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IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, has acquired JGM Fund Services (JGM) a US provider of fund administration and tax services for alternative investors specialising in real estate and private equity asset classes.
This acquisition further reinforces IQ-EQ’s growing position as a leading player in the US market, the largest and fastest growing alternative fund services market globally. A shared entrepreneurial approach to business coupled with a strong focus on providing high levels of client service and an emphasis on training and investment of its employees positions the newly combined entity as the provider of choice for alternative asset managers.
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Latana, an AI-powered brand tracking and consumer insights platform, has raised €36 million a Series B equity and debt financing round led by Oxx, a specialist growth-stage SaaS investor.
Balderton Capital and Kreos also participated in the round with the funding set to be used to scale Latana’s SaaS offering, which provides companies with consumer data and key insights to help track brand and campaign performance.
Latana also uses its technology to understand the underlying forces behind the opinions of people worldwide with special initiatives including the Democracy Perception Index, which is the largest annual study on the global perception
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has raised $21 million in a Series B funding round led by Ten Coves Capital to accelerate the firm’s global expansion.
Existing investors Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Beacon Equity Partners, and a large family office also participated in the round which takes takes SteelEye’s total capital raised to $43 million.
SteelEye counts some of the largest financial services firms in the world as clients including Fidelity International and Schroders. The funding round comes on the back of record growth in 2021 when SteelEye’s revenues grew by 88 per cent
LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has raised over $2.2 billion of equity for LaSalle Asia Opportunity VI (LAO VI), including sidecars and co-investment programmes, exceeding its initial target of $1.5 billion.
The committed capital has been secured from global institutional investors and will provide buying power for over US$7 billion worth of assets.
LAO VI is the sixth in LaSalle’s closed-ended, opportunistic fund series focusing on Asia Pacific. In keeping with its predecessor funds, LAO VI seeks to take advantage of mispriced assets with opportunities to add value through repositioning and redevelopment in Asia Pacific’s key markets including Australia, China,
Financial Services Capital (FSC), a private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has appointed Kirstyn Lowry-Corry, a finance specialist with more than 10 years’ experience, as financial director.
Lowry-Corry, who will work with Chief Operating Officer Chris Doukaki, joins from ScaleUp Capital, where she was responsible for the finance function. Her appointment continues the development of FSC’s institutional-grade team, led by Managing Partners Matthew D Hansen and Miroslav Boublik. The team currently comprises eight Investment Professionals and four Platform Professionals, supported by four Operating Partners and five Senior Advisors.
Prior to ScaleUp Capital, Lowry-Corry worked for Montagu
Francisco Partners (FP) is to take a controlling interest in Kobalt, an independent music publishing business that employs a technology platform to collect royalty micro-payments for over 700,000 songs.
Edda, a collaborative software platform for professional investors, raised $5.8 million in funding from investors including Mucker Capital, Plug&Play, FJ Labs, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape, and angel investor, Arnaud Bonzom.
Arcmont Asset Management (Arcmont), a European private debt asset management firm, has completed fundraising for its Capital Solutions Fund I and associated vehicles, attracting total strategy capital of approximately €800 million.
The total raised for the first vintage of Arcmont’s Capital Solutions strategy exceeded the firm’s initial target and reflects the strong support received from both new and existing Arcmont investors globally, including private and public pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices.
To date, the fund is over 50% deployed and has already fully realised a number of investments, illustrating the strategy’s ability to originate, structure
Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont) has made an equity investment in Nutrition 101 (101), a provider of eco-friendly, waste management services for food processors and retailers. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded by Ross Peter, and owned and operated by the Peter family for more than 30 years, 101 provides sustainable, end-to-end waste management solutions for regional, national, and global food manufacturers. 101’s service offering involves the repurposing of food residuals from manufacturers and retailers into nutritious livestock feed, compost, and green energy products like bio-gas – reducing waste, landfill usage, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Altamont’s investment will
UK mid-market private equity activity in the UK reached new highs in H1, compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019, according to new research by KPMG.
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