Archivio Categoria: equity

USA – Cadent Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, closed $15m final equity tranche of its previously announced $40m Series B financing. The round was led by Cowen Healthcare Investments and Atlas Venture, with participation from Qiming Venture Partners, Access Industries, Clal Biotechnology Industries and Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. The company plans […]

UK – Auto Service Finance, a London, UK-based automotive payment provider, raised over £14m in debt and equity funding. The company secured £850k through equity given to private investors, taking its total investment to £4m since its launch, as well as a further £13.3m debt facility provided by London based Naviter Capital, which is also […]

INDIA – Indusface, a Bengaluru, India-based application security SaaS startup protecting web and mobile apps, secured $5m in funding. Tata Capital Growth Fund II made the investment. In conjunction with it, Pramod Ahuja, Partner, Tata Capital Growth Fund, will join Indusface’s Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate global customer […]

UK – Natterbox, a London, UK-based provider of global voice cloud services, raised £7.5m in growth equity funding. Octopus Investments provided the funding. The company intends to use the funds to continue global expansion, strengthen its sales and marketing operations, and further invest in customer success and product development teams. Led by Neil Hammerton, CEO […]

USA – TierPoint, a St. Louis-based provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, closed preferred equity investments totaling $320m. The round was led by a consortium of new investors: Argo Infrastructure Partners, Wafra, and Macquarie Capital Principal Finance. Existing investors – including Cequel III, Ontario Teachers’ Pension […]

USA – New York based global private markets investment firm StepStone Group, LP, closed its secondary private equity fund, raising US$2.1 billion of commitments. StepStone Secondary Opportunities Fund IV (“SSOF IV”) surpassed its original target of US$1.25 billion. Together with capital from separately managed accounts, StepStone has raised over US$2.4 billion for its differentiated secondary […]

USA – Airbnb, a San Francisco, CA-based online marketplace for lodging homestays and tourism experience, received $1 billion in debt and equity financing. Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners participated in the round via a combination of debt and equity securities. The company intends to use the funds to invest over the long term in […]

USA – Cache Ventures, a NYC-based bootstrapped venture studio, has announced a partnership with 360 Family Office and the launch of a private equity fund. The fund has also made its first acquisition, LeadOwl. Cache is partnering with the existing LeadOwl management team – led by Kitty Kellman, co-founder and CEO – to help expand […]

USA – Insight Partners, a global software growth investor, closed Insight Partners XI, L.P., at $9.5 billion. Fund XI, which received support from long-standing and new investors, will enhance the firm’s capacity to invest in high potential software companies. The new vehicle is focused on investing in ScaleUp software companies, enterprise-ready businesses that have advanced […]

USA – SmartLinx Solutions, a Iselin, N.J.-based provider of workforce management solutions, received a growth equity investment from Marlin Equity Partners. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The investment will support SmartLinx through its next phase of growth. Founded in 2000 and led by Marina Aslanyan, CEO, SmartLinx provides workforce management and human […]