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Humanyze, a specialist in people analytics technology, has secured USD4 million in Series A financing from Romulus Capital.
The announcement comes as Humanyze rolls out the first of its kind Wyze people analytics platform to its strong Fortune 500 customer base in the US and industry leaders in Japan with the goal of making large corporations more agile and accurate about their most valuable resource (people), and to make these same people more in control of their performance and improvement.
“Our customers – which include the largest multinationals and consulting firms – are investing heavily in technology and personnel to
Ogier is acting as British Virgin Islands legal counsel to Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp on its recently announced recommended offer for TLA Worldwide plc.
TLA Worldwide plc (TLA) is a leading athlete representation, sports marketing and event management company which represents a number of prominent US and International sports stars, broadcasters and media personalities.
TLA also provides a range of services in respect of media consultancy, sports sponsorship and events. TLA is a public company incorporated in England with its shares are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Atlantic’s offer for TLA, which was announced under
venBio Partners has held the closing of the venBio Global Strategic Fund II, its second life sciences venture capital fund, for a total of approximately USD315 million, exceeding its target of USD250 million.
venBio's Strategic Fund II is anchored by major investments from three strategic limited partners – Amgen, Merck, and Baxalta – along with a group of financial Limited Partners.
"We believe our fund model is unique. With the return of Amgen and Baxalta, along with the addition of Merck, the commitment from our Strategic Limited Partners is now larger than ever," says Robert Adelman, MD, managing partner at
Intervale Capital (Intervale), an energy-focused private equity firm, has made a growth equity investment in Dynacorp Energy Services (Dynacorp).
Dynacorp provides innovative sand management solutions, well testing and production processing equipment to operators and service providers in the oil and gas industry.
Justin Morin, Dynacorp's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, sought the investment as part of a broad recapitalisation of the company. Morin has served in numerous roles and leadership positions throughout the company since joining in 2002.
"Operators face growing sand management challenges, which are made more acute in today's tough industry environment,” says Morin. “Dynacorp offers innovative
Attendees at this year’s Guernsey Funds Forum will have the opportunity to learn more about the proposed introduction of Guernsey’s new Manager Led Product (MLP).
The MLP aims to ensure a proportionate risk-based level of product regulation for any Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) that establishes itself in Guernsey and seeks to market into Europe under the National Private Placement Regime (NPPR) arrangements. The introduction of the MLP would place the regulations on the AIFM only. Representatives from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) will be in attendance at the Funds Forum to discuss the proposed regime in greater detail
The latest New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Monitor highlights an increase of investment in 2015 for both private equity and venture capital markets. Mid-market investment increased to NZD284.1 million from NZD243.5 million in 2014.
The average deal value at NZD16.7 million was greater than the average of NZD12.8 million in 2014. The increase in investment activity was coupled with continued strength in divestment as the portfolio companies of domestic funds sought investors for future growth.
Brad Wheeler, partner EY, says: ‘Venture and early stage funds invested NZD62.5 million across 69 transactions, continuing momentum from the last three years.
City Capital Ventures, a private investment partnership headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has acquired a majority stake in Diedrich Roasters (Diedrich) of Ponderay, Idaho.
The Company will continue to operate independently under the leadership of current CEO Michael Paquin and his team. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1980 by Stephan Diedrich, a pioneer of the specialty coffee industry, Diedrich manufactures batch coffee roasting equipment.
“I am very proud of the role Diedrich has played in the development of the specialty coffee industry into what we know it as today,” says Stephan Diedrich. “There is truly
B Riley Financial, a provider of financial and business advisory services, has signed a definitive agreement and plan of merger to acquire United Online, a provider of consumer services and products over the Internet, for USD11.00 per share, or approximately USD170 million.
The consideration represents approximately USD48 million in cash consideration from B Riley Financial after taking into account the projected United Online cash balance at closing.
United Online's Communications segment features the Internet access brands, NetZero and Juno, which offer a range of high-quality, low-priced dial-up and DSL Internet access services. In 2015, United Online's Communications segment generated approximately
Australian investment manager, QIC has signed an agreement to acquire an 80 per cent interest in the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAP), one of Australia’s oldest and largest agricultural enterprises.
NAP covers 5.8 million hectares across Queensland and the Northern Territory and approximately 178,000 head of cattle.
At the conclusion of the transaction, NAP’s largest shareholder, the Foster family will retain an interest in NAP of approximately 20 per cent. Funds advised by QIC including Australian superannuation capital and the UK-based Pension Protection Fund (PPF) will hold approximately 80 per cent having acquired the remainder of the Foster family’s
Via, an on-demand transit company, is raising USD100 million in Series C funding, having closed USD70 million, with USD30 million in strategic investment to close in the coming weeks.
The funding was led by Pitango Growth, who were joined by leading venture capital firms, family offices, and strategic investors from North America, Europe, and Asia, including Poalim Capital Markets and C4 Ventures. Previous investors Ervington Investments (representing Roman Abramovich), Hearst Ventures, and 83North (formerly Greylock IL) also participated. The funds bring Via’s total investment to USD137 million.
“Via is creating the public transit system of the future,” says Daniel Ramot
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