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Inveniam Capital Partners (Inveniam), a fintechnoffering greater transparency and access to private market assets, has formed a strategic partnership with Apex Group to offer Valuation as a Service (VaaS) to clients worldwide.
Through the partnership, Inveniam and Apex Group will use Inveniam’s patented blockchain technology and the Inveniam.io data operating system to deliver digitally credentialed, higher-functioning private asset data for more consistent, fully auditable valuations.
Traditionally valuing real estate, private equity, infrastructure, and private credit assets involved an opaque and time-consuming process. Inveniam.io’s use of blockchain and artificial intelligence increases trust in the underlying data and provides a fully auditable
Concentric, a London and Copenhagen based pan-European venture capital firm, has completed the initial close of its second fund – Concentric 02. With the new fund Concentric will continue to invest at Seed+ stage, with a focus on startups in financial services, logistics, real estate, industrial software, and mobility.
The fund will take a hands-on ‘activist’ approach to working with portfolio companies. Concentric 02 starts with an underlying portfolio of seven investments.
Concentric 02 will make initial investments of between €0.5m and €1.5m, investing primarily in European startups and founders, with a portion allocated to emerging market businesses, when the
Advent International (Advent) has appointed Susan Gentile as chief financial officer (CFO) and Managing Director, effective 1 October, 2022. Gentile succeeds Eileen Sivolella, who has served in the role since 2009 and will assume the role of strategic advisor on an interim basis to provide continuity.
Gentile brings nearly two decades of experience across financial services. She most recently served as Chief Financial & Administrative Officer at HIG Capital, where she was responsible for leading the strategic direction of the global private investment firm since 2018, including managing its development and growing assets.
Prior to joining HIG Capital, Gentile spent
ClearCourse, a group of innovative technology brands providing software solutions and an integrated payments platform, backed by private equity investor Aquiline, has acquired Blue Zinc, a specialist in solutions for the management of patient referrals, clinical pathways and clinics for the physical (physiotherapy and wider musculoskeletal) and mental health segments in the healthcare sector.
The company will form part of ClearCourse’s Business Services division and expands the latter’s growing footprint in the healthcare space.
Blue Zinc’s flagship digital solutions are designed to cater to a customer base with specialist demands: up to a thousand small- to medium-sized clinics deploy TM3,
Waysia – formerly known as Alorsfaim – an e-grocery startup based in Paris and focused on Asian food, has raised €10 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Banyan Pacific Capital, a North American VC fund.
Current shareholders iFly.vc, Cathay Innovation and Goodwater Capital also participated in the round along with new investor Dastore, the dedicated digital retail fund run by Daphni, supported by Carrefour, and Convivialité Ventures, the VC arm of Pernod Ricard, takes part in the round as well.
Waysia (formerly known as Alorsfaim) started its activity in 2018 as an authentic Asian food delivery business
Leveraging blockchain technology to alleviate the complexities faced by asset managers with funds in multiple geographies, Broadridge Financial Solutions, has launched a multi-jurisdictional version of its private equity platform, Private Market Hub, which is now available to funds domiciled in North America.
Previously operational for funds domiciled in Guernsey, Private Market Hub has been enhanced to support clients in the United States. Private Market Hub is currently the only fully operational multi-tenant enabled platform for the private equity (PE) market with the ability to seamlessly service funds across multiple jurisdictions powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT).
Broadridge’s new capabilities
Building Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in entrepreneurs creating a better built world, has closed its second fund, Fund II, with $95 million in capital commitments. The new capital will be used to invest in 18-20 seed to series A construction and real estate tech startups focused on improving every stage of the full building lifecycle.
General Partners Jesse Devitte and Travis Connors co-founded Building Ventures in 2017. Both experienced investors with ties to the industry, Connors and Devitte noticed the need for innovation in built environment technology and the opportunity to partner with industry entrepreneurs.
Since inception, Building Ventures
Wowza, a live and video on demand (VOD) platform powering more than 6,000 customers globally, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Clearhaven Partners (Clearhaven), has acquired Flowplayer, a Sweden-based video player specialist.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
The acquisition comes amid a period of significant growth and product development for Wowza. Since launching Wowza Video in April 2022, more than 1,000 customers have trusted the integrated live and video on demand (VOD) platform to power video applications for their millions of end-viewers. By acquiring Flowplayer, Wowza adds enhanced player functionality, a lightweight code
Drawbridge, a provider of cybersecurity software and solutions to the financial services industry, has secured a strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses.
Existing investor Long Ridge and Drawbridge’s leadership team will remain significant equity holders in the company.
Founded in 2018, Drawbridge has created an all-in-one platform which allows financial services firms to rapidly deploy, manage, and continuously optimise a cybersecurity programme. The company’s proprietary technology platform helps firms navigate the evolving regulatory and threat landscape, manage governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements, and combat sophisticated cyber threats. Drawbridge
EagleTree Capital (EagleTree), via its EagleTree Partners V funs, has acquired MacKenzie-Childs from Castanea Partners. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
MacKenzie-Childs, an artisan-driven American heritage home decor brand, will be a new platform investment in the EagleTree portfolio. The company’s operations, management team and personnel will remain unchanged following the EagleTree investment.
MacKenzie-Childs was advised by Financo | Raymond James in the transaction as their exclusive financial advisor, Latham & Watkins acted as legal advisor, and Grant Thornton acted as due diligence advisor to MacKenzie-Childs. Jones Day acted as legal advisor, and Alvarez & Marsal acted as
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