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NEWSLETTER | 19 Oct 2020

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

MJ Hudson has advised Isomer Capital, a UK based venture capital firm, with the launch of its second Luxembourg based VC fund of funds: Isomer Capital II SCSp, as well as the formation of a new flexible single-LP fund.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist mid-market private equity investor, has made its first investment in India, the acquisition of three K-12 school and student housing assets from the Jain Group of Institutions (JGI Group), an established and well-renowned operator of K-12 to Higher Education institutions, providing education to ~65,000 students.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

Telestream, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital, has acquired EcoDigital (formerly known as Front Porch Digital). Telestream is a vertical market software business focused on the video space and is a global leader in media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies. The deal to acquire EcoDigital has been completed.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

EQT has appointed Marc Brown, former Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Corporate Development, as Partner and Head of its new EQT Growth strategy.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

HIG Capital (HIG) has appointed Ahmad Atwan as a Managing Director in its infrastructure team.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

Tully Rinckey has Malachy Kearney as a Partner and head of its Investment Funds department in the firm’s Dublin office.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

JAXJOX, a global fitness technology company known for its workout equipment and platform, has secured GBP7.7 million in a Series A round of funding with investors Dowgate Capital Ltd. and entrepreneur Nigel Wray, bringing total funding raised to date GBP13M. The funding is set to expand development of the highly anticipated JAXJOX InteractiveStudio, the world’s first digital at-home fitness platform with connected free-weight equipment that creates personalised data points based on the user’s performance, and hits the UK market early 2021.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

Ropes & Gray has advised Averna Capital, a mid-market European private equity firm, on its investment in ClimateCare, a profit with purpose environmental and social impact company headquartered in Oxford, UK.

LDC exits Mitrefinch

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in workforce management software specialist Mitrefinch to Advanced.

Mon | 19 Oct 2020, 11:51

Innova Capital, a Central European private equity firm, has sold its entire stake in logistics operator PEKAES to sector player GEODIS of France. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.