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Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired PKWARE, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based provider of data security software solutions. AGC Partners served as the exclusive financial advisor to PKWARE on this transaction. Terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1986, PKWARE (www.pkware.com) created the .ZIP file format and provides leading compression, encryption and data security platform solutions to highly regulated enterprises. The Company’s flagship data security platform, Smartcrypt, enables companies to protect sensitive data, meet compliance and regulatory requirements and manage risk.
Brandon Muirhead, Director, TSCP, says: “Enterprises have a critical need to protect sensitive
Apex Group Ltd, a global financial services provider, has appointed Jean-Daniel Zandona as Sales Director, based in Luxembourg.Effective 1 May, Zandona reports to Aman Bahel, European Head of Sales. He joins Apex with over two decades of experience in private asset markets.
Apex delivers a single-source solution to asset managers, capital markets and private clients via over 40 offices and 3,500 employees worldwide. Zandona will be responsible for continuing to grow the Group’s offering in Luxembourg, now one of the largest hubs for the group, with over 600 employees based locally and the home of the Group’s digital banking
Three more panellists – Christopher Sand, Director, Ardian, Piyush Sharma, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, and Omar Hassan, Principal, CFO/CCO, Cloverlay Partners – have been confirmed panel discussions at the forthcoming Private Equity Wire LIVE online seminar, which is taking place from 2-4 June.
Swiss company Creoptix, which received series C funding in September and focuses on next-generation bioanalysis, is supporting Professor Adriano Aguzzi, Professor for Neuropathology at University of Zurich, in developing Covid-19 antibody tests.
Oxane Partners, a leading technology-driven solutions provider to the alternative investments industry, today released its special report ‘Covid-19 and the Private Markets’. Based on a market survey of 120+ senior professionals, the special report reveals that Private investment firms are following a ‘pause and prepare’ approach – pausing new investment activity and getting better prepared for the future – according to a new report from Oxane Partners.
Covid-19 and the Private Markets, which is based on a market survey of 120-plus senior professionals, explores the extent of disruption, top priorities of investment firms, change in investment outlook and emerging themes
B2B software focused investor Oxx, which is headquartered in London and Stockholm, has made four new additions to its team. Philip Edmondson-Jones joins the London team as a Principal; Ingrid Bonde Åkerlind joins as an Investment Professional in Stockholm; Mark Lewis joins the London team as the Operating Partner; and Archit Rathi re-joins the firm as an Intern.
The four new hires come on the heels of an active beginning to the year. Oxx recently closed a fund, raising USD133 million to invest in European software companies at the growth stage. The firm has started deploying this capital, participating recently
Wellth, a platform designed to improve treatment adherence using behavioural economics, has received USD10 million in Series A funding round.
Existing investors yabeo and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) co-led the funding round with participation from returning investors AXA Venture Partners, New York Life Ventures, NFP Ventures and I2BF Global Ventures, as well as new investors Rock Health and DaVita Venture Group.
Wellth will use the new capital to support rapid scaling to address larger and broader populations of patients.
Wellth members receive financial incentives, nudges, and behavioural reinforcements to establish healthy, lasting habits. Once enrolled, members use Wellth’s platform
Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform for node management serving institutions and developers, has completed a strategic funding round of USD5.5 million led by venture capital (VC) firms focused on blockchain technology. Blockdaemon’s funding round is supported by a number of new investors including Hashkey, CoinShares, Blockchain.com, Kenetic, SPiCE VC and Fenbushi Capital. Early investors Comcast Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Boldstart, and Heavybit will also continue their participation in the latest funding round.
Investor and advisor Meltem Demirors, says: “At CoinShares, we believe compute and connectivity will define the next decade of economic growth, and that blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are
A new survey by Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, has revealed how fund finance will play a primarily defensive role in helping GPs to combat the impact of Covid-19 while also supporting their investment programmes. During a recent webinar addressing the impact of Covid-19 on the fund finance sector, nearly half (48 per cent) of industry professionals said the main benefits of using a NAV or asset-backed facility would be to fund distressed portfolio companies. However, one in four (25 per cent) believe it will be for GPs to increase investment capacity and 18 per cent
By Jon Mowll, responsible investment analyst at EdenTree Investment Management – The global spread of Covid-19 has increased awareness of systemic issues that predate and have been exacerbated by the pandemic. The virus has raised questions of who and what we – or rather, our economic systems – value, as well as questions around the nature of work, our collective humanity and the role of business in society.
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