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Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

Icebreaker leads €1.6m round for Fixably

Finnish business Fixably, which develops software for computer repair technicians, has raised €1.6m in a round led by venture capital firm Icebreaker.

Venture capital helps ‘buy now, pay later’ fintech business Affirm to $500m investment round

Affirm, a buy-now-pay-later tech startup, has closed its Series G round on $500m.

VC Profile: VNV Global

Listed venture capital firm VNV Global recently raised $95m. Eliza Punshi talks to managing director Per Brilioth about portfolio company Voi, seeking network effects and investing in companies at the idea stage

Schroders buys £2bn family office Sandaire in UK wealth push

The deal comes after Schroders made a big push into the UK wealth management sector after launching Schroders Wealth in 2019 — a joint venture with Lloyds Banking Group

Houlihan Lokey Expands Industrials Group

Houlihan Lokey (HL) has hired Richard Hoh as a managing director in its industrials group. Mr. Hoh will be part of the firm’s industrial technology subsector team, focusing primarily on electronic components as well as

CVC to buy Greek food company Vivartia from Marfin

CVC Capital Partners is acquiring Greek food specialist Vivartia Holdings from listed investment company Marfin Investment Group (MIG).

Atlassian reveals $50m venture capital fund to back cloud-based products, services

Australian software company Atlassian has raised a $50m venture capital fund to target cloud-based products and services.

Evolution Equity on the road for second fund – report

Venture capital investor Evolution Equity Partners is on the road for its second fund, which is targeting $250m, according to a report from Czech Republic-based publication E15.

Questa Capital reaches $348m hard cap final close for sophomore fundraise

Healthcare-focused venture capital house Questa Capital has reached a $348m final close for its sophomore fundraise.

Quantum computing specialist Seeqc gets EQT Ventures backing in $22.4m Series A

Digital quantum computing company Seeqc has scored $22.4m in a Series A round led by EQT Ventures.

Acko secures $60m in Series D led by Munich Re Ventures

Acko General Insurance has reportedly netted $60m in a Series D round led by Munich Re Ventures.

LGT Lightstone leads €144m round for Infarm

LGT Lightstone has led a €144m series-C funding round for Germany-headquartered urban farming startup Infarm.

Kahoot! acquires VC-backed Actimo

Kahoot!, a Norwegian games-based education platform, has wholly acquired Actimo, a Danish mobile workspace developer for remote employees that is backed by venture capital investors including Promentum Equity Partners.

Novo, Sanofi lead $83m round for Lava Therapeutics

Novo Ventures and Sanofi Ventures, the venture arms of pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordisk and Sanofi respectively, have led a $83m series-C round for Netherlands-based T-cell cancer therapy company Lava Therapeutics.

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