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Diligend, a cloud-based, digital due diligence software platform for the investment management industry, has rebranded as Dasseti. The rebrand comes alongside the successful close of the firm’s Series A Financing led by Nasdaq Ventures.
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Software and technology private investment specialist Thoma Bravo is to add another cybersecurity asset to its portfolio with the $1.3 billion acquisition of Canada’s Magnet Forensics, a specialist in digital investigation software, according to report by Bloomberg.
Goldman Sachs is planning to significantly reduce the $59 billion of alternative investments – private equity and real estate – currently held by its asset management arm, and which dragged down the bank’s Q4 earnings, according to a report by Reuters.
Private investment firm Ardian is to acquire a majority stake of about 60% in Assist Digital, a provider of end-to-end customer experience services and a specialist in digital services and CRM technology with a network of 20 offices located across Europe, including in Italy, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands.
Avanse Financial Services, an education loan company backed by Warburg Pincus, has secured a $98 million investment from Kedaara Capital, a Mumbai-based private equity firm focussed on growth-oriented strategic and minority investments in India, according to a report by DealStreetAsia
SUSI Partners has held a first closing of the Energy Efficiency and Transition Credit Fund (SEETCF), its third credit fund, with €132 million in investor commitments. The fund, which will will be open to investors throughout 2023, has a €400 million target size.
SUSI’s credit platform has invested over €600 million into energy efficiency and broader energy transition solutions through its financing structures tailored to cater for energy-as-a-service business models.
SEETCF has received commitments from pension funds, insurance companies, and foundations based in the Nordics and the DACH region, with a high representation of LPs already invested in the predecessor
Waterland Private Equity has made a majority investment in Markettiers4DC (M4DC), a London-headquartered network of tech-enabled, data-driven, broadcast activated, strategic communications agencies. Financial details of they transaction have not been disclosed.
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT services and solutions to alternative investment firms, has acquired two boutique cybersecurity consulting companies, Gotham Security and its parent company, GoVanguard, which will now be known as Gotham Security, and will operate as an independent subsidiary of Abacus Group.
Abacus says the deal will additional cybersecurity consulting expertise to the group’s existing services portfolio, including a comprehensive set of information security capabilities to provide clients with real-world, actionable insight, including penetration testing, red teaming, tabletop exercises, risk and compliance gap assessments, and threat hunting services.
Gotham Security’s dedicated leadership team will remain
Vista Equity Partners, an enterprise software-focussed investment firm, has sold its majority stake in Zapproved, an e-discovery software provider for corporate legal teams, to Leeds Equity Partners portfolio company Exterro, a provider of Legal Governance, Risk and Compliance software.
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