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Prime Trust, a provider of financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset innovators, has raised over $100 million in a Series B funding round.
AiVF, the developer of the first fully operational AI-based IVF software platform, has raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm with participation from Adam Neumann’s Family Office, 166 2nd.
AiVF will use the funding to fuel adoption of the company’s AI platform, EMA in the United States and Europe, expand its work force and develop additional solutions to drive a new generation of digital fertility care.
The EMA platform provides an optimised end-to-end IVF journey to individuals seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies for their family building. The
Sustainable finance rules for fund managers are evolving quickly, but there is a risk of global divergence as regulators in Europe, US and UK move ahead with new plans.
ICG has held the final close of the ICG Strategic Equity IV fund, which is focused on GP-led secondaries, at over $5 billion in capital commitments, according to a report by Secondaries Investor.
The report cites unnamed sources as revealing that the fund reached final close after just 18 months in the market having been launched in November 2020.
ICG chief investment officer and chief executive officer Benoît Durteste is reported as previously saying during the firm’s annual results presentation in May that the final close would be held within the coming financial year.
SE IV is backed by investors
FalconX, a digital assets platform for institutional investors, has raised $150 million in a Series D financing round, valuing the company at $8 billion.
Stellus Capital Management (Stellus), a specialist in middle market direct lending, has appointed Bill Haverland as principal and Casey Carroll as vice president, Investor Relations.
Haverland, who will be focused on building private equity relationships in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, brings more than 10 years of credit and investment banking experience to Stellus. Most recently, he served as an executive director in Fifth Third Bank’s Technology, Media, and Telecom Group, where he focused on private equity coverage from 2017 to 2022 and was a member of the Investment Banking team responsible for originating and executing M&A transactions.
Carroll joins Stellus
Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has made an investment in RS&A, an established medical device independent service provider (ISP).
Sheridan has invested alongside RSA’s founding team, which retains a meaningful ownership stake in the business and will remain active in the operations of the Company.
Founded in 1995 by Carl Hill and Kenneth Wolff, RSA has scaled from a regional service team to a well-established independent service provider, serving a blue-chip customer base within radiation therapy. RSA specialises in a wide range of support services needed to maintain radiotherapy equipment used in the treatment of cancer patients, most notably medical linear
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a growth investment in Load One, a Michigan-based provider of expedited transportation and logistics services.
The company serves clients across diverse end markets in all 48 contiguous US states, Canada, and Mexico. Through its expansive network of experienced owner-operators, trusted carrier partners, and company drivers, Load One delivers exceptional service to its customers in helping them address their time-critical, time-sensitive, and high-value freight needs.
HIG is partnering with Founder and Chief Executive Officer John Elliott as well as
Pensioenfonds Vervoer has agreed a capital commitment of $300m to SDG-focused emerging market private credit manager ILX Management’s ILX Fund I, according to a report by IPE.
The investment, made by Achmea Investment Management on behalf of Vervoer, has pushed
Total commitments to ILX Fund I have now topped $1.05 billion, following Vervoer’s investment, which was made on its behalf by Achema Investment Management. The fund also secured a $750m commitment from APG Asset Management in January 2022.
The commitment to ILK Fund I allows Vervoer to support the sustainable development and climate finance agenda of ultilateral development banks (MDBs)
Yes Bank is said to be on the verge of securing a $1 billion equity investment from Carlyle and Advent, according to a report by Mint.
The deal has been slow to reach a conclusion owing to a current asset reconstruction company (ARC) deal employed by the bank as it looks to get rid of a large proportion of the bad loads currently on its books. Yes Bank has subsequently partnered with JC Flowers for the ARC and the fundraising agreement with the two private equity investors is now expected to close soon despite the bank also seeking shareholder approval
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