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Bellinger Asset Management (Bellinger) has appointed Greg Hampton as CEO of its recently established Bellinger Credit business.
In this role, Hampton will lead Bellinger’s credit strategy, which will initially focus on further secondary market debt and lending investments in the aviation sector while also exploring credit opportunities in other real asset classes over time.
Gr Hampton eg joins Bellinger with more than 25 years of asset finance experience gained within leading global banks. He was most recently the executive in charge of National Australia Bank’s Global Asset Finance business and, prior to that, held senior roles in Asset Finance at
William Blair, a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management, has launched a Private Capital Advisory practice.
Valia Ventures (Valia), an early stage venture capital firm, has closed its oversubscribed second fund – Value Ventures II – with $50 million in capital commitments.
The new fund will allow Value to continue backing ambitious companies such as Humane, Lendtable, Relativity Space, Selfbook, and System.
Valia Ventures II brings together a strategic group of limited partners including experienced startup founders, leading technology executives, international family offices, and reputable institutional investors such as Tiger Global Management. The latest fund represents a significant step-up from Valia’s 2018 debut fund which ranks in the top 5% of all funds in its vintage
Slate Capital Group, a private equity investment firm that partners with lower-middle market companies, has expanded in the US Midwest with new local presences in Nashville and Cincinnati.
Parker Davis will manage the Baltimore office, where Slate was established in 2004. Erik Ginsberg and Rick Corcoran will manage the Nashville and Cincinnati offices, respectively.
The firm provides liquidity to business owners and growth capital to businesses with annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of $3-15 million. Slate Capital Group’s primary areas of focus include business services, distribution, and select light manufacturing.
Decrypt, a crypto and decentralised web-focused media company, and production arm Decrypt Studios, a Web3 studio specialising in metaverse activations, has completed a spinout from ConsenSys Mesh, the blockchain accelerator and incubator, after raising $10 million in funding on a $50 million post-money valuation.
The infusion of capital comes from more than 15 investors, including venture capital firms, DAOs, Web3 organisations, and angels, in keeping with Decrypt’s mission of progressive decentralisation as it goes independent.
Decrypt was co-founded by magazine veteran Josh Quittner (Time Inc), Ilan Hazan, and Ryan Bubinski during the “crypto winter” of 2018. It was launched inside
EW Healthcare Partners (EW) has acquired a majority stake in Grundium Oy, a specialist in advanced imaging technology based in Finland.
The founders and management of Grundium will retain a significant minority stake in the company and remain in leadership positions. The founders will work closely with EW in continuing to drive revenue and EBITDA growth.
Founded in 2015, Grundium produces revolutionary high-precision smart, connected and portable digital microscope scanners used in diagnostic pathology, serving a variety of end users ranging from animal and human healthcare clinics to laboratory service firms.
Synerise, an AI-first behavioural data platform headquartered in Poland, has closed a $23 million Series B round led by Carpathian Partners, a CEE-focused technology investment fund.
Advisor Group has selected CAIS, an alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, to provide a platform solution for improved alternative investment access, education and transaction workflow.
The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in support of the SEC’s proposal to strengthen private funds regulation, including private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds.
The New York State Common Retirement Fund ($278 billion AuM) has steadily increased its allocations to private markets, and has finished Q1 at $2.8 billion, according to a report by Alternatives Watch.
The pension fund has increased its exposure to private equity, credit, real estate and hedge funds, with its credit strategies seeing the best results and totalling $1.2 billion in capital.
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