Tagged: investment fund

January 28, 2025 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LBP AM European Private Markets has introduced its inaugural European long-term investment fund (Eltif) 2.0 strategy alongside the establishment of a Capital Solutions center of expertise. This initiative, LBPAM Private Opportunities, is designed to cater to life insurance and pension savings, focusing on three key… Read More

November 14, 2024 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pearlmark is pleased to announce the second closing of its sixth high yield credit investment fund, Pearlmark Mezzanine Realty Partners VI, L.P.. Pearlmark Mezz VI totals $300 million+ in commitments, including discretionary managed accounts, gaining on the momentum of the initial closing of $185+ million… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nu Asset Management, Nubank’s (NYSE: NU) investment fund manager, announces the launch of Nu Ibovespa B3 BR+ (NBOV11), the first ETF on the market indexed to Ibovespa B3 BR+. The new fund is now available for trading on B3. The Ibovespa B3 BR+ is a… Read More

July 22, 2024 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Midlands Engine Investment Fund II has announced its first major equity deal. Aircraft robotics firm True Position Robotics has raised £1 million to support business expansion. The British Business Bank has announced the first deal from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II “with a £1… Read More

June 30, 2024 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), and Pearl Property Managers Limited (Pearl) have launched a new fund with an initial value of €55 million that will grow in the future, and support the delivery of more than 2,500 new homes over the… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance is raising €50 million for a private credit fund that will support European agricultural small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with tailor-made finance. The funding will be available to finance solutions “to advance the decarbonization of agriculture in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal.” EIF… Read More

November 27, 2023 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank is launching its new £130 million Investment Fund for Wales, unlocking additional funding “to help smaller businesses to prosper and thrive.” The fund will drive sustainable economic growth by “supporting new and growing businesses across the whole of Wales through investment… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank launches a new £70million commitment to support smaller businesses from all sectors right across Northern Ireland. The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI) aims “to drive sustainable economic growth by supporting innovation and creating local opportunities for new and scaling businesses… Read More

October 14, 2023 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and KBC Insurance have announced a new investment partnership that will see the Belgium-based Banking and Insurance Group support up to €200 million of equity investments in sustainable infrastructure projects across Europe. The deal, signed in Brussels, runs over “a… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Bitget has introduced a $100 million fund in order to make strategic investments in exchanges, data analytics and other initiatives. As widely reported, Bitget’s EmpowerX Fund should support efforts related to expanding and further diversifying the crypto provider’s solutions.  The fund is expected… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Discover Bank has launched a new mission-driven investment fund, the Discover Financial Health Improvement Fund, “to support startups and early stage technology companies who are developing solutions to improve the financial health of low- and moderate-income people, communities, and small businesses.” Discover Bank has “made… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TTV Capital, an early-stage fintech venture capital firm, recently announced that it has closed its sixth fund at $250 million, the largest since the firm was founded over two decades ago. The fundraise, which originally “targeted $150 million, saw overwhelming interest and was oversubscribed by… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

L4 Venture Builder, an independent investment fund with capital for investments in the ecosystems of innovation and entrepreneurship will take a minority stake in Vermiculus Financial Technology, “specialized in providing technology to exchanges, clearinghouses, and CSDs.” Both sides have “signed an agreement defining the terms… Read More

August 11, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has “invested £250,000 in RiskSmart.” RiskSmart is currently “developing an integrated risk management platform that will make risk management simpler for SMEs by utilizing Machine Learning (ML)… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hetz Ventures, one of Israel’s seed-stage venture capital funds, recently announced the closing of its third fund of $123 million. The new fund, Hetz III, brings the firm’s total assets under management to nearly $300 million, and like its previous fund, “was heavily oversubscribed.” Hetz… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 12:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SuperSeed, a VC company investing in the future of business automation, announced that it has finalized the initial closing of its new fund at £31 million, aiming for a final close of £50 million. The fund will be investing anywhere between £500,000 and £1,500,000 into… Read More

January 21, 2020 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although the overall progress on reducing poverty has been steady during the past few decades, about half or 50% of the global population still has to live on less than $6 per day. Catalyst Fund is a newly established VC fund with a goal to… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marshall Hayner, CEO and founder of Metal Payments, and early Bitcoin adopter Erik Finman are launching a new investment fund, called Metal VC. The $1 million fund will mainly focus on micro and angel investments made in early-stage ventures involved in banking and decentralized finance (DeFi)…. Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, international venture capital firm Entrée Capital announced the closing of its second Israeli focused early stage fund with aggregate capital commitments of $80 million. Entrée stated this fund follows the success of its previous Israeli fund that invested in early-stage Israeli startups such… Read More

April 10, 2017 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender Lendix announced on Monday that Bpifrance has joined its lending platform through a co-financing fund. Along with Bpifrance, Lendix has reported attracted other leading investors to the fund, including CNP Assurances, Groupama, Zencap AM (OFI group), Matmut or the “Prêtons Ensemble” fund managed by Eiffel… Read More