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Amenity Analytics has raised USD7.6 million in a Series A round of funding led by an investment from State of Mind Ventures.
Additionally, Yuval Baharav (pictured), managing partner of State of Mind Ventures, has joined the company’s board of directors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and to scale sales and marketing.
Amenity Analytics’ platform uses self-correcting artificial intelligence to unlock insights in any kind of text. Their highly-accurate natural language processing requires minimal coding or special information technology support – a significant hidden cost in other AI approaches. Clients have used Amenity’s platform to identify
Boutique alternative investment consultant Atrato Advisors has hired Julie Mauser (pictured), to lead the firm’s business development efforts.
Mauser had previously been Vice President of Marketing at Par Four Investment Management, a credit-focused hedge fund. Prior to joining Par Four, she was a member of the Capital Introduction team at Jefferies & Company.
Atrato, led by partners Brian Reich and Janna Sobolev, has added capabilities in private credit over the past year, and has been increasingly busy in the private equity space as it advises its family office and institutional clients.
“We’re extremely excited to have Julie join our
Club deals, often used by private equity managers prior to the ’08 financial crisis, are a thing of the past. The new kid on the block is the co-investment deal, which over the last four or five years has been gaining real traction with institutional investors.
Speaking with Private Equity Wire, Corentin du Roy (pictured), Managing Director at HarbourVest and one of the leaders of HarbourVest’s co-investment opportunities in Europe, says that co-investments are now an established part of an investor’s allocation.
“Over the past four or five years, a large majority of LPs see the benefit of having 10
Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX: COIN), an investor financing and managing the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, has formed Terrastream, a wholly-owned subsidiary which is aiming to build an enterprise standard blockchain-powered platform for the generation of token-based alternative funding solutions.
The Platform will be designed to work in compliance with Gibraltar’s proposed forthcoming Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Regulatory Framework.
Terrastream will provide alternative funding solutions across multiple industry sectors, including precious metals and natural resources extractive industries. Development of the platform is to be funded by current cash reserves and non-dilutive token sale.
Gibraltar is expected to
Muzinich & Co has expanded the responsibilities of Josh Hughes (pictured), formerly Managing Director of Marketing and Client Relations, promoting him to Head of Global Distribution with a focus on key international accounts.
Hughes will co-ordinate with the firm’s regional European offices to support and develop business with the company’s leading partners. He will also continue to maintain his UK and regional responsibilities as well nurturing his ongoing close relationships with many of the firm’s longstanding clients.
“This is an important development in the strategic growth of Muzinich,” says Hughes. “I’m looking forward to strengthening our client relationships and
Brella, developer of a networking application for business events that was founded in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2016, has raised EUR1.2 million in private equity.
The lead investor was Vendep Capital together with a team of international angel investors, including from the USA, France and Finland.
The investment will allow Brella to expand its operations in the USA, which is already the conmpany’s most important market. In addition, the company will be able to hire over a dozen product developers, as well as sales and marketing staff, in Finland.
The idea for the service was born when the company’s
The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a specialised asset management firm focused on emerging markets, has hired former Caravel Flagship Fund portfolio manager Beidi Gu, who will be based in New York and lead TRG’s public equity investment strategies in beyond-BRIC emerging and frontier markets.
TRG CEO Nick Rohatyn, says: “Beidi’s investment approach, which targets overlooked, underresearched markets and companies, aligns well with TRG’s emphasis on investment strategies that seek to capitalise on structural inefficiency and special opportunity. The robust growth fundamentals and strong potential to add alpha through fundamental analysis and active management make beyond-BRIC equities an exceptionally compelling investment opportunity.
Kirkland & Ellis has advised private equity investors Bain Capital and Cinven on the successful takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical group Stada. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, this is the largest buy-out ever realized in the German market.
In a second voluntary public takeover offer, 63.85 per cent of the Stada shares were tendered to Nidda Healthcare Holding AG, the acquiring company of Bain Capital and Cinven. The transfer of shares tendered during the acceptance period will be conducted prior to the Annual General Meeting on 30 August, 2017. Within a further acceptance period of two weeks
Rock Hill Capital Group (Rock Hill) has finalised the sale of Alpha Technical Services Corporation, LC (ATS) to Quala, a specialist in bulk transportation container cleaning.
Based in Pasadena, Texas, ATS operates a full service state-of-the-art industrial cleaning facility specialszing in difficult cleaning projects requiring advanced cleaning techniques. ATS has the capabilities to clean the full spectrum of railcars and containers from the most basic washout to the most complicated or hazardous project. In addition, ATS performs railcar inspections, repairs, and requalification services. ATS’s repair facility is a certified AAR M-1002 Tank Car Facility and can provide HM-216 Tank Car Qualifications.
Jersey Finance has appointed Amy Bryant as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO).
In taking on her new role, which also sees her being appointed to the Board of Jersey Finance, Bryant (pictured), will extend her existing responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Head of Strategic Projects for Jersey Finance to include CEO deputising responsibilities across the entire organisation.
Having joined Jersey Finance in 2011, Bryant, who was born in Jersey, has been COO since 2014 and also leads its Strategic Projects function, which undertakes initiatives to help develop aspects of the finance industry.
Prior to that, she
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