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SR Labs, a provider of electronic-trading solutions for the global financial services industry, has completed a USD53m investment from Insight Venture Partners.
SR Labs plans to use the capital to expand its sales and marketing operations, to accelerate its growth outside of North America, and to continue to fund product innovation.
To further those goals, SR Labs has opened a new development centre in Pune, India, to support its customers in Asia Pacific and Europe, where systematic trading is growing rapidly.
Srinivasan Ramiah, founder and chief executive of SR Labs, says: "We are excited to have Insight as a partner.
Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired a majority equity position in Agilex Flavors & Fragrances, a creator and manufacturer of fragrances for use in consumer products.
Agilex was previously owned by Nautic Partners, a middle market private firm.
Headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, Agilex was created by combining several unique fragrance houses with diverse strengths and capabilities. Agilex is a provider of fragrance compounds and delivery systems sold primarily to manufacturers of air care, personal care, industrial and institutional and household products. The company’s facilities include production facilities in Georgia, New Jersey, and China along with a Creative Center
Optimism about the economy built slowly but steadily in the second half of 2012 among US small and mid-sized businesses, some of which are likely to seek more credit in 2013 as they become increasingly confident in business fundamentals.
A new Greenwich Market Pulse revealed that owners and executives of 40 per cent of small businesses and 37 per cent of mid-sized companies reported that the current environment has actually had a positive impact on their business.
This study from Greenwich Associates covered 262 small businesses, defined as those generating revenues between USD1m and USD10m, and 262 middle market companies,
Jersey Finance has appointed Richard Corrigan as global head of business development.
In this new role, he will assume responsibility for the international offices of Jersey Finance in Abu Dhabi, India and Hong Kong whilst retaining a personal focus on extending the profile of Jersey’s finance industry in the UK, Europe and Russia.
Corrigan (pictured) joins Jersey Finance from the banking sector where he has held senior roles with Barclays Wealth and Royal Bank of Scotland International in a number of financial centres, most recently as director for Barclays Wealth in Jersey.
Geoff Cook, chief executive of Jersey Finance, says: “I
Merseyside-based Ultromex has secured GBP550,000 funding from The North West Fund for Energy & Environmental, managed by CT Investment Partners.
Ultromex has developed processes for the recovery of high-value metals from electronic and industrial waste products. The company, which was founded by Jonathan Quinn and Harry Middleton in 2011, aims to increase turnover to GBP10m by 2016.
The business works in partnership with global metal recycling and industrial businesses, helping them to recover high-value metals more efficiently while significantly lowering energy use and emissions. The company is currently commercialising processes for the recovery of metals from printed circuit boards, and
China’s private equity industry is in the early stages of a unique crisis that could undermine the remarkable gains of recent years, according to a newly-published research report by China First Capital, an American-owned international investment bank focused on China.
Over USD100bn in private equity and venture capital investments is now blocked inside deals with no easy exit. A significant percentage of that capital is from limited partners, family offices and university endowments in the US. China investments have, until recently, been a robust source of profits for US pension funds and endowments.
Private equity firms in China are running
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has acquired Tresys Technology, a provider of cybersecurity products, services and solutions to government and commercial customers.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Based in Columbia, Maryland, Tresys offers services and products that address computer network defence, focusing primarily on platform security, assured information sharing and security engineering. Tresys has built its business at the intersection of Linux and information security, two of the fastest growing markets in the IT sector, and is a widely-recognised expert in Security Enhanced Linux.
Grant G Behrman, managing
Former Bain consultant Yoav Bergman, renewable energy fund manager Matthew Brown, real estate professional and former investment banker Patrick Donovan and film production, acquisition and distribution executive and finance consultant Shane Starr have teamed up to launch Tamra-Tacoma Capital Partners, a USD500m alternative investment firm.
Tamra-Tacoma’s mandate is to deliver value investments in renewable energy and commercial real estate, as well as filmed entertainment and digital media.
The firm strives to outperform traditional investor returns by capturing mispriced risk in cash flowing alternative investments. Tamra-Tacoma accomplishes this through innovative analysis, subjecting all investments to a vetting process that combines diverse
Miller Heiman has been acquired by Providence Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on media, communications, education and information investments.
The investment from Providence will accelerate corporate growth initiatives and further Miller Heiman’s presence in global markets.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sam Reese, chief executive officer of Miller Heiman, says: "We have always shown a consistent pattern of growth and innovation, including our two recent acquisitions of Channel Enablers and Impact Learning Systems, the addition of the Miller Heiman Research Institute, and the phase-one rollout of our mobile strategy in just the last 13 months. We
The Abraaj Group, a private equity investor operating in global growth markets, has appointed Sarah Alexander as a managing director.
Alexander (pictured) joins the group from the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA), where she currently serves as president and chief executive officer.
In her new role, Alexander will serve The Abraaj Group’s North American stakeholders providing them with fresh perspectives on global growth markets and drawing on Abraaj’s local presence in 30 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. She will assume her new role with the group in February.
Arif Naqvi, founder and group chief executive of The Abraaj Group, says:
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