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ConnexPay, a payments technology company that integrates payments acceptance and issuance inside a single platform, has secured a $110 million growth equity investment led by FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investor.
Previous ConnexPay investors also participated in the round.
The funding will enable ConnexPay to drive international expansion in Europe and beyond, as well as continue to enhance its innovative payments platform. With this investment, ConnexPay has raised a total of $145 million to date.
Founded in 2017, ConnexPay was initially developed to serve the travel industry, today supporting many of the largest travel agencies, tour operators, and
InMotion Ventures (InMotion), the corporate venture capital arm of Jaguar Land Rover, has appointed Mike Smeed as Managing Director, with the fund playing a key part in the company’s recently launched Open Innovation strategy.
Smeed joins from Chery Jaguar Land Rover, a Shanghai-based joint venture between Jaguar Land Rover and Chinese car manufacturer Chery Automobile Co, where he was the Vice President of Finance. He brings a wealth of experience enabling growth in multinational environments and is well versed in managing relationships between large corporations and disruptive high-growth business units.
InMotion, launched in 2016, has already invested in start-ups
TOP STORY: Toshiba Corp could be taken private by a consortium led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) in a deal that vales the business at about $16.1 billion (JPY2.4 trillion), according to a report by Bloomberg.
Nordic Capital has completed its largest ever fund raise, and one of the largest in Europe so far this year, with the closing of Nordic Capital Fund XI at its hard cap of €9 billion, exceeding its €8 billion target.
BlackRock Alternatives (BlackRock), through its Infrastructure business, has raised $4.5 billion in initial investor commitments for BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV (Infra IV), achieving over half of its targeted size at first closing.
The fund, which invests in essential infrastructure assets globally, secured initial commitments from a diverse group of institutional investors, including public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and family offices. These clients are based around the world, including from the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Over 75 per cent of the commitments in the Fund are from investors who have invested
SilverEdge Government Solutions (SilverEdge), a provider of cybersecurity, software, and intelligence solutions for the defence and intelligence communities and a portfolio company of Godspeed Capital, has acquired Counter Threat Solutions (CTS), a provider of all source and counterintelligence analysis, identity intelligence, and enterprise IT and data management solutions.
Founded in 2015 and based in Reston, Virginia, CTS provides technology solutions and related services to key US intelligence agencies. Led by CEO Theresa Keith, a US Army intelligence veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the IC, CTS employs more than 100 technical and mission support specialists, nearly 100%
Madrona has appointed a deep bench of operational and investor team members who will work with portfolio companies on strategy and execution. Wei Gao joins as venture partner, Anna Baird as operating partner and Vivek Ramaswami as partner.
As venture partner, Wei will help identify new investments and provide strategic and operational advice to Madrona portfolio companies. Wei brings over 20 years of operating leadership across product, technology, and business operations. A
Baird is an Operating Partner at Madrona, where she will leverage her deep go-to-market and operating expertise to help advise fast-growing and acceleration-stage companies in the Madrona portfolio.
The carnage in the syndicated bank market looks set to continue and the near-term liquidity of direct lenders is being squeezed. Private equity sponsors are looking for other levers to pull on their buyout financing, writes Colin Leopold
Ultimus LeverPoint Private Fund Solutions, a tech-driven private fund administrator, has appointed Scott Trimble as Senior Vice President of Business Development.
Warburg Pincus is making its largest investment to date in the Asian insurance sector with the commitment of $350 million to set up Oona Insurance, a Southeast Asian digital general insurance platform, according to a report by Reuters.
The report cites a statement by Warburg Pincus as confirming that the buyout firm is partnering with Abhishek Bhatia, a former group chief officer of Asian insurance company FWD Group’s new business models unit, to set up the new business.
Oona will comprise Warburg Pincus’ two existing insurance assets – Indonesia’s PT Asuransi Bina Dana Arta Tbk and Philippines’ Mapfre Insular
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