Category: Investments

H.I.G. Realty Invests in Production Studios & Content Hub in Madrid

H.I.G. Capital, LLC (“H.I.G.”), a leading global alternative investment firm with $43 billion of equity capital under management, announced today that one of its affiliates has invested in Madrid Content City, an approximately 140,000 square meter hub with state of the art audio-visual facilities, including production studios, production & post-production technical facilities, and a university […]

Linden and Audax Invest in StatLab Medical Products

Linden Capital Partners and Audax Private Equity have invested in StatLab Medical Products, according to a news release. StatLab, based in McKinney, Texas, is a manufacturer and distributor of consumables, reagents and equipment used by anatomic pathology, molecular diagnostics and other laboratories. Founded in 1976, the company provides more than 5,000 diagnostic products and equipment. […]

Sixth Street to back Catlin insurance start-up with $500m funding

Industry veteran’s Convex has now raised over $3bn as it seeks to shake up sector. US investment firm Sixth Street is putting $500m into Convex, a commercial insurance start-up launched by industry veteran Stephen Catlin, who has now raised over $3bn to challenge the status quo in the sector. Mr Catlin launched Convex two years […]

Sandberg Capital closes second private equity fund Sandberg Investment Fund II at EUR109m

Sandberg Capital has closed its second private equity fund – Sandberg Investment Fund II – at EUR109 million. For the first time Sandberg welcomes the European Investment Fund and Tatra banka among its investors.  The investment marks a first for both investors – the first investment by the European Investment Fund in a lower mid-market fund […]

Sprockets raises USD3.4m to bring AI to the hourly workforce

Sprockets has announced a USD3.4 million venture raise, allowing the company to further drive innovation in the hourly workforce and empower customers to hire applicants that are the precise fit for their needs. Lytical Ventures of New York City led this round of investment for the SaaS company after they had such a successful year […]

Puma Private Equity completes EUR2.4m investment in safety solutions provider CameraMatics

Puma Private Equity, the private equity division of Puma Investments, has completed a EUR2.4 million investment into international vehicle and fleet safety solutions provider CameraMatics, as part of a EUR4 million Series A investment round.   Comprising Puma Private Equity’s third investment delivery over the past six weeks – during which it has facilitated GBP7.7 million […]

OmniActive Health secures strategic investment from TA Associates

Private equity firm TA Associates has acquired a significant stake in OmniActive Health Technologies, a provider of scientifically-validated, natural nutraceutical ingredients. Founder and Executive Chairman Sanjaya Mariwala has further increased his personal holding. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established in 2005, OmniActive seeks to improve lives by enhancing nutrition and wellness through science […]

Unreasonable Collective invests in Air Protein

Unreasonable Collective has held the close of its first syndicate investment in Air Protein, a pioneer in producing nutritious, ultra-sustainable, alternative proteins that can feed the world’s growing population sustainably, founded by Dr Lisa Dyson. Unreasonable Collective, a by invitation only members club, was recently launched by the Unreasonable Group. The membership offers individual accredited […]

For Private Equity Software Investors, Product-Market Fit Is King

First rule of software investing: it’s all about the product Nothing scales quite like software. Programs and applications that find a willing base of users can ride an exponential growth vector with margins that simply aren’t possible in other industries. Software also has a stickiness and loyalty factor that few other industries, let alone those […]

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