develop new revenue streams from addressable advertising. Paul will be based in London.
Segre’s software and telecoms software industry pedigree and his experience building high-growth businesses make him the right choice to lead Synamedia’s
Innova Capital, a private equity firm operating from Poland, has agreed to buy PayPoint Romania from LSE-listed PayPoint plc. The sale is subject to competition and regulatory approvals, as well as other conditions precedent, and therefore completion is anticipated to take place on 31 March 2021.
PayPoint Romania is a market leading consumer payments operator in Romania, collecting over 100 m bill payments for 85 per cent of Romanian utility and telecom providers through a wide network of retail sites. Its payment points are located within 500 meters of 81 per cent of customers. Its services aim to meet the needs
ACA Aponix, part of the ACA Compliance Group (ACA), has launched PortCo Defend, a cybersecurity risk management program and dashboard, designed to help private equity firms assess and centrally monitor security threats to their portfolio companies (PortCos). Available now, PortCo Defend gives private markets a holistic view of their their PortCos’ cybersecurity risk and provides oversight to track the progress of all their PortCos’ efforts to remediate gaps and achieve their cybersecurity targets.
With 46 per cent of businesses reporting at least one security incident since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, firms globally are challenged with a continued stream of
Araris Biotech AG, a company pioneering antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)-linker technology, has received an additional CHF12.7 million in seed financing, bringing the total amount raised to CHF15.2 million.The investment round was led by Pureos Bioventures with participation from new investors 4BIO Capital, btov Partners and existing investors Redalpine, VI Partners and Schroder Adveq. The proceeds will be used to nominate a clinical candidate and advance Araris’ lead program into preclinical and clinical development. The new funds will also support the development of a broad proprietary pipeline of ADC compounds.
Philipp Spycher, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Araris, says: “We see this
The world’s largest online angel investment platform, the Angel Investment Network, has supported the raise of more than GBP1 million in UK-based disease screening and diagnosis startup Occuity.
Launched in London by childhood friends James Badgett and Mike Lebus, Angel Investment Network (AIN) is an online platform connecting startups with a global network of angel investors.
“Healthcare is one of the areas of biggest interest to our investor database. In the year of a global pandemic this is perhaps no surprise – but this business really did tick all the boxes for our investors,” explained Ed Stephens, global head of
Benefit Recovery Group (BRG), a provider of healthcare subrogation services, has secured a strategic investment from Abry Partners (Abry).Abry, a leading Boston-based private equity firm, manages over USD5 billion of capital in its active funds and has completed more than USD82 billion in transactions.
BRG, a top choice of large Fortune 500 employers, will collaborate with Abry to accelerate its investment in sales efforts as well as the continued development of new and existing product offerings.
Tom Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer of BRG, says: “I am looking forward to the next chapter of our future with Abry Partners. They
A total of 88 venture capital transactions were conducted in Poland between July and September 2020, with 80 funds involved, according to a new report from PFR Ventures. The deals provided innovative Polish companies with EUR156 million.
Of the EUR156 million total, EUR73 million was secured by Polish and Finnish company ICEYE in a Series C funding round.
As much as 45 per cent of the funds invested in Q3 constituted public-private capital, and the share of international funds in the transactions was 65 per cent. At the same time, 71 out of 88 transactions were based on public-private capital. As
Options, a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has achieved the prestigious Microsoft Cloud Platform Gold Partner Status. In doing so, Options joins the top 1 per cent of Microsoft partners worldwide. Microsoft Gold competency is a recognised mark of the highest standards of technology and business performance worldwide.
The company has dedicated significant time and resources to achieve this accolade, with employees attaining over 100 Microsoft certifications, to ensure an industry-leading experience for prominent Asset Managers and Financial Software firms.
Options facilitates new fund and firm launches with fully managed Microsoft 365 services
Outdoor lifestyle apparel specialist SA Company (SA) has secured a strategic investment from TZP Group (TZP), through TZP Capital Partners III, LP, a private equity firm based in New York.
TA Associate’s portfolio company RLDatix, a global provider of intelligent patient safety solutions, has acquired Verge Health, a credentialing software provider.
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