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Temptime Corporation, a provider of time-temperature indicators to the healthcare industry, has acquired Connecticut-based William Laboratories to expand into blood temperature monitoring solutions.
Temptime’s acquisition is a significant step toward expanding its capabilities since it partnered in September with Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic investor focused exclusively on healthcare.
Temptime’s devices are used by the world’s largest health organisations and pharmaceutical companies to alert them if vaccines and other medical products have been exposed to temperatures that could damage or alter their effectiveness.
Temptime’s acquisition of William Laboratories expands the company into devices that monitor the temperature
Digital advertising agency Olson, a KRG Fund IV portfolio company, has acquired PulsePoint Group, an Austin-based digital marketing strategy consulting firm.
The addition of PulsePoint’s strategic expertise and tools further strengthens Olson’s digital creative and executional capabilities.
Olson chief executive officer John Partilla says Olson chose PulsePoint because of the calibre of the agency’s talent, a client list that includes blue-chip brands such as Toyota, Novartis and Delta Air Lines, and its proprietary tools such as the cloud-based Social Media Accelerator application, which helps marketers develop strategic social media plans to achieve specific campaign objectives.
KRG made an
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 33 new investment funds during the third quarter of 2013.
Figures released by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that it approved five open-ended funds, 19 closed-ended funds and nine non-Guernsey schemes between the start of June and the end of September this year.
Taking into account licences rescinded, there was net growth of 17 funds during the period.
However, the net asset value of funds under management and administration fell by GBP19bn (6.6 per cent) to GBP267bn at the end of September. That represents a decline of GBP7.4bn (2.7 per cent)
Ardian has sold its minority stake in the CEGOS Group to management and the CEGOS Association, a long-standing shareholder in the group.
The CEGOS Group is a specialist in vocational training services.
Since Ardian’s investment in 2009, the CEGOS Group has significantly increased its market share in France and, with the support of Ardian’s international presence in Singapore and Beijing, accelerated its development in Asia.
The CEGOS Group has been particularly active in expanding its “inter activity” training programmes which support groups of professionals from different companies.
In 2013, the CEGOS Group achieved a EUR166m turnover and
Altegris, a provider of alternative investments, has named Jack L Rivkin as chief investment officer.
Rivkin will oversee the firm's research and investments group and will be a member of the Altegris investment committee.
He will also have overall responsibility for identifying, selecting and monitoring fund managers across multiple investment disciplines and will oversee asset allocation and research for Altegris products. He will be a key representative of Altegris in the investment community.
Rivkin has held senior roles in the investment industry with Neuberger Berman, Citigroup Investments, and PaineWebber, among others. His managerial achievements have been featured in
MMC Ventures closed 18 deals and attracted more than USD100m in total investment into its portfolio in 2013.
One of the top five most active VCs in the UK, MMC welcomed nine new companies into its portfolio this year.
Research compiled by Ascendant showed that, despite overall falls in UK technology venture capital deals in Q3 2013, MMC bucked the trend and was listed as one of the most active investors. A separate report from UKFunders listed MMC as the top retail investor for the first nine months of 2013, with over 10 per cent of deals in the
The Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) has continued to achieve record growth in its membership in 2013, marking one of the fastest years of growth since the organisation’s inception 55 years ago.
SBIA increased its total number of member firms as 56 new firms and fund groups joined, including 12 limited partners.
“We are very pleased that our membership has grown substantially over the past year, reflecting the strong support for SBIA’s efforts by our nation’s leading private capital and institutional investors,” says Brett Palmer, president of SBIA. “It’s important that we build on the momentum that we’ve achieved
Vinson & Elkins has promoted seven lawyers to its partnership: Manuel Berrelez, Christopher Dewar, and Christina Tate in Dallas; Ryan Carney and Adam Larson in Houston; Jenny Doak in London; and Katy Gottsponer in Washington, D.C.
“The impressive work these lawyers have done on behalf of our clients has been notable and worthy of promotion to our partnership,” says V&E chairman Mark Kelly. “Each individual in this group has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to contribute substantially to the strategic objectives of their practice groups and the firm.”
The new partners span five of the firm’s key practice areas: complex
WyzAnt, an online marketplace for private tutoring, has secured a USD21.5m investment from Accel Partners, the global venture capital firm.
The funds will be used to drive product innovation and scale WyzAnt's technology platform as the company expands globally.
With over 500,000 tutors and one million students, WyzAnt is the largest tutoring marketplace in the US. Parents, students and others use WyzAnt to search for and hire qualified, pre-screened tutors in their city. Millions of hours of tutoring have been completed through the marketplace, and the website has over 850,000 tutor reviews and ratings. WyzAnt's tutor community covers more
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has sold its portfolio company, digital identities and information specialist Entrust, to Datacard Group.
Financial terms have not been disclosed. The sale is expected to close by year-end.
“Thoma Bravo worked closely with Entrust management to grow the business into an industry leader through continued product innovation and execution of operational best practices,” says Thoma Bravo managing partner Scott Crabill. “We are proud of the work accomplished by everyone at Entrust to better serve the critical needs of customers while organically accelerating revenue growth and increasing profitability.”
With a capital injection and operational
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