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LendUp has raised USD150 million in a combination of Series B round financing and an expanded credit facility. The round will allow for the expansion of LendUp's team and platform.
Led by Susa Ventures and Data Collective, the round included participation from almost all of the company's major investors including Google Ventures, QED, Kapor Capital, Yuri Milner, SV Angel, Eagle Cliff, Bronze Investments and Victory Park Capital. In addition, Victory Park also provided a second credit facility to support new product growth.
“Over the last two years we've been growing rapidly by increasing the number of US states where
JLT Specialty USA has appointed Robert Robideaux as the EVP and Regional Head of Client Development, focusing on private equity and alternative investment funds.
Robideaux joins as a member of JLT's Private Equity Executive Committee. His responsibilities will include client development, recruitment and management of a team focused on delivering JLT's specialty risk solutions to the alternative investment community.
“We are excited to announce Robert’s addition to our private equity practice and are pleased to welcome him to our team,” says Mike Rice, CEO of JLT Specialty USA. “We are dedicated to bringing the best talent on board, and
InfraVia Capital Partners is to sell circa 25 per cent of Aurora Infrastructure Oy (Aurora) to funds managed by Access Capital Partners (Access) and Pantheon Ventures (Pantheon).
With circa 5,000 GWh of electricity distributed each year to industrial clients (6 per cent of Finland’s total electricity consumption), Aurora is a prominent player in the Nordic distribution market. It focuses on providing highly reliable distribution to critical industrial sites such as Röyttä in Tornio (Finland) where it serves Outokumpu’s manufacturing units and Kilpilahti near Porvoo (Finland) where it distributes electricity to the largest chemical concentration in the Nordics, with Neste and
Fluid Delivery Solutions (FDS), a provider of oilfield water management services in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Marcellus and Utica basins, has acquired Water Transfer, a water transfer and equipment rental business focused on the Permian Basin.
Based in Midland, Texas, Water Transfer works with top tier operators to deliver cost effective water transfer and equipment rental services. Founded in 2013, Water Transfer has developed a reputation for safety and reliability by delivering superior customer service throughout the Permian Basin.
“We are thrilled to lock arms with the Water Transfer team and are excited to welcome them to the FDS
Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG), formerly Zamzama Property Group, which controls two international property portals – Pakistan’s Zameen.com and the UAE’s Bayut.com – has closed its Series C funding round with a USD20 million investment from one of its current investors, a fund which focuses on frontier and emerging markets with over USD 1 billion in assets under management.
The funding comes on the heels of a USD9 million Series B round, which was announced in September 2015, bringing the total funds raised by the group in the last six months to USD29 million.
Imran Ali Khan, Co-Founder and
Investment bank Bryan, Garnier & Co is merging with Cartagena Capital, a technology advisory boutique headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Cartagena Capital will be renamed Bryan, Garnier & Co GmbH, and the combined entity will feature one of the largest Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) investment banking teams in Europe.
The Cartagena Capital team, comprised of 28 professionals and senior industry advisors, will be fully integrated with Bryan, Garnier & Co’s investment banking team of 120 professionals. Falk Müller- Veerse, founder and Managing Partner of Cartagena Capital, will join Bryan, Garnier & Co as Partner and Member of the Corporate
3M is to sell its Pressurized Polyurethane Foam Adhesives business (formerly known as Polyfoam) to Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group), a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
3M’s Pressurized Polyurethane Foam Adhesives business is a provider of pressurized polyurethane foam adhesive formulations and systems into the residential roofing, commercial roofing and
insulation and industrial foam segments in the United States, with annual sales of approximately USD20 million. The product offering includes a two-component roof tile adhesive that professional roofers use to attach concrete or clay roof tile. The business also offers
Confluence, a global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, has appointed Gary Casagrande (pictured) as Global Head of Investor Communications & Expense Solutions, a newly created position for the firm.
Casagrande has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry covering mutual fund operations, regulations, project management, and quality control.
In his new role, Casagrande will oversee a line of business charged with defining and implementing the go-to-market strategy for Confluence's global suite of investor communications and expense management solutions, which include financial, marketing and legal reporting, as well as
Maitland is now able to act as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) for private equity and real estate (PERE) alternative investment funds, following approval for the extension of Luxembourg-based subsidiary MS Management Services’ existing AIFM licence.
Maitland clients using this service can now market and distribute PERE products, namely alternative investment funds (AIFs), to professional investors in the European Union and beyond. Maitland has been offering equivalent AIFMD-compliant management company and product solutions to hedge funds and fund of hedge funds since the launch of MS Management Services May 2015.
Kavitha Ramachandran (pictured), Director of MS Management Services,
Suzanne Streeter has joined Partners Capital, an outsourced investment office acting for endowments and foundations and ultra-high-net-worth families in Europe, North America and Asia, as a Senior Investment Principal to lead the firm’s Private Equity asset class in North America.
Streeter’s primary professional experience was at the Yale University Investments Office, where she was Associate Director for its Private Equity program. Yale is a leading proponent of Private Equity as a primary source of excess returns.
Stan Miranda, Founder, CEO and CIO of Partners Capital, says: “Private Equity is a core allocation for Partners Capital’s client portfolios and we
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