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Global software investment firm Thoma Bravo has led a $70 million expansion to TRM Labs’ Series B funding round, bringing the raise to $130 million in total.
Goldman Sachs and previous TRM investors including PayPal Ventures, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, and others, also participated in the round. The expansion follows TRM’s original $60 million Series B raise in December 2021 led by Tiger Global.
TRM’s blockchain intelligence solutions are utilised by law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, tax authorities and financial intelligence units worldwide to support investigations and analysis of crypto-related fraud and financial crime.
TRM’s private sector clients include some
The use of WhatsApp and other messaging apps by some of the world’s biggest private equity firms is being investigated by the US Securities & Exchange Commission, according to a report by Pensions & Investments online.
King & Spalding has added private funds partner Stephen Sims to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in London.
Sims, who joins the Private Funds and Alternative Capital Team, has more than 20 years of experience advising in the funds sector. He has a broad fund formation practice covering private equity, real assets, infrastructure and energy funds as well as capital raising, fund-related M&A at manager/group level and ongoing ‘house’ work and secondary transactions in fund interests.
Sims was previously a partner and the European Head of Investment Management at Skadden and more recently a fund formation
Ambienta, one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, has acquired a majority stake in LÄSSIG, a producer of functional, sustainable and innovative products for babies, children and the whole family.
The company was previously held by financial investors and the founders Claudia and Stefan Lässig, and Karin Heinrich all of whom have maintained stakes in the business.
Based in Babenhausen, Hesse (Germany) and founded in 2006, LÄSSIG is a producer of functional, sustainable and innovative products, with sales in the DACH region as well as other European markets. The company has successfully started expansion to other
Third Bridge, a global investment research firm serving the world’s largest hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity funds and management consultancies, has been awarded a Silver Medal by EcoVadis, a provider of business sustainability ratings.
An unprecedented effort by private equity firms offers data-driven insights into the progress private companies are making against their ESG goals.
Target allocations to private credit are rising as investors remember how the asset class has performed in previous recessions, but – as in private equity – fundraising is being increasingly concentrated among a smaller number of credit fund managers.
Private equity buyout firm Japan Industrial Partners has submitted a $15 billion bid to acquire Toshiba Corp, without having secured the backing of banks raising doubts over the viability of the proposed deal, according to a report by Reuters.
JIP’s proposal includes a commitment of almost half of the $15 million from a consortium of over ten investors including utility company Chubu Electric Power Co Inc and financial services group Orix Corp.
The report cites information from Japan’s Nikkei newspaper as revealing that JIP’s proposal appears not to have included commitment letters from banks, with the fund aiming to pull
EQT has held the final close of EQT Ventures III at €1 billion of fee-generating commitments, and €1.1 billion of total commitments, making it the largest European fund to date focused on investments in European and North American early-stage tech startups.
The fund, which includes participation from a wide range of European, North American and Asian institutional investors, foundations, and endowments will make investments of €1-50 million in founder-led startups using technology to try and solve some of the biggest challenges facing society.
EQT Ventures III brings total commitments raised across the EQT Ventures Funds to €2.3 billion since launching
Invictus Growth Partners has closed its oversubscribed debut fund, Invictus Growth Fund I, LP, with fund commitments totaling $322 million to its core fund and related co-investment funds.
The funds include an oversubscribed Fund I at $216 million, which closed above the fundraising target of $200 million, as well as $106 million in related co-invested capital subscribed by the institutional limited partners (LP) as part of Invictus’ programmatic co-investment program. The institutional LP base includes state pension funds, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family offices.
Invictus acquires and invests in bootstrapped and capital-efficient enterprise cloud software,
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