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iCapital Network, a global financial technology platform driving access and efficiency in alternative investing for the asset and wealth management industries, has closed on a USD50 million funding round led by WestCap.
Apollo (NYSE: APO) and Temasek also invested in the round, which valued the company in excess of USD6 billion. Other existing investors are expected to make follow-on commitments to iCapital early next year.
Apollo is the latest alternative asset manager to invest in iCapital, joining strategic investors Blackstone, KKR, and The Carlyle Group, making iCapital the only alternative investment platform of its kind to count four of the
Ampla Technologies has closed a USD40 million Series A funding round, co-led by VMG Partners and Forerunner Ventures, with participation from existing investor Core Innovation Capital.
This announcement brings the Company’s total funding to USD380 million in equity and debt financing, which will enable Ampla to impact even more small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) in the consumer brands space, strategically increasing its talent pipeline and enabling the rollout of new products. Additionally, the company plans to increase its headcount by 100 per cent over the next three-six months, from 35 to 70 employees.
By providing easy-to-access capital to its clients, Ampla
Vista Equity Partners, a global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, has made a strategic growth investment in Salesloft, the provider of a complete sales engagement platform.
Vista’s investment comes on the heels of significant market momentum for Salesloft, having surpassed USD100 million in annual recurring revenue in early summer 2021 and with 50 per cent annual growth. The company was recently recognised as one of Battery Venture’s 25 Highest-Rated Cloud Computing Companies To Work For, and has been a winner of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for the past five years in a row. As
Alternative investments manager Ares Management Corporation’s (Ares) subsidiary, Ares Holdings, is to acquire AMP’s PrivateMarketsCo Infrastructure Debt platform (Infrastructure Debt), one of the largest infrastructure debt investment platforms globally with approximately USD8 billion in assets under management, as of 30 September, 2021.
The transaction consideration is AUD428 million (USD308 million) and will be funded using cash on hand and Ares’ USD1.1 billion revolving credit facility.
The Infrastructure Debt team is led by its Global Head, Patrick Trears, and has 17 dedicated investment professionals located across London, Sydney, Singapore and New York. Upon closing of the transaction, Infrastructure Debt will be
Start-up investment platform nr2, which gives businesses and investors AI-enabled insights into South Korea and China’s most promising and innovative start-ups, has raised capital for expansion from new investors, including Lord Rothschild and Sir Simon Robey.
The cross-border investment platform will use the funding to accelerate growth, expand its team of AI engineers and develop its AI-powered search engine.
Investor Maxim Parr and entrepreneur Jordan Monnet founded nr2 in 2019, leveraging 20 years of international experience in investment and AI, to build cutting-edge search algorithms to source start-ups in Asia. The search engine provides data and insights into the booming
Hyperscience, a human centred automation company, has raised USD100 million in a Series E funding round led by existing investors Global Founders Capital, Tiger, Stripes, and Bessemer.
This latest investment, which comes hot on the heels of Hyperscience’s first acquisition, underscores growing interest in the company’s deeply human-centric approach that turns antiquated business processes into digital assembly lines, combining data, people, and processes. With machine learning and its proprietary human-in-the-loop functionality at its core, Hyperscience delivers automation that more easily adapts to business changes and evolving market dynamics—without the traditionally high cost of change management.
FPE Capital (FPE), a software and services focused lower mid-market growth investor, has invested in 60 Decibels, a social impact measurement company, that talks directly to customers, employees or beneficiaries about social issues in more than 50 countries on behalf of impact focused investors and enterprises.
This marks the eleventh investment from FPE Fund II. 60 Decibels is the fifth investment FPE has made in the last 13 months in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
FPE’s investment will make it the largest shareholder in the business. As part of the transaction, Henry Sallitt and Llewellyn John will join
Tempo Software, a specialist in team time management and productivity-enhancing solutions, has acquired ALM Works, developer of the Structure for the Jira software suite tfor project and programme manager.
ALM Works helps over 5000 organisations worldwide visualise, track and manage progress across large-scale, complex projects. Tempo and ALM Works together will provide the first suite of purpose-built program management apps to meet project, program and portfolio management needs for over 70 million users within the Atlassian Ecosystem.
Combined with the recent acquisition of Roadmunk, the addition of ALM Works strengthens Tempo’s strategic portfolio management offering. As a modern and
Following an initial investment in 2019, Diligend, an institutional-grade due diligence platform vendor, has secured a third round of capital to realise its growth ambitions in 2022.
The funding will support development of Diligend’s core platform, designed for institutional investors and consultants which is continually evolving to meet client requirements. Recent new features include the SEC Form ADV module, which allows investor and consultant clients to review and monitor Form ADV data, getting notifications when changes occur. The ESG and Diversity disclosure module released this year allows clients to request specific data sets quickly and easily, pulling results into tailored,
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Digital Room, (Digital Room) to an affiliate of Sycamore Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA, Digital Room is a leading e-commerce provider of customised marketing products to small and medium sized businesses. The Company reaches its diversified customer base through a series of its own websites and fulfils the products through an extensive network of facilities across North America.
HIG acquired Digital Room in December 2017 in partnership with the Company’s senior management. Through a combination of significant organic growth as well as highly
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