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Private equity firm 1315 Capital has held the single close of 1315 Capital II, a healthcare growth equity fund, at its hard cap over USD300 million, exceeding its USD250 million target.
Similar to the first fund, 1315 Capital II includes endowment, foundation, public and private pension, and family office limited partners.
“We appreciate the ongoing partnership with our management teams and investors as we continue to support innovation and solutions across healthcare,” says Adele Oliva, Founding Partner. 1315 Capital will invest on average USD10-USD30 million into existing companies, or as part of the creation of a commercial stage ‘jumpstart’. Of
A new distillery, whose founders want to make England’s West Country one of the most recognised names in fine whisky, is seeking GBP2.75 million in SEIS/EIS funding.
The Dorset County Distilling Company is looking for backing to complete construction and begin production at its Springhead Distillery in the picturesque Blackmore Vale. Successful entrepreneur Hutch Wright and his son Alex, an experienced chef and brewer, established the business in response to the growing appetite for “craft” spirits.
Wright Snr says: “The trends that have transformed the beer, wine and gin markets during the past decade or so are increasingly shaping
By Ian Kelly (pictured), Augentius – Too many private equity firms are vastly underestimating their vulnerability to cyberattacks. While most managers are still implementing basic cybersecurity measures, criminals are eyeing them up for attacks that showcase a higher level of brazenness and financial intellect.
The PE response to cybercrime has been relatively slow – thanks in part to some cognitive dissonance.
As attacks have moved from major institutions like JP Morgan to central banks and regulatory bodies, PE executives have realised that the cybercrime will inevitably touch every corner of the industry. Yet, a size bias has persisted among many
General partners (GPs) in the alternative investment industry now have a single app that combines CRM tailored for capital raising and investor relations with global institutional investor intelligence.
advinda Investor Cloud’s new capital raising app includes contacts for limited partner (LP) decision makers, segmented by region and investor type.
“Thousands of GPs in the alternatives industry still use spreadsheets to keep track of communications with potential investors,” says Eva March (pictured), CEO at advinda. “This is highly inefficient, non-collaborative, and frankly, there is a better way. advinda now gives these GPs the opportunity to make their capital raising easier,
Tethys Investments has become a full member of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), joining the ranks of more than 300 PE funds (including a few PE funds from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region) with USD5 trillion assets under management.
Tethys Investments is the first and only member of EMPEA from Caucasus and is one of two EMPEA members from the Caucasus and Central Asia region. The other member firm based in the Central Asia region is Centras Capital, a Kazakhstan-based PE Fund.
EMPEA is the global industry association for private capital in emerging markets whose
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, is backing the buy-out of ASK4 Limited, a fast-growing internet solutions provider.
Founded in Sheffield in 2000 by its chief executive, Jonathan Burrows, ASK4 partners with universities, private sector student accommodation providers, residential apartment developers and businesses, to provide high speed internet solutions and managed data services for multi-tenant accommodation.
ASK4 currently services 160,000 customers in more than 400 sites in the UK and Europe. The business has grown strongly due to its highly differentiated proposition, focus on customer service, and the increasing levels of investment in multi-tenant accommodation.
Bowmark is
Funds managed by private equity firm Stone Point Capital (Stone Point) are to buy a majority interest in Genex Services (Genex), a provider of cost containment services to the workers’ compensation, disability and auto industries, from funds advised by Apax Partners.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
Founded in 1978, Genex helped introduce the medical management concept and has become one of the largest and most experienced medical cost containment and disability management providers today. Genex offers a broad continuum of services including utilization management, case management, bill review, independent medical examinations, Medicare
Law firm Paul Hastings has advised Madison Energy, a division of Chicago-based Madison Industries, on the acquisition of the Centek Group.
UK-headquartered Centek Group specialises in the development of engineering solutions for the world’s toughest casing running environments and is a world leading designer and manufacturer of centralisers, primarily for the oil and gas industry.
The Paul Hastings team was led by corporate partner Ronan O’Sullivan in London alongside partners Arun Birla (tax), Suzanne Horne (employment) and Richard Kitchen (finance) in London; Madison Industries relationship partners Brian Richards and Ziemowit Smulkowski in Chicago; global environmental and energy partner Lisa
EOS Investment Management (EOS IM) has acquired Eurofiere, a specialist in the design and creation of exhibition stands and temporary stores & shops, showroom and interior designs.
The main goal of the acquisition is for EOS IM to support the company’s expansion plans in Italy and internationally.
Founded in 1961 Eurofiere has a strong market presence, with an international client base of many famous name brands; among its top clients are Versace, Oakley, Fendi, Fiat and Yamaha Marine. It develops projects of communication, brand image and brand enhancement in partnership with these clients. In 2017, the turnover of the
Diligent Corporation has secured a strategic minority investment from Clearlake Capital Group. Insight Venture Partners acquired Diligent in February 2016.
As a leader in the EGM software industry, Diligent is committed to providing the broadest platform for facilitating secure collaboration, communication and meeting management for boards, committees and leadership teams. Diligent’s multi-tenant SaaS platform provides directors with a single application to securely and reliably access, edit and share materials while satisfying security and compliance requirements. Taking its service offerings to the next level, yesterday Diligent introduced Governance Cloud – the only integrated and secure enterprise governance management solution that enables
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