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bunch, a tech platform enabling investors to syndicate deals across private markets, has raised a €7.3 million seed round led by European early-stage fund Cherry Ventures.
Alternative investment management company Blackstone has posted a loss for Q2 2022 after its private equity portfolio was impacted by ongoing turmoil in global markets. The New York-based firm reported a net loss of $29.4 million for the quarter compared with a profit of $1.82 billion in the same period in 2022, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Mercer, a global leader in redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, has appointed Gene Lohmeyer, CFA, as US Not-for-Profit (NFP) chief investment officer.
High net worth investors (HNWIs) are including much higher weightings of alternative investments in their portfolios than five years ago, with four in 10 investors (41%) now allocating more than 20% to the asset class, according to research by Connection Capital, a specialist private client alternative investments business.
Private investors’ exposure to alternative investments has been increasing steadily as they hunt for superior returns and diversification from quoted markets. In 2018, the first year the survey was carried out, a quarter (26%) of respondents had 20% or more of their portfolios invested in alternatives, and this had risen to around
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
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