Angela Sormani

AXA Investment Managers extends outsourcing partnership with State Street

AXA Investment Managers has extended its investment operations outsourcing mandate with State Street for an additional five years. State Street was first appointed by AXA IM in December 2004 to provide middle-office services, including transaction management, investment books and fund accounting, collateral management, performance measurement and reporting.

BelHealth Investment Partners' Linden Care appoints exec VP

Linden Care, a provider of specialty pharmacy services to the pain management industry, has added Anthony D. Luna as executive vice president of sales. Linden Care is a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners.

CapX Partners supports Walnut Hill Physician’s Hospital

CapX Partners has provided $10 million in equipment financing for Walnut Hill Physicians’ Hospital. The hospital is a 100-bed acute care start-up being developed in Dallas, TX.

Photo sharing start-up Figure 1 raises seed funding

Photo sharing app start-up Figure 1 has raised $2 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by Version One Ventures and Rho Canada Ventures, a division of New York-based Rho Capital Partners.

Plug.dj raises $1.25m to expand music sharing community

Plug.dj, a music sharing site, has closed a $1.25 million funding round led by Javelin Venture Partners. The Los Angeles-based company will use the funds to expand its team, further develop its product, launch new services and improve community support.

Bridgepoint Development Capital to acquire Quotient Clinical

Quotient Clinical, a provider of outsourced, early stage drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry, has been acquired from the Quotient Bioresearch Group by Bridgepoint Development Capital. Financial details were undisclosed.

Investec backs Graphite Capital in City & County Healthcare MBO

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a financing facility to support the management buyout of City & County Healthcare Group, a UK home care provider. The facility has been provided to Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, to underwrite its backing of the MBO from Sovereign Capital Partners.

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Flint Mobile secures funds for Series B led by Verizon

Flint Mobile has announced an add-on in Series B funding from Verizon Investments, the investing arm of mobile and broadband provider Verizon Communications Inc. The Series B financing round raised a total of $8 million. Flint is a mobile payment service for small businesses.

Catchpoint closes $6m Series B

Catchpoint Systems has closed a $6 million series B financing round led by existing investor Battery Ventures. The company is a provider of web and infrastructure monitoring solutions.