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Nerdio, a virtual desktops specialist for native Microsoft technologies, has raised $117 million in Series B funding from growth equity investor Updata Partners.
As part of the investment, Updata secured a place on Nerdio’s Board of Directors, joining existing members Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft’s former Global Channel Chief, Andy Lees, another former top Microsoft executive who served as President and Corporate Vice President during his 23-year tenure, Bret Maxwell, Managing General Partner, MK Capital, and Vadim Vladimirskiy, Nerdio CEO and co-founder.
Nerdio previously raised a $8 million in a Series A round in February 2020 led by Vladimirskiy, MK Capital,
CEPRES, a specialist in private market data and investment technology, has launched an expanded version of the CEPRES Fund Screener, which now provides benchmarks to over 11,000 institutional-grade illiquid funds invested in 108,000 PE-backed portfolio companies.
The upgrades to Fund Screener, part of the firm’s Due Diligence suite, include: enhanced track record analytics; sharing of funds, deals, time series and portfolio company data; benchmarking; and the ability to communicate and request investment data from more than 2,000 GPs via CEPRES’s confidential data network — fundamentally improving user experience and track record analysis impact.
Fund Screener provides LPs with analysis
sotus 861, a holding company controlled by EQT Private Equity’s EQT X fund, and supported by co-investors Mubadala Investment Company and the Sixth Cinven Fund, has launched a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of va-Q-tec AG.
Golding Capital Partners has held the final close of the Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2020 fund with commitments of €273 million, significantly in excess of its original €200 million target.
In addition to traditional Golding clients including German pension funds, savings banks and insurance companies, new international clients, including several family offices, also committed to the new fund.
The fund’s investment programme will complement Golding’s dedicated co-investment strategy – the Golding Infrastructure Co-Investment 2020 fund, which closed in Q3 2022, and the Golding Private Debt Co-Investment 2021 fund, which is currently in fundraising.
Since the buyout fund was launched in 2020,
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in established technology businesses, has closed a $100 million minority investment in Malwarebytes, a specialist in real-time cyber protection.
In connection with the closing, Vector Capital Managing Directors Sandy Gill and Dave Fishman have joined the company’s Board of Directors.
Paul Hastings LLP acted as legal counsel for Vector Capital. Fenwick & West LLP acted as legal counsel for Malwarebytes and Jefferies LLC acted as its exclusive financial advisor.
The Oregon Public Employees Retirement System has committed a total of around $1.6 billion to 11 alternative investment funds, including private equity and venture capital funds, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.
Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry, has held the final close of its Real Estate Technology Fund III at $866 million.
Oakley Capital, a pan-European private equity investor, has appointed Jan Woods as Partner. Woods will be responsible for portfolio company talent. Focusing on Organisation Design, Talent Strategies and Team Performance, she will advise teams on how to attract and retain the best talent and build strong systems and cultures.
Previously, Woods was a Director at a consumer-focused private equity firm, where she helped to develop human resource (HR), executive development and business transformation strategies for portfolio companies. Before this, she held a series of senior, international HR roles at PepsiCo and IBM.
Woods holds a BA in Theology and an
Third Bridge, an investment research company serving private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds and management consulting firms, has launched Maps, a new way to visualise public and private company value chains in a single view, helping investors fast-track early-stage research within minutes.
Third Bridge currently has almost 10k Maps featuring over 100,000 companies and coverage is growing rapidly. Each value chain map illustrates an entity’s key structure, suppliers, customers, and competitors, allowing investors to prioritise their research focus and navigate through Third Bridge’s integrated content platform.
Maps are created by Third Bridge analysts who conduct in-depth profiling sessions
According to a Hedgeweek global survey, 82% of fund managers suggested capital raising is the biggest barrier they face. But like many sales related activities, it’s a numbers game. The more people you touch, the greater chance you have of raising capital. Managing the capital raising process in a structured and professional way maximizes your chance of successfully achieving your fundraising goals.
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