Partners Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Mizuho Trust & Banking Co have signed a business alliance agreement that Mizuho Trust and Partners Group will jointly develop and distribute certain global private equity and infrastructure products in the pension market in Japan. The agreement marks Mizuho Trust’s first collaboration with a global private markets firm and will enable Mizuho Trust to offer global private markets investment products to its client base of Japanese pension funds for the first time.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has appointed Albert Cho as a partner in the firm’s global private funds group. He will be based in the Hong Kong office.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
Fashion ecommerce platform Lyst has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by venture capital firm Balderton Capital. DFJ Esprit and Accel Partners also invested.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has appointed Martin Gouldstone as a director within the corporate finance pharmaceutical team based in Baker Street, London. He joins with a wealth of experience in the sector, having worked in the biopharma industry for more than 20 years.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
MMC Ventures has reopened the MMC Growth Generation Fund. The fund is the first of its kind and is structured to provide a younger generation of investors with access to high growth companies, EIS tax benefits and the opportunity to build long term capital gains.
3 min read · 23 January 2014
Catch up on the latest news links this morning including where MBA pay is the highest, an update on VC investment, how to maximise value from leveraged buyouts and whether private equity will continue to outperform public equities.
1 min read · 23 January 2014
MemSQL has secured $35 million in Series B funding. The investment was led by Accel Partners and included participation from Khosla Ventures and existing investors First Round Capital and Data Collective, as well as from several private financiers, and brings the total raised by MemSQL to $45 million.
4 min read · 22 January 2014
Tikehau Investment Management has arranged alongside European Capital the unitranche financing, backing the acquisition of Asmodée by Eurazeo Capital. Created in 1995 by Marc Nunès, Asmodée is an independent publisher and distributor of games and trading card games in Europe.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
Intercom has raised $23 million in its Series B financing round, bringing its total funding to $30 million. This comes just six months after Intercom announced its Series A. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from Series A investor The Social+Capital Partnership. Bessemer partner Ethan Kurzweil will join the company’s board.
4 min read · 22 January 2014
Capstone Partners has appointed Michael Keaveney to the North American distribution team as a principal. Keaveney will be responsible for limited partner and general partner relationships in the Northeastern and Eastern United States.
2 min read · 22 January 2014
