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Snyk, a company that helps organisations use open source code securely, has closed a USD22 million Series B investment round led by Accel, with participation from GV and existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Heavybit and others.
Open source software (OSS) is embraced by over 95 per cent of enterprises, which dramatically accelerates software development but also introduces substantial risk. Developers draw vast quantities of OSS components into their apps, unaware that many carry known vulnerabilities, or are outright malicious. In fact, 77 per cent of applications carry such known vulnerabilities, and only one in four OSS maintainers audit their code regularly.
Global fashion brand Michael Kors Holdings Limited is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Italian luxury fashion house Gianni Versace for a total enterprise value of EUR1.83 billion, or approximately USD2.12 billion.
Versace, long recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury fashion companies, is synonymous with Italian glamour and style.
John D Idol, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Michael Kors Holdings Limited, says: “The acquisition of Versace is an important milestone for our group. Versace was founded in 1978. For over 40 years, Versace has represented the epitome of Italian fashion luxury, a testament to
Private equity fund manager and central and eastern Europe specialist, ForeVest Capital Partners, has closed a general partner-led secondary transaction of a fund on which it advises, PineBridge New Europe Partners II, LP (NEP II).
In this transaction, a new investment fund, advised by ForeVest, has acquired portfolio companies from NEP II. The Strategic Equity team of EUR32.9 billion specialist asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) led the transaction from the buyer’s side and has become the largest investor in the new fund.
Forevest Capital Partners specialises in growth equity investing in Central Europe and partners with entrepreneurs in local
Despite a lot of bluff and bluster and gnashing of tweets, US President Donald Trump was unable to provoke a spike in OPEC oil supply at OPEC’s Algiers meeting over the weekend, says Richard Robinson, manager of the Ashburton Global Energy Fund…
OPEC’s power does not rest in the oil it produces, but rather in the oil it does not produce. Without spare capacity, OPEC is relatively impotent in relation to preventing rising prices.
Following four years of collapsing international capital spend, Trump’s removal of the world’s fifth largest oil producer, Iran, from the market – with sanctions to be
Alder II AB (Alder), a Nordic investment fund focussing on developing sustainable technology companies, together with the management team, is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Scanacon Intressenter AB (Scanacon) from Verdane Capital VII K/S (Verdane).
Scanacon is a provider of acid management systems used in the production of special metals. The company provides solutions to achieve safe, efficient, high quality treatment of metal product at the lowest cost, while enabling recycling of acid waste and minimising usage of scarce resources. Scanacon is headquartered in Stockholm and supplies the global market from its offices in Sweden, USA
Greenberg Traurig has expanded its Corporate and Investment Funds practices with the addition of Petros (Peter) L Tsirigotis as shareholder in its Washington, DC and New York City offices.
Tsirigotis joins from Stradley Ronon, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Private Investment Funds Practice. Before that, he served as senior vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, where he led the investment management funds risks, operations, and governance group.
Tsirigotis advises financial institutions, asset managers, investment advisers, and institutional investors, helping them to develop and maintain financial products while navigating the regulatory landscape. He has served in
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has strengthened its cross-asset solutions team with the recent appointments of Salman Baig and Joshua Seager as investment managers.
Baig joined Unigestion earlier this year from Bridgewater Associates, where he was an Investment Associate & Engineer focussing on fundamental macroeconomic research, portfolio construction and risk management. Prior to Bridgewater, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the mathematics department at the University of Washington and a member of the Research Team at the Institute for Defense Analyses in the US. Baig holds a Bachelors’ in Mathematics and a Masters in Finance from Princeton University and a PhD
Framework, a global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has appointed Alan Naughton as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Naughton brings with him more than 30 years of global banking and investment servicing experience acquired in multiple geographic locations in leading financial institutions. Most recently, Alan was head of Standard Chartered Bank’s securities services and corporate agency and trust business, based in Singapore, having joined in 2012 from JPMorgan in London where he had been Head of Commercial Management for the Global Funds Division since 2008.
Launched in 2000, Framework provides enterprise investment accounting
Tailwind Capital (Tailwind), a middle-market private equity firm investing in targeted sectors within healthcare, business services and industrial services, has closed Tailwind Capital Partners III with USD1.8 billion of capital commitments.
The fund, which exceeded its initial target and was oversubscribed, will pursue the same investment strategy Tailwind has employed since its inception – partnering with experienced management teams and entrepreneurs in North America to transform businesses through organic growth initiatives, acquisitions, and operational and strategic investments. Tailwind primarily targets companies with enterprise values up to USD250 million.
Fund III received commitments from existing and new investors, including pension
Audax Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Acuant from Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners.
Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of Acuant, says: “We selected Audax because they share our vision and commitment to creating frictionless, trusted transactions that protect businesses from unnecessary risk. By bringing on Audax as an investment partner, we now have what we believe are the strategic resources to dramatically accelerate Acuant’s growth. With Audax on board, we plan to accelerate expansion into new product lines while continuing to innovate within our current product portfolio.”
Thus far in 2018, Acuant
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