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Nano-C, a developer of nanostructured carbon for energy and electronics applications, has completed a USD11.5 million round of funding, with a final tranche of USD3 million in the form of an equity investment from Ray Stata.
Stata is a co-founder and current chairman of Analog Devices, a designer and manufacturer of analog, mixed signal and DSP integrated circuits with over USD5 billion in revenue.
Nearly every industry today is looking to leverage new materials to drive the next wave of innovative products from electronics and solar power to medical devices, automotive and more. Building on technology conceived at MIT, Nano-C’s
Unigestion has launched Unigestion Global Choice VII, a global small and mid-market investment programme, and a continuation of the ‘Unicapital Global’ and ‘Euro Choice’ series of funds.
Unigestion Global Choice VII is seeking EUR300 million to build a portfolio of around 30 specialist buyout, growth capital and selectively special situations funds in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
In line with Unigestion’s conviction-driven investment style, the private equity team will continue to seek areas of growth, spot attractive investment themes and focus exclusively on managers with proven industrial and strategic transformation skills. Several fund investments have already been pre-selected for
Shore Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the healthcare industry, has made an investment in Hulin Health. Founded in 2011, Hulin is a leading provider of urgent care services in Louisiana and the broader Gulf Coast region.
Shore has partnered with founder and CEO Clayt Hulin who continues to lead Hulin Health through a period of tremendous growth while also maintaining a strong commitment to clinical excellence. Clayt founded Hulin following 13 years as an emergency medicine healthcare provider and after serving in the Army Special Forces and multiple Special Operations units. The company’s services include treatment
Reality Zero One (R01) today announced that it has secured GBP285,000 investment from startup funders and private investors to enhance its new digital reality capture platform.
The technology makes it easy to capture ultra-high-definition 3D versions of real-world objects for use in any virtual or augmented-reality application.
With the virtual/augmented reality market predicted to hit USD215 billion by 2021 and an estimated ten billion commercial and cultural objects ripe for conversion, potential demand for the tech is huge. However, the high cost and difficulty of mass 3D capture has put potential users off – until now.
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FundedByMe has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of Laika Consulting AB, a financial communications agency, doubling its investment network to close to 250,000 members in the process.
“Laika is a particularly well-managed company that we have partnered with since 2012 and we have seen over the years that we have similar ambitions, visions and attitudes; namely to improve and change parts of the old inefficient financial world. In our company’s growth, we look at this acquisition as a very interesting step, and we estimate that the consolidation will be beneficial and feasible and lead to synergies that can
The Beacon Group is an independent group of companies providing management, consulting, administration, accounting and other related services to offshore and domestic hedge funds and other international entities. It is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority to provide corporate secretarial services, part of which involves offering advice to promoters and fund managers on corporate governance best practices.
That Beacon is also licensed to offer fund administration services can be beneficial.
As Nitin Aggarwal (pictured), Chairman of Beacon, explains: “Our many years of knowledge and experience as fund administrators with different investment strategies and asset classes allows us to leverage that
A Q&A with Greg Wojciechowski, President and CEO at Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX)…
How would you summarise 2017 from a business growth perspective for BSX?
Strong global market conditions contributed to positive listing activity across most sectors of the BSX’s business. Listing activity was particularly strong in international debt and insurance linked securities (ILS), both of which reached record levels.
International debt listings grew to 167 securities, up 44 per cent from 116 the previous year with their nominal value growing from USD2.0 billion to USD4.6 billion.
New ILS listings totalled 103 securities for the year with a nominal value
That Bermuda continues to strengthen its regulatory regime is very much a selling point for those thinking of doing business on the island. This year, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is assessing Bermuda, with a possible onsite in September. This follows its assessment of the Cayman Islands in December 2017.
On the back of these visitations, offshore regulators, broadly speaking, have really ramped up their focus on compliance, and AML in particular, to make sure there is a robust and rigorous set of regulations in place.
“What we’ve seen over the last 18 months is that as regulators are
Within the capital markets, there remain a large number of institutional investors seeking out unique opportunities in alternative investments. One such area is insurance-linked securities (ILS), which have built significant traction since the 2008 financial crash.
Estera has been providing corporate, trust, fund and accounting services for over 25 years and has carved out a leading position in the support of ILS products. Analysis of its book of business over the last 10 years shows that the market capitalisation of ILS products it supports has grown from approximately USD2 billion in 2011 to USD10.8 billion at the end of 2016. Last
There is a sense of optimism in Bermuda that the success it has enjoyed over the years in respect of the ILS industry can, over the coming years, be replicated in the cryptocurrency and blockchain arena.
ILS fund managers like the fact that Bermuda has a lot of professionals working on the ground, from legal to administration and auditing. This is particularly important under Solvency II, which places a big focus on substance and physical presence.
“This has been fantastic for the funds industry,” says Dawn Griffiths, Director and Head of Bermuda Funds Practice at Conyers Dill & Pearman, one
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