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Azimut Group’s (Azimut) US subsidiaries, Azimut Alternative Capital Partners, and AACP Investments (together AACP), are to acquire a minority equity interest in RoundShield Partners, a European special opportunities investment firm with offices in Jersey, London, Geneva, Madrid, Paris and Luxembourg.
The Eversource Energy Retirement Plan, AACP’s first strategic limited partner, also participated in the transaction through its capital commitment to an investment fund managed by AACP. Inclusive of this new transaction, total Private Markets AuM managed by AACP affiliates is now $16 billion (ca $3 billion pro-rata for AACP).
AACP was established in November 2019 with the purpose of
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed six key industry leaders to its board of directors.
The AVCA Board plays a key role in the oversight, governance and strategic direction of the association – the new directors will therefore continue to strengthen AVCA’s execution of its ongoing strategy as a market-shaping industry association, driving the promotion and advocacy of private capital in Africa.
The new Board members are: Albert Alsina, CEO & Group Managing Partner, Mediterrania Capital Partners; Patrice Backer, Partner & CIO, AFIG Funds; Mezuo Nwuneli, Managing Partner, Sahel Capital; Karima Ola, Partner, LeapFrog
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has appointed Joseph (Joe) R Cisewski, the legal counsel of cryptocurrency specialist Pantera Capital, as chief of staff and senior counsel.
Spartan Group has led a multi-million dollar seed funding round in CLST, an institutional-only lending and borrowing venue for stablecoins and other cryptocurrency assets.
Accelex, a SaaS platform for alternative investment data management, has expanded its relationship with LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) to support the processing of a new document category: fund financial statements.
Existing investors, including bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen (bm|t), and a new family office, have led a €10 million series A funding round in German medtech startup PreciPoint Group, a specialist in the digitalisation of microscopy and laboratory workflows.
This financing will be used to advance the international commercialisation of the company´s first IVD medical product, market entry in the USA as well as further technological development of additional innovative solutions.
In 2022, PreciPoint will commercially launch the iO:M8 ROSE, a solution for the digitisation of intraoperative microscopic assessments during cancer surgeries. These examinations, during which pathologists determine whether sufficient material
Launch House has launched House Capital, the entrepreneur membership community’s dedicated venture capital arm and a $10 million debut VC fund which will focuses on backing companies in the Launch House community as well as other high-growth, early stage startups.
Founded by Michael Houck, Brett Goldstein, and Jacob Peters, House Capital aims to build off of the company’s existing relationships with founders early in their journey. Already, House Capital has co-invested alongside top-tier lead investors such as a16z, Sequoia, Paradigm, and Y Combinator. Founders of startups that House Capital invests in will get lifetime membership to the Launch House community,
Helicap Investments has listed its flagship fund, Helicap Fund I, on the private market exchange ADDX. Since launching in 2018, the fund has disbursed more than $100 million to micro, small and medium-sized business in Southeast Asia with around 10% in net annualised returns.
The Fairway Private Equity & Venture Capital Opportunities Fund, a closed-end fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘40 Act), has made 20 investment commitments since its launch in December, 2021.
The fund’s advisor is Fairway Capital Management (Fairway), an investment management firm founded by a team of five colleagues that formerly worked together at Adams Street Partners. The Fund provides qualified investors exposure to venture capital and private equity investments through primary, secondary and co-investment strategies that are typically available only to large institutional investors.
As a ‘40 Act fund, Fairway Private Equity & Venture Capital Opportunities
Eureka Equity Partners (Eureka) has held the final closing of Eureka IV (Fund IV) with just over $200 million in capital commitments. Fund IV is the successor small buyout fund to Eureka’s $175 million Eureka III.
Fund IV’s limited partners include public and corporate pension funds, fund of funds, insurance companies, family offices and other established institutional investors.
Consistent with Eureka’s prior funds, Fund IV includes significant capital commitments from a select group of highly accomplished CEOs, entrepreneurs and executive leaders as part of its Invested Operating Partner Network that deepens Eureka’s relationship network and provides additional resources to the
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