Dopavision Raises €12M in Series A Funding

Dopavision, a Berlin, Germany-based company focused on development of digital therapeutics, raised €12M in Series A funding. The round was led by Seventure Partners with participation from Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and Ababax Health. The company intends to use the funds for the clinical development of MyopiaX, its lead product in childhood myopia, […]

Apex Group secures additional equity investment from Carlyle and Mubadala

Global investment firm Carlyle and sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) have taken minority stakes in Apex Group (Apex), a global financial services provider backed by Genstar Capital (Genstar). The investment is further endorsement of Apex’s sustainable growth strategy, which will be delivered through continued organic growth and the successful integration of recent acquisitions. Carlyle […]

Shore Capital Partners total AUM surpasses $2bn

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a strategic private equity firm focused on microcap investing in the healthcare, food and beverage, business services, and real estate industries, with offices in Chicago and Nashville, has announced the first and only closings of its fourth institutional healthcare private equity fund, Shore Capital Healthcare Partners Fund IV (HC Fund IV), […]

EquipmentShare completes $230m funding round

EquipmentShare, an equipment and digital solutions provider serving the construction industry, has completed a $230 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management, The Spruce House Partnership and RedBird Capital Partners, with additional participation from Tru Arrow Partners and existing investors Romulus, Insight Partners and Anchorage Capital Group.  These fundraising efforts provide capital for EquipmentShare […]

Toscafund-backed LIQID announces €88m funding round and strategic partnership with LGT

LIQID, a European digital wealth manager for affluent private clients backed by Toscafund, has secured EUR88 million in a funding round led by LGT, the global private banking and asset management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein. As part of the round, which also includes participation from existing investors, LGT will take a […]

Partners Group reports total AuM of $119bn as of 30 June 2021

Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, received $12.1 billion in new commitments from its global client base in H1 2021 (H1 2020: $8.3 billion), bringing the firm’s total AuM to $118.9 billion as of 30 June 2021 (31 December 2020: $109.1 billion). During the same period, the firm committed $13.1 billion to transformational […]

Revolut valued at $33bn to become UK’s biggest-ever private tech group

Revolut, the London-based digital banking start-up, has raised $800m in a funding round that makes it the UK’s most valuable private tech company of all time. The deal, led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and Tiger Global Management, values the six-year-old company at $33bn (£23.9bn), six times more than at its last fundraising in early […]

BlackRock Real Assets to back Korean offshore wind farm project

BlackRock Real Assets said Thursday it has closed its first investment in South Korea’s offshore wind sector, in line with the country’s renewable energy transition initiative. The New York-based asset managing arm dedicated to real estate and infrastructure investment acquired a 100 percent equity stake in renewables developer Korea Renewable Energy Development & Operation Holdings, […]

CenterOak Partners acquires HK Solutions Group

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has completed a majority recapitalisation of HK Solutions Group (HK Solutions), a leading regional provider of infrastructure maintenance services for municipal and industrial customers primarily in the Midwest.  Chief Executive Officer Wade Anderson and the existing management team will continue to lead the Company following CenterOak’s investment. […]

New global impact investment firm TwinRiver Capital launches in Toronto and Boston

TwinRiver is focused on serving a new generation of private, public and philanthropic investors looking to make a positive difference with their capital. The TwinRiver platform will provide those investors with opportunities to achieve tangible social and environmental impacts alongside financial returns – the “twin rivers” of a future financial system. The launch of TwinRiver […]