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Nasdaq has launched a venture investment programme, Nasdaq Ventures, dedicated to discovering, investing in and partnering with fintech companies worldwide.
The programmes main objective is to identify and collaborate on new technologies and groundbreaking services and solutions which align with Nasdaq's clients' needs and the company's long-term objectives in the global capital markets.
"With the launch of our new venture investment program, we are reinforcing our focus on driving growth and innovation by evaluating, distributing, licensing and integrating disruptive technologies for the long-term benefit of our global clients," says Adena Friedman, president and CEO, Nasdaq. "Investing in pioneering fintech
Conway Investment Research has acquired operational control of the Guggenheim Alternatives Platform from GP Feeder Fund Management.
The platform, which provides qualified investors access to global alternative investment solutions, is now known as the Conway Alternatives Platform.
Conway is a St Louis-based registered investment adviser which provides customised investment research and solutions to its clients including multi-family offices, wealth management groups, trust companies, financial planning firms, endowments and foundations. The firm was established by a team of investment professionals to offer capital markets research, dynamic asset allocation modelling as well as due diligence and monitoring of top money managers
Botswana is the most attractive economy for investments flowing into the African continent, according to the latest Africa Investment Index 2016 by Quantum Global’s independent research arm, Quantum Global Research Lab.
According to the Index, Botswana scores highly based on a range of factors that include improved credit rating, current account ratio, import cover and ease of doing business.
Prof Mthuli Ncube, head of Quantum Global Research Lab, says: “Despite considerable external challenges and the fall in oil prices, many of the African nations are demonstrating an increased willingness to achieve sustainable growth by diversifying their economies and introducing favourable
Audax Private Equity has partnered with management to acquire Impact Facility Services, d/b/a Academy Fire Life Safety, from Caltius Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Academy, headquartered in Maspeth, NY and Long Beach, CA, is a provider of fire and life safety services to national, regional, and local customers across retail, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and other end markets. Academy offers inspection, service, customised work orders, and installation for fire alarms, sprinklers, fire extinguishers, and other fire suppression systems.
Geoffrey Rehnert, co-CEO of Audax, says: “Academy is
Law firm Browne Jacobson has advised on the sale of Hangar Seven to The Hut Group, a European online retailer of premium, non-perishable FMCG products for the health and beauty sectors, for an undisclosed consideration.
Corporate finance lawyers Richard Medd and Vicky Gaskell advised the shareholders on the disposal of the business which will see Midland’s based investment fund Catapult Venture Managers exit the business.
Leicestershire based Catapult is an independent venture capital fund manager which specialises in providing early, middle, and late stage growth capital to SME businesses in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals, luxury consumer brands, manufacturing and software
Vanuatu coffee producer Tanna Coffee has secured a AUD656,000 investment from impact investors.
Facilitated by The Difference Incubator (TDi), the private capital injection will help grow Tanna Coffee’s output five-fold, supporting more than 750 farmers and their families on the remote island.
The investment was made possible by the Pacific Investment Readiness Pilot, a partnership between TDi and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), which helps create investable opportunities for impact investors. The investment is the second capital injection into the Pacific made by the Genesis Impact Fund, set up by TDi’s partner Benefit Capital.
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Synpromics, a synthetic promoter and gene control company, has completed a financing round of GBP5.2 million led by existing investors Calculus Capital, the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and private shareholders.
Synpromics has grown rapidly over the past two years as it expanded its portfolio of international customers. These include leading gene therapy companies and multinational technology corporations, most recently GE Healthcare.
The majority of the new investment will be used to further develop and exemplify Synpromics proprietary PromPT synthetic promoter design platform. PromPT enables the design of unique synthetic promoters which give precise control
UK private equity buy and build investor Sovereign Capital has appointed Alex Hay as a partner.
He joins from RJD Partners where he had been a partner since 2011 working with businesses across a breadth of sectors.
Hay’s investments include the GBP23 million secondary buy-out of training provider Babington Group, the GBP15 million buy-out of Burgess Marine, the marine engineering services business, and the GBP40 million secondary buy-out of Harrington Brooks, the debt solutions business.
Prior to RJD Partners, Hay built his deal experience at Close Brothers Corporate Finance following his earlier accountancy career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Private equity fund manager Calculus Capital has invested GBP3.5 million in Scottish biotechnology company Synpromics via its Enterprise Investment Scheme funds and venture capital trust.
Calculus has invested in a GBP5.2 million fundraising round alongside the Scottish government’s economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise and a group of private investors.
Edinburgh-based Synpromics is a developer of synthetic gene promoters. These are a vital component in the research and development of gene-based medical treatments and therapies.
Calculus has previously invested in Synpromics, which has helped the company to expand its team from seven to more than 20 people (over 90 per
The Angel CoFund, which launched at the end of 2011 with an initial government-backed funding of GBP50 million, is celebrating its fifth birthday.
Since its creation, the Angel CoFund’s mandate has been to back the best UK-based high potential and high growth early stage companies and to partner with business angels via co-investment.
More than GBP33 million has been invested directly across over 70 UK businesses so far, alongside a further GBP142 million from angels and angel networks.
Set up as a privately managed and commercially-focused institution investing public capital, the Angel CoFund has a highly export-focused portfolio
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