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Oilfield technology company Signum Instruments has secured a growth capital investment from NGP Energy Technology Partners (NGP ETP).
”Signum Instruments, is an innovative oilfield technology company that was formed to deliver the next generation of open-hole formation evaluation tools, with a particular emphasis on harsh and small-diameter environments for unconventional applications,” says founder and President, Weidong Liu. “The partnership with NGP ETP provides Signum with the financial resources needed to accelerate growth, build out its infrastructure, respond quickly to its customers and continue to develop new tools. Our vision is to be the trusted and preferred solutions provider for quality
Osney Buy-Side has identified the top three challenges currently facing European asset managers: the role of technology in driving growth; the continuing wave of regulation; and lack of standardisation in cash flow management.
These three issues will be addressed at the 14th annual TSAM Europe, which returns to London on 17 March, along with the latest strategies and developments in the asset management industry.
The role and importance of technology in driving growth for the future of the industry is of high importance, and at the front of asset manager’s minds. The issue will be addressed in the event’s
HealthMyne has raised USD4.5m in a Series A investment round led by venture capital firms – Venture Investors and 4490 Ventures.
Additional participants include HealthX Ventures and several prominent angel investors.
HealthMyne was founded in 2013 by a group of healthcare industry entrepreneurs. Their prior start-up experiences include TomoTherapy, Geometrics, and UltraVisual.
According to Rock Mackie, a HealthMyne founder: “There’s been a lot of attention directed toward personalized health and evidence-based medicine, but we feel confident that we are in the best position to turn that vision into reality for clinical imaging and oncology. Importantly, the first step began with
The French National Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AFIC) has created a Club dedicated to bringing together private equity professionals interested in Africa.
The Africa Club has been created in the wake of unprecedented economic growth witnessed in Africa over the past 10 years. The region's population is set to double by 2050, and the World Bank estimates financing needs at USD90 billion annually for the next 15 to 20 years. The Club will support the growing interest of French private equity and venture capital professionals in Africa.
It is chaired by Hervé Schricke, a seasoned private equity professional
JLT Specialty Insurance Services has appointed André Eichenholtz as Senior Vice President, Leader of US Private Equity Due Diligence & Specialty Services.
Eichenholtz most recently served as President of Krauter & Company LLC where he managed the day-to-day operations of the firm including leading the client account service teams for risk management clients, middle market clients, the small business unit and Private Client Services of the firm, as well as managing corporate marketing, new business, carrier relations and recruiting efforts. He was with the company since its inception more than ten years ago.
Eichenholtz brings to the JLT Specialty USA
As of 1 March 2015, it has become mandatory for fund managers distributing their products in Switzerland to commission a Swiss legal representative and paying agent. Regulatory compliance is the name of the game when it comes to the service provided by UBS.
"Our offering is designed to cover the current regulatory requirements, monitor distributors, contract with managers as well as distributors and guide them with respect to changes in the regulatory environment of distribution", says Beat Blattner (pictured), Head Representative Services at UBS Global Asset Management. "In addition, we support managers with market intelligence of the Swiss regulatory environment and the
Groupe SVP has established a presence in Canada with the acquisition of professional training and translation specialist Groupe Synesis.
Groupe SVP is also carrying out the refinancing of its acquisition debt taken out in July 2011 and proceeding with repayment of the mezzanine debt carried by IFE and CM-CIC Private Debt.
This is being done with the support of Omnes Capital, which has held a stake in Groupe SVP since 2011.
Groupe Synesis was formed from the merger of training companies Versalys and CFC and translation company Documens. Owned by two Canadian entrepreneurs, Ugo Dionne and Wiseman, the
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 27 new investment funds during the final quarter of 2014, resulting in a total of 137 additions during 2014.
Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) also show that the net asset value of all funds under management and administration in Guernsey fell by GBP42.2 billion (16.2%) during the fourth quarter to GBP218.7 billion. The significant drop in value is almost entirely due to the exit from the jurisdiction of a large non-Guernsey scheme manager.
Dominic Wheatley (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, says: “The
Wing Venture Capita has hired Jeff Schneble as a Partner.
Schneble joins Wing from Silver Lake Partners, where he was an operating executive on the Value Creation team. At Silver Lake he worked with multiple entrepreneurs and teams to grow successful tech companies, including GoDaddy, Mercury Payment Systems, Vantage Data Centers and Fathom. At Wing he will work closely with the firm's founders, Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner, who have decades of experience building billion-dollar-plus enterprises in rapidly growing industries.
As a Partner, Schneble will lead investments in startups and leverage his operating expertise to help their founders create significant
Growth Intelligence (Gi), a company which crunches web-scale data to predict who your next clients will be, has raised USD3.4m to invest in hiring data scientists and engineers.
Backers include 83 North (formerly Greylock Israel), MMC Ventures, Paul Forster, founder of Indeed.com (sold in 2012 for USD1bn) and early Google employee and chief economist Hal Varian, together with John Taysom, an early investor in Yahoo! and 18 other subsequent IPOs.
Google, BT, Lloyds Banking Group and American Express all use Gi to identify companies to target in advance, driving up marketing performance and revenue. Gi’s software as a service (SaaS)
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