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A class-action law-suit filed on behalf of investors in Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has accused a number of venture capital and private equity firms, including Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm, of hyping the “legitimacy” of the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private markets investment major Hamilton Lane has opened a new office in Shanghai, China, its sixth location in the Asia-Pacific region, adding to the firm’s existing offices in Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.
Hamilton Lane managing director and co-head of Asia investments, Mingchen Xia, will lead the Shanghai team, which consists of seven professionals across Investment, Client Solutions, Compliance and Risk Management teams.
Hamilton Lane was awarded Shanghai Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) pilot status in May 2022. QFLP is a structure that allows foreign investors to convert USD to RMB and make investments in RMB private markets.
Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has completed fundraising for its debut fund, Rainier Partners Fund I, at its hard cap of $300 million, in excess of its $250 million target.
The fund’s limited partners include foundations, global asset managers, insurance companies, pension plans, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.
Founded by Alex Rolfe and Jon Altman, Rainier focuses its investment strategy on lower middle-market businesses across North America, with a particular interest in business services, financial services, consumer services, and industrial services. The firm primarily invests in control buyouts, with a focus on family-, founder-,
TPG Inc has become the latest private equity firm to report a decline in fourth quarter income on the back of a fall in corporate valuations which is having a negative impact on asset sales, according to a report by Reuters.
SFI, a subsidiary of Patrinvest, is to make an equity investment of €400 million in Tikehau Capital SCA, a global alternative asset management group with €38.8 billion of assets under management, majority owned by Tickehau Capital Advisors.
Global technology investor Investcorp Technology Partners, is to acquire a majority stake in NetRom Software (NetRom), a cloud-first, digital transformation and software engineering firm from the company’s founders, management team and previous investor IceLake Capital, who will all maintain a stake in the business.
Avedon Capital Partners has made simultaneous acquisitions of ICT service providers Detron and Zetacom and will combine the businesses to create one of the Netherlands’ largest independent managed services providers, with over 600 employees.
HIG Capital, a global private equity investment firm with $54 billion of equity capital under management, has acquired a controlling stake in Pinalli, a distribution platform for beauty & personal care products.
ARC Group, a specialist in M&A and capital markets advisory services, is establishing a presence in New York City through the acquisition of a controlling stake in US-based private equity and advisory firm Luminous Capital.
Strong and effective ESG policies can support GPs’ fundraising efforts by showing they are willing to go above and beyond for their investors and are also in touch with how new developments can impact their investment decisions.
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