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Beringer Capital, a private equity firm focussed on the information, marketing and technology sectors, has acquired a majority stake in Toronto-based technology insight company Dig Insights.
The acquisition is Beringer’s fourth since the closing of a funding round last year following deals to acquire performance marketing company Performcb, real estate business Inman Group and finance firm Benzinga.
DIG Insights, which was founded in 2010 and employs around 200 people in Toronto Vancouver, Chicago and the UK, offers a range of consumer insights and market research consulting tools and services including an AI-based research platform, ‘Upsiide’, which launched in 2020.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has is to make an investment of $15 million in Singapore-based private equity firm KV Asia Capital’s second fund.
26North Partners – an alternative asset manager that invests across asset classes – has been launched by Josh Harris, co-founder of private equity giant Apollo. With an initial $5 billion to invest, 26North Partners will focus on private equity, credit and insurance solutions.
Sidley has appointed James Lu as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice in Century City. Lu was previously a partner at Cooley LLP, as well as co-founder of its Shanghai office and the head of its corporate practice.
Lu’s addition comes on the heels of his former Cooley colleague, Daniel Elefant, joining the firm from Softbank Investment Advisers in San Francisco.
Lu focuses on representing companies and their venture capital and private equity investors, especially in the life sciences and technology sectors. He also has extensive experience advising clients on private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint
Madrona has raised $690 million across two oversubscribed venture capital funds for technology startups based in the Pacific Northwest and beyond – $430 million for the Madrona Fund 9 and $260 million for the Acceleration Fund 3.
These funds represent an almost 40% increase from the $500 million Madrona raised in 2020, and the firm will continue to initially invest in technology startups at pre-seed through Series C stages.
Madrona Fund 9 will focus on its enduring strategy of supporting Pacific Northwest-based pre-seed, seed, and Series A founders to help them build and scale throughout their company journey. Historically, over 80%
Ares Management Corporation has appointed James Kim has as a partner and head of European special opportunities in Ares’ private equity group.
Based in London, Kim will lead Ares’ Special Opportunities activities in Europe, adding to Ares’ growing private equity presence in the region, while leveraging Ares’ leading European private credit and real estate platforms.
Kim has more than 18 years of global private equity and leveraged finance experience. Prior to joining Ares, he spent over 11 years at Apollo Global Management where he most recently served as a Partner and the European Co-Head of Hybrid Value, focused on providing
Barings has acted as sole lead lender of secured credit facilities in Thoma Bravo’s investment in Mercell Holding AS, a European provider of e-tendering and procurement systems.
Mercell, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is the European market’s leading e-tendering software for public buyers and tender notification software for public sector suppliers. Mercell’s solutions help buyers and organisations cut costs, grow their businesses and boost efficiency. Its cloud-based platforms are responsive and accessible from anywhere, giving customers insights and transparency.
Barings acted as lead lender to Mercell and Thoma Bravo, providing senior secured facilities to support the
HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView), a global alternative asset management company founded by Sherrese Clarke Soares, has acquired Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher share of select songs from country music duo Florida Georgia Line’s catalogue.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Big Loud Mountain Music, an independent publishing, management, and production company located in Nashville is credited as a key player in helping to successfully launch Florida Georgia Line’s career.
Big Loud Mountain Music currently has Chris Lane, Madison Kozak, Ernest Keith Smith, Sean Stemaly, Griffen Palmer, Tiera, John Byron, Jacob Durrett, Mark Holman, Mark Trussell, Rocky Block, Jordan
Jeito Capital (Jeito), an independent Private Equity firm dedicated to biotech and biopharma, has co-led a Series B financing round in SparingVision, a privately held French biotech company.
As a spin-off of the Paris Vision Institute and the result of more than 20 years of scientific research, SparingVision develops genetic innovative therapies in ophthalmology for the treatment of blinding inherited retinal diseases.
Jeito is co-leading this round with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Enterprise (UMPCE), and with participation from Ysios Capital, 4Bio, Bpifrance and the RD Fund, the venture arm of Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB).
Proceeds from the financing
North Island Ventures, a crypto-focused investment firm, has closed NIV Fund II with $125 million in capital commitments. The new fund will aim to make 30 to 40 early-stage investments in emerging crypto and Web3 companies and protocols, with initial investments ranging from $250,000 to $3 million.
NIV Fund II is North Island Ventures’ second new investment vehicle within the past year, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to approximately $300 million.
These funds will support investments in Web3 infrastructure and applications spanning multiple layers, verticals, and use cases, across DeFi, NFTs, digital identity, blockchain cybersecurity, cross-chain interoperability, DeSci, and more.
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