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Talis Capital has co-led an additional funding round along with Credo Ventures into leading price management, optimisation and CPQ SaaS provider, Price f(x).
Price f(x) has now raised a total of USD8.3 million on the back of its most successful year, having doubled the number of customers it serves. Price f(x) has also successfully established a market presence in the US and Asia Pacific with new offices in Chicago, IL and Brisbane, Australia.
Managing Partner of Ventures at Talis Capital, Matus Maar, says “Price f(x) has been a stand-out performer in Talis’ portfolio and we think there is a huge
Gemini experienced record-breaking growth in 2017, with an 80 per cent increase in the number of registered fund launches executed during the year.
When surveyed, clients cited the key drivers in selecting Gemini for their new funds, including:
• Gemini’s turnkey solutions, which help them scale their operations and focus on their strategy
• the firm’s established risk management, cybersecurity, and compliance processes
• its agility in handling complex/evolving investment strategies
• a joint-venture approach to client relationship management offering a true business partner
• the firm’s extensive network of other service provider relationships (eg, legal, auditing, etc)
“New markets,
SV Health Investors, the venture capital and growth equity firm, has promoted Michael Balmuth to Managing Partner from Partner, and Houman Ashrafian to Partner from Venture Partner and Entrepreneur in Residence.
SV manages seven funds that aim to support entrepreneurs and companies that create breakthrough treatments and healthcare solutions. The firm has a multi-sector focus; it invests in early-stage opportunities in biotechnology; early-stage and revenue-stage opportunities in medical devices; and growth equity opportunities with healthcare services and digital health companies.
Balmuth focuses on the healthcare services and digital health sector. Since he joined SV in 2014, he has furthered
Corsair Capital, a private equity firm focused on the financial services industry, has acquired RGI, a provider of core software solutions to the insurance market.
This investment underscores Corsair Capital’s commitment to the attractive and growing insurance technology industry. RGI provides insurers with a comprehensive and modular offering which addresses core insurance processes including policy administration, claims, analytics, market management, reporting and sales and distribution. Serving Property & Casualty and Life insurance clients, PASS_Insurance, RGI’s flagship software suite, is a one-stop solution for insurance providers.
RGI has an international customer portfolio comprising more than 200 installations across more than
Clearwater International UK has advised construction services provider and independent trader of aggregates GRS Roadstone Group Limited (GRS), on raising finance to support its acquisition of S Walsh Holdings Limited (Walsh).
The funding has been provided by a three bank term loan syndicate, Lloyds Bank, RBS and HSBC, and a three lender receivables finance syndicate comprising Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, HSBC Invoice Finance and RBSIF.
GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate. It offers a complementary waste removal and transport service, providing customers with a one-stop shop solution. This value-add service has led to
AXON Partners expands its team with the addition of a new senior professional, Vincent de Boursetty, as a Principal in the firm’s Swiss office in Zug.
De Boursetty has 12 years of corporate finance and private equity experience. Prior to joining AXON, Partners he worked at London‐based corporate finance advisory firm Ondra Partners where he was in charge of a variety of M&A and capital markets advisory mandates for large cap and private equity clients. VincDe Boursettyent started his career at Société Générale as an investment banker.
Dominik Meyer, Founder and Managing Partner at AXON Partners, says: “This hire
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has completed the acquisition of Loggly, Inc, a provider of cloud-based log monitoring and log analytics software.
Loggly is an SaaS-based, unified log monitoring and log analytics product, that aggregates, structures, and summarises log data so users can analyse and visualise their data to answer key questions, spot trends, and deliver actionable reports. The acquisition complements the company’s existing portfolio of SaaS-based cloud monitoring solutions and SolarWinds plans to continue investing to innovate and enhance Loggly.
With the acquisition, SolarWinds also will deepen its cloud-software engineering and analytics expertise. Former Loggly executives Manoj
Orrick has appointed Ali Ramadan as a partner in the firm’s Technology Companies Group, resident in the London office. Ramadan is the sixth partner and 20th lawyer to join Orrick’s London Technology Companies team.
The Orrick team has ranked No1 for European venture capital volume for the past seven quarters and ranks No1 for venture-backed exits according to Pitchbook. In addition, the Orrick team was recently recognised as 2017 Service Provider of the Year by Investor AllStars.
“Ali is a rising star in the European tech ecosystem and we are thrilled to add him to our team. Many of
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Private Markets team (AIP Private Markets), an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has completed the final close of its first standalone co-investment fund, Private Equity Co-Investment Fund I (PECO I).
Commitments to PECO I totalled USD425 million, exceeding AIP Private Markets’ target of USD350 million.
PECO I seeks to achieve strong risk-adjusted returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of direct co-investment opportunities alongside high-quality private equity sponsors in buyout and growth transactions across North America and Europe. Consistent with the investment team’s broader strategy, PECO I seeks to provide exposure to
Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a private equity fund focused on deep value investing and business improvement in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of Katun Corporation (Katun) to a Taiwanese buyer, General Plastic Industrial Co (GPI), for an undisclosed amount.
Katun is one of the world’s leading providers of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, toner, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, and other equipment for the imaging industry. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and operates sales and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
“Over our ownership period, we helped transform this corporate
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