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Convene, a network of urban meeting centres and integrated workplace amenity services, has raised USD15.5 million of equity in a Series B financing.
The financing will set the stage for the company's continued expansion in New York City and the Mid-Atlantic region and introduce expanded workplace service offerings.
This latest funding round represents the largest capital raise for Convene to date, and was led by Conversion Venture Capital, a new investor, along with Boathouse Capital, an existing investor, which also participated in the current round. Convene's existing lender group led by OFS Capital Corporation extended the duration of its existing
Dedicated real estate secondaries vehicles that have successfully raised capital are concentrated among just a few established managers, more so than with private equity secondaries vehicles. Between 2003 and May 2015, a total of 21 real estate secondaries funds attained a final close, securing an aggregate USD10.1 billion; almost two-thirds of this capital was secured by just five managers.
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Connexus Equity Management Partners has closed a majority investment in Artisan Outdoor, LLC (Artisan), a professional services firm specialising in the design, build and maintenance of outdoor living spaces for the luxury home market.
Services provided by Artisan include landscape, hardscape, pools, spas, water features, fire places, fire pits, outdoor furnishings, lighting and outdoor audio/visual systems.
Artisan Outdoor will be led by a seasoned executive management team consisting of Jim Neeld as President and Rob Henderson as CEO. Jim brings 30 years of experience in the design and build of premium outdoor living spaces for the luxury home market here
Constitution Capital Partners has raised USD823 million in private equity commitments with the final close of the Ironsides III Private Equity Partnership/Co-Investment Funds and related segregated mandates.
As with its predecessor fund, Ironsides III will focus on investments in primary funds with USD200 million to USD1.5 billion in commitments and direct co-investments with enterprise values between USD100 million and USD1 billion. To date, Ironsides III has completed seven direct co-investments and three fund investments.
“We are very pleased to complete this fund raise, which marks another milestone in the evolution of Constitution Capital Partners,” says Daniel M Cahill, Managing Partner,
Padraig Hoare (pictured) has joined Elian Fund Services as an associate director.
Hoare, 47, has more than 25 years’ industry experience, including 20 years in management positions in the financial services industry in Cayman. His focus at Elian will be on providing governance and oversight services to alternative investment funds.
‘I am looking forward to using my knowledge and experience to provide sound and personalised corporate governance services to clients, leveraging off the extensive knowledge and skills of those in the fiduciary services team and adding value wherever possible,’ he says.
Before joining Elian, Hoare, a chartered accountant, was global
GSI Health it has received an investment from Rittenhouse Ventures, a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm that invests in emerging technology companies.
GSI Health will use the funding to support the company’s expansion into new markets across the country.
GSI Health’s cloud-based software solutions offer a big-picture view into patient care coordination, enabling providers to manage, analyze, and engage with patients in real-time as they move through the care delivery system. As a pioneer in technology solutions for federated community-based care, GSI Health supports the care management of hundreds of thousands of lives, and has recently extended its leadership in New
Milestone Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage cardiovascular company in Phase 2, has closed a USD17 million Series B financing.
The round was led by Domain Associates and included participation from all of Milestone's existing investors including Fonds de solidarité FTQ (FSTQ), Pappas Ventures, BDC Capital, GO Capital, and iNovia Capital. The funding will be used to complete Phase 2 clinical development of MSP-2017. In connection with this financing, Domain's Debra Liebert will join Milestone's board of directors.
"We are excited to have a premier life sciences investor such as Domain join Milestone," says Philippe Douville, Chief Executive Officer of Milestone. "We've
Social media and the right team seem to be crucial factors in achieving the goal for a crowdfunding campaign, according to a new research report by FundedByMe.
FundedByMe is one of the only full-service crowdfunding platforms offering capital through equity, debt and reward based crowdfunding and has funded some 500 companies from 25 countries. The report analyses such factors as usage of various social media, the background of a company’s team or documents uploaded.
One of the main conclusions is that placing a link to their Facebook or LinkedIn on a company’s pitch page on a crowdfunding platform increases the
SunEdison has completed a USD335 million private placement of membership interests in TerraForm Global, an indirect subsidiary of SunEdison formed to own and operate contracted clean power generation assets in emerging markets.
Additionally, TerraForm Global, an indirect subsidiary of SunEdison, entered into a stock purchase agreement for the sale of USD67.5 million of its Class A common stock in a private placement, conditioned upon the closing of its initial public offering. The private placements were entered into with institutional investors, including Baron Funds, Capricorn Investment Group, GE, Glenview Capital Management, Kingdon Capital Management and Zimmer Partners. These investments are in
An affiliate of Veritas Capital has acquired Emergency Communications Network (ECN), a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) unified critical communications, from The Riverside Company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996, ECN provides its customers across the United States and Canada with easy-to-use, reliable and affordable software solutions which facilitate critical communication and collaboration with use cases that save lives, enhance revenue and reduce costs. ECN has over 2,200 customers, including leading organisations in the government, technology, healthcare, utility, aerospace, industrial, manufacturing and financial services sectors.
"ECN is an exceptional business with a
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