Browsing: Private Equity
Premium
Exclusive
Informa Sells Off Fund Flows Data Provider EPFR
07/26/2022
Hammered by falling conference revenues, information company Informa divested Emerging Portfolio Funds Research (EPFR), a leading provider of asset flow data, to a private equity firm to raise capital. The ...
Premium
Infinedi Partners Makes Investment in Primary Research Provider BWG Strategy
01/07/2021
New York-based private equity firm Infinedi Partners recently announced that it has completed an investment in subscription-based primary research and data provider BWG Strategy. Infinedi’s Newest Investment BWG Strategy is ...
Premium
Rapid Ratings Raises $30 Million
09/14/2018
Quantitative rating agency Rapid Ratings International closed a $30 million investment from private equity firm FTV Capital. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Rapid Ratings calculates ‘Financial Health Ratings’, ...
Premium
FinTech Firm Sentieo Raises $6 Million
03/28/2018
Financial data platform Sentieo, designed to streamline the workflow of buy-side analysts, raised $6 million in venture funding as it seeks to expand outside the US and extend its product ...
Premium
Exclusive
2017 Review: MiFID II Drives Research Industry M&A
01/03/2018
MiFID II precipitated much of 2017’s M&A activity, as European banks merged or folded their equities businesses and startups hoping to prosper from MiFID II’s research unbundling provisions raised capital ...
Premium
Exclusive
Expert Network Third Bridge Reduces Private Equity Influence
08/15/2017
London-based expert network Third Bridge Limited changed its ownership structure to concentrate governance with its principals, according to recent regulatory filings. The move demonstrates the firm's increasing independence from private ...
Premium
Australian Expert Network Expert360 Raises Capital
07/18/2017
Expert360, an expert network which has morphed into an online marketplace for freelancers, raised AU$13 million (US$10.3 million) in a Series B round led by Australian VC firm AirTree Ventures. ...
Premium
Expert Network Third Bridge Changes Minority Investors
07/07/2017
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners acquired the minority stake in London-based expert network Third Bridge Limited previously held by Anglo-American PE firm Beringea. Terms were not disclosed. Beringea ...
Premium
Model Provider Canalyst Funded By WorldQuant
06/09/2017
Canalyst, a Vancouver-based platform offering financial models, received an investment from WorldQuant Ventures, an angel investment firm affiliated with Millenium Management spinoff WorldQuant. The amount of the investment was not ...
Geospatial Analysis Firm Orbital Insight Raises $50 Million
05/24/2017
Orbital Insight, a geospatial big data company, completed a $50 million Series C round of financing led by venture capital firm Sequoia. The fresh capital brings the company’s total fundraising ...