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The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), a UK-based cost benchmarking and valuation platform for construction, has secured investment from LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group.
Private equity firm Genstar Capital has led the recapitalisation of US wealth management firm Cerity Partners.
Lightyear Capital has been an investor in Cerity Partners since 2017 and will continue to be an investor in the firm.
Cerity Partners’ 425 professionals serve more than 10,000 clients and advise on approximately $50 billion in assets. The firm provides financial and tax planning, tax preparation, executive financial counseling, retirement plan advisory, and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals and their families, businesses and their leaders, and nonprofit organisations.
Insigneo Financial Group, an independent wealth management platform catering to international advisors and clients, has secured a significant minority investment of $100 million led by Bain Capital Credit and JC Flowers & Co, with participation from private investors.
The capital will be used to accelerate Insigneo’s growth and expansion strategy.
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Insigneo operates as an SEC-registered broker dealer and registered investment advisor.
Ramey Kemp Associates (RKA) has formed a strategic partnership with Trilon Group (Trilon), a family of infrastructure-focused businesses backed by private equity firm Alpine Investors.
RKA will be a critical part of Trilon’s National Transportation platform, and Trilon will support RKA’s strategic expansion through capital and resource support that will ensure ongoing employee growth and continued quality service for clients.
Founded in 1992, RKA is a transportation consulting company, headquartered in North Carolina and servicing the Southeast USA.
Cornerstone OnDemand, a specialist in adaptive cloud-based HR software solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, is to acquire SumTotal, a human capital management SaaS provider, from Skillsoft.
This announcement follows Cornerstone’s recent acquisition of EdCast, which has fueled the company’s strategy to create an open platform for people development, growth, and mobility.
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.
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