Latest News
Global investment bank GCA Altium has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Mobysoft, a provider of predictive analytics software to the UK social housing market, on its minority investment from private equity house Livingbridge.
The deal represents GCA Altium’s 36th global transaction in the technology sector within the last two years (and 15th software transaction since the start of 2017), firmly positioning the business as the world’s largest tech-focused investment bank.
Mobysoft’s core product, RentSense, is a Software as a Service (SaaS) based predictive analytics tool which helps social housing landlords manage arrears collection more efficiently. Using a range
Cathay Innovation has invested in Beijing-based autonomous driving start-up Momenta, as part of a USD57 million Series B financing. GGV Capital also participated in this round.
The financing was was led by Nio Capital with participation from Daimler AG, Shunwei Capital, Sinovation Ventures and Unity Ventures. Momenta is the first-ever investment for Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG in a Chinese self-driving company. Cathay Innovation’s LPs also include world renowned tier-one companies that have shown great interest in self-driving technologies.
Founded in early September of 2016, Momenta is building the “brains” for autonomous vehicles. Its deep-learning based software in perception, HD
Castanea Partners has made a minority investment in Tatcha, a luxury skincare brand with a collection of products inspired by timeless Japanese beauty rituals.
Founded by Victoria Tsai in 2009, Tatcha offers a line of serums, moisturizers, mists, exfoliants, and cleansers. The Tatcha name is derived from tachibana, the classical Japanese art of flower arranging that features a single “standing flower”, representing the beauty of simplicity. This philosophy drives the company’s approach in creating pure, naturally-powered formulas. Tatcha’s collection is distributed through the company’s website, Sephora North America, QVC, and other domestic and international wholesale and specialty retail stores.
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its offering to clients following the recruitment of leading renewable energy expert and new partner Jonathan Cohen.
Cohen joins the firm on 16 October from legal giant Eversheds Sutherland, where he led the distributed energy and energy storage groups.
Cohen is an industry recognised lawyer with vast experience in the renewables and energy sectors. He has worked on and led many high-profile transactions in the energy sector both in the UK and internationally and across all clean technologies, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, CHP, district heating, geothermal and energy storage. He
Illumina Ventures, an independent, early-stage venture capital firm, has raised USD230 million for its first fund. Illumina Ventures was launched in the summer of 2016 with an initial USD100 million investment from Illumina.
The balance of the funds has been raised from a mix of corporate, institutional, sovereign, and individual investors.
Illumina Ventures was founded by Nicholas Naclerio, PhD, who was formerly SVP of corporate and venture development for Illumina, where he was responsible for Illumina’s corporate strategy, business development, acquisitions, spin-offs, and venture investing. The new firm is managed independently from Illumina and is focused exclusively on genomics and precision
By Piers Alexander (pictured), Conyers, Dill & Peraman – There’s a reason that the Cayman Islands is one of the world’s biggest and most attractive hubs for offshore financial businesses. Not only does it provide a stable, tax-neutral platform but also offers a sound legislative and judicial system, confidentiality, a leading banking sector and legal and financial professional and support services.
As issues of high taxation, complex financial laws and economic and political instability continue to affect the onshore world, the attractiveness of the Cayman Islands as a location for establishing private equity funds increases.
To help fund managers decide
By Piers Alexander (pictured), Conyers, Dill & Peraman – There’s a reason that the Cayman Islands is one of the world’s biggest and most attractive hubs for offshore financial businesses. Not only does it provide a stable, tax-neutral platform but also offers a sound legislative and judicial system, confidentiality, a leading banking sector and legal and financial professional and support services.
M33 Growth, a venture and growth stage investment manager that partners with founders and CEOs and seeks to rapidly scale and build companies, held its first and final closing today for its debut fund, M33 Growth I with USD180 million in limited partner commitments.
The M33 Growth founders are excited to apply their experience and deep networks to fuel the sales and marketing engines of its portfolio companies, and will seek to drive acquisitions and build value through data assets to propel portfolio companies to success in their respective markets.
“M33 Growth was born out of the idea that
Redpoint Capital Group (Redpoint), an alternative investment company focused on providing financing across an array of asset-based strategies, has entered into two additional Credit Agreements with two separate wholly owned subsidiaries of Elevate Credit.
Rise Credit Service of Ohio entered into a Credit Services Agreement with Redpoint Asset Funding Ohio (Redpoint Ohio) whereby Rise Credit Service acts as a credit service organisation on behalf of consumers for certain loans originated, funded and collected by Redpoint Ohio.
Furthermore, Rise Credit Services of Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Credit Services Agreement with Redpoint Capital Asset
Avignon Capital, a boutique London-based European property investment firm and asset manager, has received a new mandate to invest in Australia, where it will focus on office real estate and hotels.
Having previously invested exclusively and successfully in Europe, Avignon Capital will target Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, where it is looking to expand its network.
Avignon Capital has enjoyed its most successful financial year to date, with 18 acquisitions and seven disposals across Europe totalling a record EUR565 million in deal volume.
Disposals have included a number of triple-digit returns, such as the sale of its Copenhagen retail portfolio, which
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
