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NEWSLETTER | 24 Feb 2021

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Lightbank, a Chicago-based venture capital firm, has closed its second early-stage venture capital fund, Lightbank II, with USD180 million of capital commitments.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Think Tech Labs (Rethink), a SaaS-based CRM software serving Commercial Real Estate (CRE) brokerages and brokers.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Oghma Partners has acted as the exclusive financial adviser to the shareholders of Direct-to-Consumer, UK-based, SimplyCook Limited (SimplyCook) on the sale of the business to Nestlé.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Intriva Capital (Intriva), an independent alternative asset manager, has acquired a significant stake and supported a management buy-out in MoneyPlus Group (MoneyPlus), one of the UK’s largest providers of consumer debt advice.

Thornburg expands equity platform with small/mid-cap strategies and addition of veteran portfolio managers

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Thornburg Investment Management (Thornburg), a global investment firm that oversees USD46 billion in assets, has appointed Steven Klopukh, CFA, and Tim McCarthy, CFA, as portfolio managers and managing directors.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Platform9, an SaaS Managed Kubernetes provider for private and edge clouds, has closed its Series-D funding with an additional USD12.5 million for a total of USD37.5 million.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has added Dr Biju Mohandas to its global healthcare team.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners' (OEP) portfolio company Computer Design & Integration (CDI) has completed the acquisition of Kintyre Solutions (Kintyre), a system integrator with practices focused on cloud native application development, observability and investigation platforms, cloud optimisation, and various security engineering technologies.

NovaQuest invests in Pro-ficiency

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

NovaQuest Private Equity (NovaQuest) has made a strategic growth equity investment in Pro-ficiency, a provider of tech-enabled training and compliance solutions for clinical trial investigators and site staff.

Millar Cameron strengthens Africa markets capability with new power & infrastructure team

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Millar Cameron, the executive & professional search consultancy, has recruited a highly experienced team of head-hunters to service the power and infrastructure sectors in Africa.

Wed | 24 Feb 2021, 12:06

Grafine Partners has appointed Julie Fisher as Managing Director. Fisher, a former Managing Director and longtime investor relations expert at Providence Equity Partners, will focus primarily on business development and relationships with Grafine’s capital partners globally.