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The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 23,000 board members, together with Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses, and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a global trade association supporting HR and business executive members, have launched a new programme to increase diversity among directors serving on the compensation, nomination, and governance committees of private and public company boards.
The programme provides individuals from underrepresented backgrounds with access to 12 months of detailed curriculum tailored to preparation for board service
Solsten has raised $21.8 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $31 million since inception in 2018.
The round was led by Denver-based Konvoy, an early-stage investment firm that backs companies at the frontier of gaming, with participation from returning investors Inventure, the Nordic venture fund, consumer entertainment-focussed GFR Fund, early-stage games experts Sisu Game Ventures, and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni fund Bascom Ventures.
The round also included new investors Galaxy Interactive, Japanese marketing and communications industry specialists Dentsu Ventures, and the blockchain-focussed private equity group Warburg Serres.
Co-founded by Joe Schaeppi (CEO) and Bastian Bergmann
LitCapital, an independent growth capital fund focusing on investments in high-growth companies in the Baltic region, has invested in Sena lt UAB (Horizontal Media, or HM).
HM is currently managing a peer-to-peer (P2P) and business-to-customer (B2C) platform for used books in Lithuania and planning to execute an ambitious business plan aimed at growing the business via expansion into new products and services.
HM is currently developing the platform, with close to 130 thousand users. After the initial investment from the entrepreneur – Per Moller, a new strategy to grow through organic development with heavy emphasis on acquisitions was developed. LitCapital
NGS Super, a AUD10 billion AUM Australian superannuation fund has selected Diligend to digitalise fund due diligence and data collection.
Diligend will enable NGS Super to digitalise operational due diligence and data collection across the portfolio. With Diligend Collect, NGS Super can standardise its approach to data collection and maintain a single source of truth, with all data in one place, aggregated and easy to analyse.
Diligend Collect solution’s flexibility and the team’s collaborative approach mean that NGS Super can easily customize the platform to meet its exact needs.
NGS Super is well recognised for its strong position on ESG
AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has appointed Marc Duvall, a seasoned executive with decades of operating experience throughout the aerospace supply chain, as an operating partner, effective immediately.
Duvall brings more than 40 years of experience with leading aerospace OEMs, having most recently served as President of the Aerostructures division of Collins Aerospace/Raytheon Technologies (formerly Goodrich Aerostructures), which designs, manufactures and services aircraft engine nacelles, thrust reverser systems and aircraft structural components.
Prior to this role, he served as President
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) accounting, tax and valuation advisory firm, WilliamsMarston has acquired Paradigm Advisory Group (Paradigm), an Atlanta-based boutique advisory firm that provides complex financial and accounting advisory solutions to private equity-backed and public companies.
This marks the firm’s sixth acquisition in two years and brings WilliamsMarston’s headcount to more than 225 professionals.
With a presence in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, Paradigm assists its clients with complex accounting advisory services including technical accounting, external audit support, IPO readiness, carve-out support, due diligence and other challenges commonly encountered in connection with a financing or M&A transaction. Co-Founders
Private markets managers are failing to provide their clients with the information they need to effectively manage climate risks, according to recent research by Hymans Robertson.
The pensions and financial services consultancy warns that this lack of data has significant implications for both DB and DC pensions schemes’ ability to meet their governance and reporting obligations under TCFD.
The research aimed to assess the level of climate data asset managers could provide on their funds across four asset classes: private debt, private equity, real estate and infrastructure. It revealed a worryingly low level of engagement from some asset managers
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ (Cairngorm Capital) portfolio company, Verso Wealth Management (Verso), has acquired Campbell Thomson Insurance Services Limited (Campbell Thomson).
This acquisition advances Verso’s strategy to build a market leading, national wealth management group and takes its assets under management to over £1 billion.
Founded in 1978, Campbell Thomson is a second generation firm providing specialist financial advice and planning for businesses and individuals across the UK. With a reputation for outstanding service, the firm has a team of 13 advisors, planners, researchers and support staff based in Glasgow. Campbell Thomson is providing advice on assets exceeding £315 million as
Live and social shopping SaaS solution provider LiSA has raised €2.7 million investment in a seed round led by TechVision Fonds (TVF).
The investment will help to both accelerate the growth of its social commerce SaaS business and make frictionless, cross-platform social commerce a reality through its headless solutions and API-based partner ecosystem.
The German startup, which participated in Brent Hoberman’s Founders Factory accelerator program in 2019, also received funding from the UK’s VC Venrex and angel investor Georgie Smallwood, part of Accel’s first cohort of Scouts and chief product officer at micro mobility startup Tier.
Having worked with an
Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has appointed Ted Cavan as Managing Director, Technology, and Brannon Morisoli as Managing Director, Life Sciences.
Cavan will operate out of Boston and report directly to Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, David Spreng. As a member of Runway’s origination team, Cavan will engage with a broad array of late and growth-stage technology companies, focusing on enterprise software. He brings to Runway a decade of experience helping businesses advance their goals using venture and growth debt.
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