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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
Seyfarth Shaw has appointed Howard H Jiang as a partner in the firm’s Corporate department in New York. Jiang joins Seyfarth from Locke Lord where he was a partner in the corporate and transactional department and spearheaded the firm’s China practice.
Jiang’s practice is focused on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and project finance matters. He has advised many US and foreign companies on investment projects in Asia, specifically China, as well as Asia Pacific businesses investing in the US and overseas. In addition, Jiang has represented numerous domestic and foreign issuers in several equity and debt
Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor, has invested in Il Bisonte, a high quality Italian luxury leather accessories brand. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1970 in Florence by Wanny di Filippo, Il Bisonte is one of the few remaining independent Italian brands for hand-crafted luxury leather handbags and accessories. It is globally recognised for its artisanal products made from naturally treated, vegetable-tanned leather sourced from Sante Croce sull'Arno in Tuscany.
Il Bisonte’s footprint covers Europe, the US and Asia and the Company sells its products through a retail portfolio of over 50
AXA Strategic Ventures has made its first investment in a US company – PolicyGenius. Founded in July 2014, PolicyGenius offers an online platform for consumers to review coverage and confidently research and compare quotes for term life, long-term disability, renters and pet insurance.
“We launched AXA Strategic Ventures to invest in companies that drive innovation in our industry, making it more digitally-enabled and transparent,” says Manish Agarwal, General Partner of AXA Strategic Ventures. “PolicyGenius perfectly reflects this investment profile. The company’s tailored Insurance Checkup™ and customer-friendly quote comparisons make shopping for and purchasing insurance straightforward and accessible to a growing
Actility, a provider of network solutions and managed information systems for the Internet of Things (IoT) market, has secured a USD25 million funding round led by Ginko Ventures.
Ginko Ventures leads a prestigious group of investors including tier-one telcos KPN, Orange, Swisscom and Foxconn, along with the existing investors Fonds Ecotechnologies managed by Bpifrance Investissement, Idinvest Partners, and Truffle Capital.
The investment will allow Actility to accelerate its go-to-market strategy for ThingPark, its open standard IoT network solution; funding its operational resources, building a high level of service and continuing to develop technology partnerships to foster a healthy ecosystem. It
BNY Mellon has named Alan Flanagan as global head of private equity and real estate fund services. Previously, Flanagan was global head of product management at BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services.
Flanagan will continue to be based in Dublin and report to Frank La Salla, CEO of BNY Mellon’s Alternative Investment Services (AIS) business, in New York.
As a new unit within AIS, PE&RE Fund Services will comprise more than USD100 billion in assets under administration and over 150 employees worldwide. Flanagan will be responsible for overseeing global business and driving growth in an area that has seen large recent
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