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UK universities team up to launch Impact 12 fund

Twelve UK universities have joined forces to create an impact investment fund, Impact 12, to support mission-led university ventures.

Marlink admits Providence, I-Squared, CVC to second round of sale

Providence, I Squared Capital and CVC Partners are among a select pool of suitors admitted to the second round of bidding for Marlink, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

UK biotech startup Ochre lands seed financing to combat liver diseases

UK company initially seeks to make certain liver transplants more successful

Fulcrum Equity Partners Successfully Exits SaaSOptics to Battery…

After three years of significant growth with Fulcrum Equity Partners, SaaSOptics exits to Battery Ventures.(PRWeb June 10, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/fulcrum_equity_partners_successfully_exits_saasoptics_to_battery_ventures/prweb17942764.htm

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey – First Quarter 2021

Posted by Cynthia Hess, Mark Leahy and Khang Tran, Fenwick & West LLP, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Editor's Note: Cynthia Hess and Mark Leahy are partners and Khang Tran is an attorney at Fenwick

Delaware Court Orders Up Prevention Doctrine to Require Reluctant Buyer to Close

Posted by Matthew Salerno, Mark McDonald, and Jim Langston, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Thursday, May 27, 2021 Editor's Note: Matthew Salerno, Mark McDonald, and James Langston are partners at Cleary Gottlieb Steen

Invest Southwest Announces 2021 Venture Madness Event, Opens…

Startup and emerging growth companies can apply to compete by June 3, 2021(PRWeb May 26, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/invest_southwest_announces_2021_venture_madness_event_opens_competition_to_companies_nationwide/prweb17967963.htm

Energizing the M&A Market Post-Crisis

Posted by Jennifer F. Fitchen and Brent M. Steele, Sidley Austin LLP, on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Editor's Note: Jennifer F. Fitchen and Brent M. Steele are partners at Sidley Austin LLP. Related research from

Most Forwarded: Opalesque most forwarded article – week 8: PE/VC VC fund investors not raising alarms over SPAC trend, Asian private equity investors focus on business transformation

VC fund investors not raising alarms over SPAC trend From Axios: Venture capital firms, formed to invest in startups, are increasingly becoming sponsors of SPACs, blank-check companies that bring later-stage businesses into the public markets.

Vance Street Forms Spectra, Looks to Consolidate C4ISR Sector

Vance Street Capital has formed Spectra A&D Holdings to acquire and merge three aerospace and defense technology companies. The three acquired businesses include Las Cruces, New Mexico-based Calculex; and Alpharetta, Georgia-based Argon Corporation and FDS

Varsity Closes Fifth Probo Add-On

Probo Medical, a portfolio company of Varsity Healthcare Partners since October 2018, has acquired IMAX Medical. IMAX specializes in the sale, purchase, inspection, installation/de-installation, and transport of pre-owned medical diagnostic imaging equipment including ultrasound, X-Ray,

Brand Investor Prelude Growth Hits Hard Cap

Prelude Growth Partners, an investor in consumer brands, has closed Prelude Growth Partners II LP at its hard cap of $250 million. The firm’s second fund was oversubscribed and was raised in just four months.

Future returns: why family offices are drawn toward venture capital

Venture funds, which invest in startups that are in early to late stages of development, can lead to higher returns — but of course with more risk.

Hiro Capital invests $15m in three gaming studios

Esports-focused venture capital firm Hiro Capital has invested €15m in video game studios Snowprint, Double Loop Games and Happy Volcano, based in Stockholm, San Fransisco and Leuven, Belgium, respectively.

P101 invests €6m in series-B for Bipi Mobility

Italian venture capital house P101 has invested €6m in a series-B financing round for Madrid-based car rental platform Bipi Mobility.

Left Lane Capital leads €8.2m series A for Memmo.me

Memmo.me, a Swedish platform that allows users to request personalised video messages from celebrities, has raised €8.2m in a series-A funding round led by New York-based Left Lane Capital. 

Bessemer names longtime Amazon senior exec Blackburn as new partner amid $3.3bn double fund close

Early stage investment giant Bessemer Venture Partners has scored another huge flagship fundraise, hauling in $3.3bn across Fund XI and a new growth-stage vehicle.

Soaring NYC startup scene, rising seed round sizes sees Primary Venture Partners up fundraising stakes with $200m of new capital

New York City startup scene-focused Primary Venture Partners has pulled in $200m of fresh capital through a pair of fundraises.

Groupon billionaire Lefkofsky’s venture capital firm Lightbank doubles AUM through $180m Fund II close

Lightbank, the venture capital firm co-founded by Groupon billionaire Eric Lefkofsky, has doubled its assets under management through a $180m final close of its second fund.

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