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Fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has supported longstanding client, Advent International (Advent), with the fundraising activities and final close of its 10th global private equity fund, Advent International GPE X (GPE X).
Raising $25 billion in commitments after less than six months in the market, it marks Advent’s largest-ever fundraise and brings the firm’s assets under management to over $100 billion. Similar to its predecessor GPE funds, GPE X will have the flexibility to deploy capital across various geographical regions, business sectors, deal types and sizes.
Advent is one of the largest and most experienced global private
Zug-based fintech firm Alphanect has launched Alphanect Selection, an all-new curated portfolio of private market products for wealth managers and investors.
Trilantic Europe, a pan-European private equity investor, is to become a majority shareholder in Passione Unghie (PU), a European nailcare e-commerce company.
Trilantic Europe will acquire a majority stake in PassioneUnghie from Orienta Capital Partners with the seller retaining a minority stake in the company.
Founded in 2011 in Vicenza (Italy), Passione Unghie is a 100% digitally native nailcare brand with a primary focus on UV based products, with semi-permanent, nail builders and gel polish being the core products. The company represents the leading e-commerce disruptor in the Italian nailcare market and the only platform of its kind in
Rodeo, a cloud-native project management software provider with a focus on creative services companies, has secured a significant strategic growth investment from PSG, a leading growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth.
Altruistiq, a specialist in carbon reporting software, has raised $15 million in a seed funding round, one of the largest for a software firm in Europe, makes Altruistiq one of top 10 best-funded climate software companies globally.
The funding will help the firm champion its abatement engine, which brings unparalleled accuracy in granular data reporting and business intelligent impact management.
Targeting other large often complex businesses in the retail, food, FMCG, logistics and fashion industries – backers to help drive the growth include venture capital firms, Molten and Norrsken alongside angel investors, Greg Jackson, Mudassir Sheikha and Siraj Khaliq,
Japan, a digital platform providing access to alternative investments including private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and private credit. Has now raised $1.8 million in funding having closed am angle funding round backed by both domestic and foreign VCs and angel investors.
The investors that participated in the angel round consist of nine individual angel investors and the following five VCs: East Ventures; FINOLAB; Launchpad Fund/Headline Asia; Plug and Play; and Saison Ventures.
LUCA Japan completed a demo version of its digital platform and is currently in discussions with potential B2B users for its implementation. LUCA Japan has also launched
Lottie, a comparison website for residential care and independent living has reached a valuation of £45 million after raising more than £6 million in its latest funding round.
Led by one of the largest US venture capital firms and former Airbnb backer, General Catalyst, Lottie has raised £6.125 million to power national expansion of the platform, invest in new digital tools for care providers, make further inroads into the thriving retirement living sector and supercharge the growth of Seniorcare, the company’s eldercare employee benefit portal.
Led by one of the largest US venture capital firms and former Airbnb backer,
In a new report by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP, figures show that more than £1.5 billion of capital has been deployed into UK Circular Economy businesses over the past four years. This accounts for a total of 296 investments across equity and debt.
Annual deal volumes grew by two thirds from 2020 to 2021 alone and the average disclosed cheque size increased from £7 million in 2018 to £9.3 million. Venture capital accounted for 50% of 2021 transactions, followed by mid-market private equity leading on 22% of investments and debt funding making up 15% of deals.
Venture capital firm BAI Capital has completed the successful raising of BAI Capital Fund I, L.P. (“Fund I”) and its related investment vehicles with approximately $700 million of total capital raised, exceeding the fund’s target size.
Pickles Auctions Pty Limited (Pickles), an Australian marketplace for vehicles, industrial, and salvage assets, is to sell a majority share of its business to funds advised by global private equity firm Apax Partners (Apax).
Privately owned since 1964, the business is now at an inflection point and the family has decided now is the right time to bring in outside investment, utilising the additional capital to fuel future growth. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. The Pickles family will retain a minority interest going forward and the current executive leadership team will remain in
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