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NEWSLETTER | 10 Dec 2020

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Rally Ventures, a specialist in business technology investing, has closed Rally IV, a USD250 million fund which will invest in Seed and Series A companies bringing innovative approaches to enterprise technology.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

By Nicholas d’Adhemar (pictured), founder and CEO of Apperio – Private equity CFOs are spending more time on strategic tasks outside of the traditional financial role and to the benefit of their firms.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Orbex, a European space launch company, has secured USD24 million in a funding round led by BGF and Octopus Ventures, one of the largest VCs in Europe.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Kirkland & Ellis has represented Integral Group, a Tokyo-based private equity group, in the successful structuring and fundraising of Integral Fund IV, which held its final closing at its hard cap of JPY123.8 billion on 4 December, 2020.

Round2 Capital makes Avallain investment

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Round2 Capital, an Austrian investment fund for growth financing, has invested a seven-figure sum in the Swiss EdTech scale-up Avallain.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Charterhouse Capital Partners (Charterhouse) is to invest in Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP), a professional advisory firm specialising in pensions, investment consulting and insurance.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Modularbank has secured EUR4 million in a late Seed Funding round led by Karma Ventures and BlackFin Capital Partners, with additional support from Plug and Play Ventures, Siena Capital and angel investor Ott Kaukver, who is the ex-CTO of Twilio and Skype.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Polaris Private Equity is to divest Danish ferry operator Molslinjen A/S to EQT Infrastructure. Molslinjen has developed strongly under Polaris’ ownership since 2015 and expanded the business on the back of significant investments.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

geoLOGIC systems (geoLOGIC) has acquired DubsurfaceIO (SSIO), a digital technology provider of oil & gas cloud-based mapping & analytics solutions that connect and integrate public & proprietary data, enabling data access and workflows for users across different disciplines, domains, and teams.

SC Ventures invests in OpenFin

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, has secured a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm of international banking group, Standard Chartered.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Upvest, a Berlin-based startup offering the first plug-and-play pan-European securities API, has secured an additional EUR5 million in funding.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Creator Fund, a university-focused venture capital fund making strides to unearth startup innovation within European universities, is now focussing on its next stage of support for student-led ventures following the close of a new GBP1.5million fund.

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

finnCap Group has promoted John Farrugia to the position of Managing Partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, following eight years as a Partner at the UK M&A advisory firm.

Foster Chase makes two senior hires

Thu | 10 Dec 2020, 11:42

Forster Chase a City-based corporate finance, business advisory and executive search firm, has appointed two new partners – Adam Harris and Francis Martin, CBE.