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Broadcom Inc, a global technology specialist that designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, has agreed to acquire VMware Inc, an specialist in enterprise software, for approximately $61 billion.
Copley Equity Partners (Copley), a private investment firm focused on lower middle-market companies with strong growth opportunities, has made an investment in industry-leading advisory firm FMG Leading (FMG).
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1984, FMG has been advising clients for three decades on building values-driven organisations. Copley brings a track record of assisting similar companies build out the functional areas necessary to scale a professional services business.
Barnes & Thornburg has appointed Amy E Lott, a corporate and securities attorney, as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department in the firm’s Dallas office.
Lott counsels privately held and venture-backed companies, banks, private funds, family offices, and entrepreneurs, both domestic and international, on a broad range of business transactions, investments, and compliance matters.
She focuses her practice on stock and asset acquisitions, private placements, Community Reinvestment Act-qualifying investments, and federal and state securities compliance in the application software, energy, real estate, healthcare, investment management, transportation, professional services, and manufacturing sectors.
1Sharpe Ventures, the proptech-focused, early stage investment vehicle grown out of 1Sharpe Capital, has closed its inaugural fund at $90 million.
The new fund, which was oversubscribed and marks the 12th total venture for founders Gregor Watson and Rob Bloemker, will focus on global investments in pre-seed to Series A-stage companies leveraging technology to improve the way people access, own and experience real estate.
The first 1Sharpe Ventures fund will make investments in 30-40 companies building technology to progress the real estate system, focusing on three categories.
London-based consultancy firm, GRAPH Strategy, has provided Commercial Due Diligence to support two private equity firms with investments into rapidly growing technology businesses.
In March 2022, Farview Equity Partners, a European growth equity investor, made an equity investment in Amplience, the leading commerce experience platform. Amplience was founded in 2008, and since then has made its mark by simplifying how content and commerce teams at the world’s best brands and retailers manage and deliver omnichannel commerce experiences. The company has experienced rapid growth in customers, partners, users and revenue and has further expanded into North America, EMEA and APAC
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of capital under management, has appointed Oliver Slade as a managing director, based in Dubai.
Slide, who will be responsible for capital raising and investor relations activities in the Middle East, has been based in the region since 2008 and has over 17 years of experience in alternative assets. He joins HIG from Partners Group, where he was the Head of Middle East and Africa, responsible for the development and capital raising activities across private markets funds and solutions in the region. Prior to Partners Group, Oliver held
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over $49 billion of equity capital under management, is to acquire Terra Millennium Corporation (Terra Millennium), a national provider of outsourced industrial maintenance services, including refractory maintenance and other specialised services, from Court Square Capital Partners.
Terra Millennium’s executive team, led by CEO Bryan Young, will continue to lead the Company, and remain as significant shareholders. Executive Chairman Mark Stutzman will continue as a non-executive board member and significant shareholder.
The transaction, which is expected to close in Q2 2022, is subject to customary closing conditions.
Helios Investment Partners has appointed Wale Ayeni to head its venture capital strategy and launch Helios Digital Ventures.
Ayeni was until recently at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, where he was head of venture capital investments across Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Prior to joining the IFC, Ayeni led venture capital investments in Silicon Valley for Orange, the French telecoms company. He started his career as a microprocessor design engineer with Intel Corp. and later Qualcomm, before moving to JP Morgan’s Technology Investment Banking group in San Francisco.
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Neighbourly, a community investment and engagement platform for business, has raised an additional £1.6 million in an accelerator investment round led by Guinness Ventures.
This latest funding round takes the total investment raised to date by the company to £8 million ($10 million).
Founded in 2014, Neighbourly matches businesses with local good causes to ensure that donations of volunteer time, financial support or surplus products reach those who need it most, creating positive and measurable impact for organisations, communities and the planet.
The investment will help further expand the team and accelerate both brand and product development at a critical
Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford), an international private markets investment and advisory group, has invested approximately EUR100 million through a secondary transaction in DIF Capital Partners’ (DIF) fifth flagship infrastructure fund, DIF Infrastructure V.
Stafford acquired the investment from a single UK corporate pension scheme. The pension scheme sold the stake following a change in strategy that has seen it exit several fund holdings across its private markets portfolio in recent years.
The investment marks the first LP secondary to be completed in the 2017-vintage infrastructure fund and sees Stafford acquire a position as the fund reaches fully invested status with
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