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Security awareness platform vendor SoSafe has raised USD73 million in a Series B funding round led by expansion-stage specialists Highland Europe.
Existing investors Acton Capital and Global Founders Capital were joined by SAP Hybris founder and Celonis Advisory Board member Carsten Thoma together with La Famiglia as well as Adjust founder Christian Henschel as participants.
With its agile and human-centric security awareness platform, SoSafe takes a uniquely user-centered approach to cyber security.
With 85 per cent of security attacks traced back to a human factor, the SoSafe awareness platform uses insights from behavioural science to drive sustainable behavioural change.
Private equity firm Nile Capital Group Holdings has acquired a minority stake in hedge fund manager Welton Investment Partners, according to a report in Pensions & Investments.
Terms of the transaction, which was completed on 15 December, have not been disclosed.
Nile Capital specialises in taking general partners stakes in boutique, niche and diverse money managers, while Welton runs multi-strategy global macro and ESG strategies, as well as systematic trend-following funds for an institutional client base.
ApeVue, a capital markets data company, has launched the first independent, daily pricing data service for pre-IPO stocks.
The service provides daily prices for around 100 non-public companies, including well known unicorns like SpaceX, Impossible Foods and Epic Games, as well as less visible, but significant companies like Addepar, Chime and Discord.
ApeVue uses observable market information, including transactions, bid and offer data and funding details, in its service. The pricing mechanism is objective, transparent, auditable and resembles methodologies standard in other markets such as syndicated loans, structured credit, bonds and derivatives.
DigiCert, Inc, a provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and other PKI solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group LP (Clearlake), Crosspoint Capital, and TA Associates, has acquired Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity provider Mocana.
The combination of DigiCert and Mocana technologies provides IoT manufacturers and operators with a comprehensive platform for managing security across the full IoT device lifecycle. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The acquisition accelerates DigiCert’s presence in the fast-growing IoT market. IDC estimates there will be more than 55 billion connected devices by 2025, with growth fuelled by organisational investment in IoT platforms for achieving operational
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has acquired Exceptional Software Strategies (ESS), a provider of information technology solutions to mission-oriented Federal agencies, including members of the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense agencies.
The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
ESS will join Godspeed Capital’s recently formed high-end cyber and technology solutions platform holding company, designed to provide US Defence and Intelligence Community agencies with a full suite of solutions to combat an increasing and ever-evolving level of cybersecurity and intelligence threats.
Mercer Global Advisors, a full-service wealth management firm and national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by private equity firms Genstar and Oak Hill Capital, has acquired Wrenn Financial Strategies, a wealth management firm located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Wrenn serves over 150 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD238 million.
Wrenn is focused on providing leading financial planning and investment management services to its clients using an ensemble team approach among Wrenn’s three CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and other team members.
The ACCESS Pool has this month appointed MJ Hudson, a specialist service provider to the asset management industry, as implementation adviser for the pooling of illiquid assets, including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate.
As implementation advisor, MJ Hudson will provide support to the Pool in selecting individual investment opportunities and investment managers to build portfolios in a range of illiquid assets.
The ACCESS Joint Committee will use MJ Hudson’s analyses and recommendations to inform their future actions and to meet the requirements and ambitions of local Authorities within the Pool. The first illiquid vehicles are expected to
Alternative investment firm Kensington Capital Partners has appointed LemonEdge to provide a front-to-back office accounting solution for its operations.
The growing requirement by PE and VC firms to have the highest efficiencies, whilst dealing with complexity in an agile manner is becoming more of a prerequisite for staying ahead in the market. In addition, everyone is looking for ways to deliver efficient, accurate content to clients with the goal to ultimately provide the highest level of client service. There is no longer the time to manually process calculations, post multiple transactions, or run separate systems for the end-to-end accounting and
KNEIP, a specialist in fund data management and reporting solutions for the asset management industry, has acquired Dataglide, a UK-based technology company specialised in data transformation and cloud-based automation.
The acquisition brings significant technology expertise in-house, with microservices architecture and multi-tenant cloud computing, which will increase service quality and data accuracy, as well as will drive process automation across its portfolio. With Dataglide technology, KNEIP is now ready to launch new products.
Dataglide has been working with KNEIP for more than a year to build its next generation fund data management system. The acquisition is highly complementary to KNEIP’s existing
Boosted.ai, a distributed machine learning platform for global investment professionals, has closed a USD35 million Series B financing round, led by Ten Coves Capital and Spark Capital.
Portage Ventures, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and HarbourVest Partners also participated in the round. Inclusive of seed capital, Boosted.ai’s total funding now stands at USD46 million.
The funding will be used to scale Boosted Insights, the company’s web-based platform that brings explainable machine learning tools to investment managers. By using Boosted Insights, portfolio management teams can augment their existing investment processes, source new ideas and manage risks through AI without any prior
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