VCs in €5m round for Klima
Germany-based venture capital investors EVentures, 468 Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures have backed a €5m seed round for Klima, an app that allows users to make donations to mitigate their carbon footprint.
Germany-based venture capital investors EVentures, 468 Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures have backed a €5m seed round for Klima, an app that allows users to make donations to mitigate their carbon footprint.
Mid-market US private equity house Stellex Capital Management has expanded its operations through the opening of a new office in Michigan.
Opalesque Industry Update - Alternative credit specialist CIFC has launched a long/short high yield UCITS fund managed by industry veteran Jason Horowitz, who has been running similar strategies successfully for over 10 years. Mr. Horowitz
Arsenal Capital Partners has completed a £181.8m buyout of healthcare-focused advisory firm Cello Health.
The euro market has been on spectacular form this week, with well oversubscribed books and slight new issue premiums. The strong results sent a good signal for the arrival of the EU, which sent out
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has added James Marceau as a managing director in its private equity performance improvement group. Mr. Marceau will be active within A&M’s aerospace, defense and aviation practice and will be based
Carrick Capital Partners has acquired Flatiron School, an educational provider of on-line coding skills, from WeWork. New York City-based Flatiron School is an educational institution that teaches software engineering, computer programming, data science, and cybersecurity
Ke Holdings has kicked off bookbuilding for a $2bn US listing. But it has come as one of its largest shareholders, internet giant Tencent Holdings, was blindsided by the US with sanctions.
Jet Investment, one of the largest private equity firms in the Czech Republic, plans to begin fundraising €300m for its third fund, Jet 3, in H2 2021 or Q1 2022, according to partner and board member Marek Malik.
Southeast Asian bankers are enjoying a revival in primary equity raising, after three large deals were launched or set to be priced this week. Bankers are guardedly optimistic they can keep up the momentum. Jonathan
PolyVision, a portfolio company of Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), has acquired Marsh Industries, a manufacturer of visual display boards. IOP acquired PolyVision in February 2020 from publicly traded Steelcase. Marsh Industries is a maker of
River Associates Investments has acquired Yale Cordage in partnership with the company’s management team. Yale Cordage is a designer and manufacturer of synthetic rope and rope systems used in critical, high cost-of-failure applications. Specific uses
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has launched a second recovery fund, ICG Recovery Fund II, to invest in companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.
Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) has announced the launch of its first Digital Health fund, which has held a first close on €60m.
Spanish private equity firm Axon Partners has launched a new vehicle with a €150m target, Fondo Axon Innovation Growth IV (AIG4).
Versant Ventures has invested $30m in Switzerland-based Matterhorn Biosciences to launch the company and assist with the development of its T-cell therapy technology for cancer treatment.
Private debt fundraising is on pace for its slowest year in half a decade - but will a surge of newly-launched opportunistic vehicles hoping to profit from the coronavirus crisis turn those numbers around?
Gen Cap America has acquired TFM Services, a provider of facilities maintenance services, from Thrash, Inc. The buy of TFM is the eleventh platform for Gen Cap’s fourth fund. TFM provides janitorial and floor maintenance
