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Paladin Capital Group has held the close of the Paladin Cyber Fund II at $372 million, exceeding its initial target of $250 million.
Paladin’s Cyber Fund II is a multi-stage fund focusing on cybersecurity startups that bring innovative technologies to the market.
Greenstone Equity Partners, one of the largest licensed fund placement firm in the Middle East, supported Paladin Capital Group in achieving this fund closure by raising capital from Greenstone’s network of GCC-based investors.
Cyber Fund II will focus on positioning capital across cybersecurity and online safety sectors, with an emphasis on advanced technologies that focus on protecting
McWin has launched the McWin Food Tech Fund, a €250 million strategy that will focus on investing in the agtech industry, with a specific focus on the whole food value chain, according to a report by Agri Investor.
The new fund will invest in 15-20 companies using capital commitments secured from institutional investors, family offices and high-net-worth individuals.
McWin’s 2021-vintage Food Ecosystem Fund has raised €260 million to date and is on course to close on €300 million in the third quarter of this year.
Closed Loop Partners has held the final close of its new with over $200 million in total assets less than three years after launch, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.
Brown Foods, an alternative milk creator and Y Combinator startup accelerator graduate, has raised $2.36 million in a seed funding round backed by AgFunder, SRI Capital, Amino Capital, Collaborative Fund, a group of individual angel investors, and Y Combinator, according to a report by AgFunderNews.
Brown Foods’ UnReal Milk product is made using mammalian cell culture technology and is friendly to both animals and the climate, vegetarian, and as nutritious as traditional dairy milk.
The funds from the seed round will be used to further develop the product and to scale up its cell-cultivation process.
Z Capital Group (ZCG), a private markets asset manager, has appointed Tony Hu as a director in the Firm’s Corporate Development Team.
In this role, Hu is responsible for fund creation, institutional client solutions and co-investments, placement agent coordination and project management, as well as the development of private wealth channels and oversight of new and existing relationships.
Prior to joining ZCG, Hu was a director with Onex Corp (Onex), where he focussed on project management and investor relations efforts across Onex platforms.
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has appointed Manuel Kalbreier, as managing director and head of alternative specialists, EMEA Institutional.
Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors, has sold its majority stake in Media Business Insight (MBI).
The leading content, insight and events business for the creative media industry was purchased by GlobalData, an AIM-listed data and analytics company in an off-market transaction.
MBI comprises a range of digitally-led brands including Broadcast and Screen International, providing information and intelligence services informing professionals about the British television industry and international movie industry, respectively.
The exit was led by Bob Henry on behalf of the Mobeus VCTs, and the
European life science venture capital firm Forbion has held the first close of the Growth Opp Fund II – which will invest in late-stage European life sciences funds – at €470 million, according to a report by AltAssets.
The firm is targeting €500 million in total capital commitments for the fund which is expected to reac its hard cap later this summer.
New institutional investors to commit to the fund include the PME and PMT pension funds, plus the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Reggeborgh, with Pantheon, Wealth Management Partners, and Eli Lilly and Company all reinvesting again.
Carey Olsen and Oakbridge Fund Services (Oakbridge) have supported the Singapore regulated manager Play Ventures on the launch of the Play Future Fund Limited (the Fund).
The fund invests in global early-stage pre-seed, seed, Series A and blockchain and metaverse gaming companies and tokens. It was established as a Jersey Private Fund, an increasingly popular route for Singapore fund managers with digital asset focused investment strategies.
The Carey Olsen team was led by Jersey corporate partner Chris Griffin and Singapore-based senior associate Susan McKinstray, with further support from senior associate Sophie Hancock.
The Arkansas Teachers’ Retirement System has agreed a new private equity allocation of up top $30 million to BVIP Fund XI, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.
The report cites fund documents for as revealing that the $21 billion pension scheme has added to its a raft of private equity investments closed in April of this year including:
up to $50 million to Silver Point Capital Fund LP; up to $15 million each in three Thoma Bravo fund – Thoma Bravo Fund XV, Thoma Bravo Discover Fund IV, and Thoma Bravo Explore Fund II – as well as up to
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