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Igloo Vision, a Shropshire-based immersive technology company, has raised an additional GBP435,000 in funding under the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).Igloo (www.igloovision.com) creates immersive projection spaces, such as domes, cylinders, cubes, and immersive workspaces. Igloo’s technology can display any 360° or Virtual Reality (VR) content. And, because entire teams can get inside the immersive spaces and engage with the content, the technology is well-suited to training, simulation, and visualisation, as well as events and experiences.
The latest fundraising round, which closed on 5 April 2020, secured investment from several sources. The largest proportion, at GBP200,000, came from the London-headquartered
As stay-at-home orders are taking their toll on the economy and businesses are in need of cash, the private equity industry could be well positioned to pick up better priced assets in the backwaters of the crisis.
David Mussafer, chairman and managing partner of Advent International, told the Financial Times on 5 April that there is now “an opportunity for us to get involved with some of the most incredible businesses on the planet that heretofore might not have been interested, or needed capital, or sought a partner,” particularly in the technology, healthcare and consumer sectors.
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Scandinavian bank SEB has become the newest liquidity provider for BidFX, an EMS designed for the daily FX market.BidFX head of Nordic Sales, Peter Bondesen, says: “The increased interest in our advanced EMS from Nordic financial institutions means greater demand for specialised, local liquidity. Many of our global clients have also requested SEB as a counterparty to provide bespoke liquidity both through streaming rates and RFQ”.
SEB Head of e-FX distribution, Carolina Trujillo, says: “We are excited that becoming a liquidity provider on BidFX is enabling us to extend our reach and both follow existing clients as well as get access
Corigin Ventures, a founder-focused early-stage venture capital firm, has held the final closing of its second fund with total equity commitments of USD36.05 million. The firm is also pleased to announce that Aubrie Pagano, an experienced founder and early-stage investor, has joined as Partner. In this role and as a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, Aubrie will be heavily involved in advancing Corigin’s proven investment strategy including sourcing new opportunities and working closely with founders to unlock their businesses’ potential. In conjunction with Aubrie’s hire, the firm also announced the promotions of Daniel Fetner to Principal and Eric Schoenbach to
YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist. The deal represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the launch of its GBP80 million second fund last week.
ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and the business has grown rapidly in recent years through its commitment to product innovation, exceptional customer service and expertise in the waste management sector where it is a market leader.
Based in Pershore, West Midlands, ISS currently employs 31 people and is dedicated to creating products that improve safety for
Capital Constellation (Constellation), a provider of investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, has closed a strategic partnership with Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), an independent asset manager focused on the financial and business services sectors in the UK and Europe.Constellation has acquired a minority ownership interest in Pollen Street and will provide significant investment capital to support the continued growth of Pollen Street’s private equity and credit businesses.
“We are thrilled to announce this exciting partnership between Constellation and Pollen Street,” says Lindsey McMurray, Managing Partner of Pollen Street. “We believe that we have built a differentiated franchise and team with
Clearlake Capital Group, an investment firm focusing on the technology, industrials, and consumer sectors, has completed fundraising for its sixth private equity fund, Clearlake Capital Partners VI (Fund VI), with more than USD7 billion in commitments. This brings Clearlake’s total assets under management to approximately USD18 billion and comes on the heels of a record two years, as 18 of the firm’s portfolio companies achieved notable liquidity events resulting in over USD3 billion of realisations.
With an initial target of USD5 billion, Fund VI was oversubscribed with total commitments of more than USD7 billion, including commitments from the General Partner and
Knight Enterprises (Knight), a provider of critical communications infrastructure services, has been acquired by an affiliate of Mill Point Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on control investments in North America.The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the communications and business services sectors. Knight’s talented management team, including CEO Jason Welz, will continue to lead the Company and build upon its strong track record of growth and reliable customer service.
Knight is a leader in communications infrastructure services focused on engineering, construction, and maintenance in connection with the deployment,
Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has invested in SpotLight, a French geoscience start-up that provides dynamic detection of subsurface movements. The deal marks Phaze’s seventh investment since the firm was established in 2018, building on its mission to transform traditional industries with disruptive technology.
SpotLight’s proprietary single source, single receiver seismic monitoring technology is currently being piloted by Petroleum Development Oman, a leading explorer and producer of crude oil and natural gas in the Sultanate of Oman.
With 4D seismic monitoring having proven prohibitively expensive in most use cases, Spotlight’s technology reduces the cost of effective real-time monitoring, and unlocks
Pearce Services (Pearce), a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair, and engineering, has partnered with New York-based New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over USD20 billion in assets under management. Pearce has also announced the simultaneous acquisition of MaxGen Energy Services (MaxGen) and World Wind & Solar (WWS), an independent provider of repair and maintenance services for utility-scale renewable wind and solar assets as well as electric vehicle charging station infrastructure. Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.
The combination creates the leading technology-enabled platform providing outsourced field and engineering services for distributed electromechanical infrastructure assets. The
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