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The nature of Israel’s legal system, the availability of local financing, and expanding numbers of tech-based targets helped the country post its best first-half deal figures in over a decade, according to Pitchbook’s 2020 Israel Private Capital Breakdown report.
The report, which was released today and covers both private equity in Israel as well as the nation’s growing VC ecosystem, shows that 24 transactions closed worth USD 2.9 billion in H1 2020 – a year on year increase of 48.3 per cent and 16.2 per cent, respectively.
Israel’s private equity ecosystem is growing rapidly due to several factors, one of
Paladin Capital Group, a leading global cybersecurity and deep tech investment firm, has just announced the appointment of Ciaran Martin, CB, as a Managing Director. Martin is regarded as one of the leading public voices on cybersecurity and joins from the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which he ran as its first CEO in 2016. Prior to this, Martin was head of cybersecurity for the UK Government’s Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 2014, before the NCSC was formed.
Paladin Capital is at the vanguard of cybersecurity investing, having invested in close to 50 cyber and advanced technology companies, including
SEI’s latest middle office whitepaper, “Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing,” explores some of the operations challenges and opportunities caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, woprkplace interruptions and the ‘new normal’.
From 2010 Japanese investment deals in almost all types of Israeli high tech companies have continued to grow, according to the newly released Japanese Activity in the Israeli Tech Ecosystem Report, published by the IVC Research Center.
BGF announcesis formally supporting The Diversity Project in its mission to accelerate progress in achieving a more inclusive culture in the investment and savings profession. As businesses start to emerge from the coronavirus crisis, BGF recognises that it is time to intensify efforts to create inclusive cultures and that diverse perspectives are needed to deliver answers to complex issues faced by the industry.
Officially joining The Diversity Project represents BGF’s ongoing commitment to do all it can to be both a thought leader as well as capital provider to help promote a more inclusive finance landscape, and in doing so unlock
Information services and software industry veterans Mason Slaine, Jay Nadler, and Karl Jaeger have launched of MLM II, an information services and software platform, in partnership with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.MLM II will focus on partnering with information, software, and technology-enabled services companies with a long-term view to value creation. As part of the launch, management and funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus have committed to fund up to USD1 billion of equity to pursue investments.
Mason Slaine, Jay Nadler, and Karl Jaeger have collectively over 90 years of experience leading companies in information
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp (SVAC) has closed its initial public offering of 36,000,000 units, which was priced at USD10.00 per unit, and resulted in gross proceeds of USD360 million.
By Susana Garcia-Robles, Venture Partner, Capria Ventures – Face masks and frequent hand-washing are the new routine. But how can a company be safer in the new normal? “Good contractual hygiene,” says Joe Wallin, principal at Seattle-based Carney Badley Spellman. In particular, companies should be sure to understand – and where possible, standardise – force majeure language across all their legal contracts.
Wallin, and attorneys like him that work with venture stage companies, point to the same disturbing pattern. “I talked to someone who reviewed 200 [force majeure clauses] and he didn’t find the word ‘pandemic’ once”, he says. With
Funds advised by Warburg Pincus, have reached an agreement to invest in Infoniqa, a supplier of HR software and service solutions in DACH countries, alongside existing investors Elvaston and Infoniqa management.Infoniqa, founded in 1988 in Austria, is a software and services solutions specialist across all areas of administrative and strategic human resources such as personnel management, payroll accounting, time management and outsourcing.
The business provides services to over 3,500 corporate customers, managing over two million pay slips. Infoniqa also offers payroll outsourcing services, software hosting (SaaS), consulting and training.
Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has invested in Terminus Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) CITY and smart service provider in China. Investcorp has been investing in tech-enabled businesses for 20 years and focuses on identifying companies that it considers to have established business models and are supported by long-term secular growth trends such as AI.
Investcorp believes that its strategic investment in Terminus Technologies will not only contribute to the company’s growth, but it also reflects its confidence in the overall AI CITY layout and business model promoted by Terminus Technologies.
Ever since its
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