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Jason Ganz has joined US Bancorp Fund Services as senior vice president of business development. Ganz, based in Atlanta, will focus on the continued growth of the company’s alternative investment service offering throughout the southern and western states.
“We are excited to continue to expand our dedicated team of professionals serving the hedge fund community,” says Bob Kern, executive vice president of business development at US Bancorp Fund Services. “Jason’s experience and expertise in hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity, and middle office services helps strengthen our team and provides additional support for our clients.”
Ganz has more than
High Street Capital has sold ShoreMaster to an affiliate of Invision Capital. ShoreMaster, based in Fergus Falls, MN, is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-quality boating products including boat lifts, boat docks and accessories.
This sale is the culmination of a successful partnership between High Street Capital and ShoreMaster’s management team which began in 2013. Together, we completed the carve-out from the company’s previous public company owner, expanded the dealer network and invested in manufacturing and other efficiencies to grow both the top and bottom lines.
Don Hurley, ShoreMaster’s President & CEO, says: “We are eternally grateful for
Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund (NVCF) has made a USD15 million lead commitment to Lumira Capital IV, a late-stage venture capital fund investing in high-potential biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.
With the closing of this investment, Northleaf has completed the NVCF investment program, with a total of USD300 million committed to a diversified portfolio of 13 fund investments and 11 direct investments.
“We are very pleased to be an anchor institutional investor in one of Canada’s top life sciences venture capital funds,” says Ian Carew, Director of Northleaf Capital Partners, which manages NVCF. “The commitment to Lumira represents NVCF’s final
Ipreo and Hamilton Lane have launched Private Market Connect, a joint venture developed to help solve the existing data challenges faced by Limited Partners and address the information inefficiencies that exist throughout the private markets globally.
Private Market Connect will focus on scaling, automating and normalising the information flow between General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) – ultimately resulting in straight-through processing.
This venture represents the latest evolution in an existing strategic partnership forged between the firms in 2012. Both Ipreo and Hamilton Lane continue to build upon their original shared goal of advancing industry cooperation and addressing
Stratumn, a provider of network solutions securing processes between enterprises and their stakeholders through blockchain technology and advanced cryptography, has raised EUR7 million in a series A funding from Open CNP, the Corporate Venture arm of CNP Assurances, Otium Venture, Nasdaq and Digital Currency Group.
Less than two years after its inception and one year after its seed financing, Stratumn has now accomplished the largest funding round to date in the European blockchain and data security ecosystem.
Stratumn helps companies securing and streamlining regulatory and compliance procedures
As companies become ever more connected to one another, and the
WorldQuant Ventures has made an investment in Canalyst, an equity research technology provider for institutional finance professionals.
WorldQuant Ventures’ investment allows Canalyst to enhance its cloud based, on-demand equity model database by enabling continued investment in analytics capabilities, and expansion of its breadth of coverage for small- and mid-cap companies.
“We are excited to help Canalyst further develop and grow its platform to meet the increasing buy side demand for equity research technology,” says Steven Lau, Managing Director at WorldQuant Ventures. “Canalyst’s platform is a valuable resource for the broader investment community, allowing instant access to comprehensive, company-specific functional
NewAlpha Asset Management, the Paris-based global emerging manager acceleration specialist and private equity investor, has appointed Adrien Auric as Director of Operational Due Diligence.
Given the diversification of its business activities, New Alpha AM has chosen to reinforce its team in order to increase its investment analysis capabilities.
Prior to joining NewAlpha, Auric was in charge of Investment Due Diligence at Reinhold & Partners, a specialized consultancy firm working for top tier institutional investors. He also served as Independent Funds Director in various jurisdictions, including France, Ireland and Luxembourg.
Auric spent seven years with JP Morgan, initially (2007-2009),
InMotion Ventures, the venture capital business powered by Jaguar Land Rover, has partnered with global startup ecosystem Techstars.
InMotion will be working closely with the Techstars Mobility programme, based in Detroit. Launched in 2015, Techstars Mobility has to date invested in 22 mobility and transportation startups from all over the globe, collectively valued in excess of USD100 million.
InMotion will be supporting each Techstars Mobility class at every stage, contributing to the applicant shortlisting process, mentoring teams on the programme and making selected investments in graduating companies.
InMotion Managing Director Sebastian Peck, Head of Seed Programme James Nettleton
Global investment bank GCA Altium has appointed Seth Kundrot as Managing Director in its London deal team.
Kundrot has been a technology investment banker for 14 years, specialising in digital media and internet advisory. He has represented UK, European, American and Asian clients across more than 35 completed M&A and capital raising transactions. Seth joins the firm from Mooreland Partners and has also held senior positions with Arma Partners, Investec and Jefferies.
Kundrot was previously responsible for Mooreland’s European digital media practice, where he advised on the most recent growth capital raising for Blis, one of the largest private
Investment of Foresight Group’s second institutionally-backed regional fund, the Foresight Regional Investment is ahead of schedule, having already deployed GBP15.5 million in five companies in its first twelve months.
The Fund was launched last year with support from investors including an anchor commitment from the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. So far in Manchester the Fund has backed golf equipment and clothing retailer Clubhouse Golf, facilities management provider Tudor Group and civil engineering and traffic management provider Utilities Design & Planning (“UDP”). These three companies have added 29 new staff since investment and seen revenue grow by 17 per cent and adjusted
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