UK-based debt management company MoneyPlus Group has appointed Richard Elgott as commercial director. The company is backed by Palatine Private Equity.
3 min read · 10 April 2013
Boathouse Capital has made an investment in Accurate Background. The firm invested $5 million of subordinated debt to support the working capital needs associated with Accurate Background's continued growth and to facilitate its future strategic plans, including add-on acquisitions. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Accurate Background offers a complete set of on-demand employment screening services, including criminal, motor vehicle, and other public records searches, employment history, education and professional license verifications, credit checks, and drug and health screening services.
2 min read · 10 April 2013
NiXEN Partners has appointed Vincent Houlot as a partner. Houlot joined the firm in 2002.
1 min read · 10 April 2013
This morning First Read reports news on Foundation Capital's seventh fund; the best IPOs of 2013; why venture funding might not be for all and who to turn to if you've got a venture problem.
1 min read · 10 April 2013
This week there are a handful of venture, mezzanine and alternative investment associate positions up for grabs as well as a senior position as director of institutional alternative investments at UBS Financial Services.
2 min read · 09 April 2013
Asian specialist investment firm Asiya Investments has launched Asiya Investments Hong Kong. The firm will manage the business' emerging Asia investment activities from that base.
4 min read · 09 April 2013
The Lindley Group has been sold to Centerplate, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners. Livingstone acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Lindley. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
2 min read · 09 April 2013
CDIB Capital International Corporation, the international private equity investment arm of China Development Financial, has closed an investment in Dubai-based Flemingo International. Founded in 1997, Flemingo is a global travel retail operator with a focus on emerging markets.
2 min read · 09 April 2013
Advent Software, a provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, has made two senior sales appointments. Jad Fares has been appointed regional sales manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and will be based in Advent's Dubai office. Jesper Steiness has been appointed as director of business development for EMEA.
3 min read · 09 April 2013
Max Niederhofer has joined European venture capital firm Sunstone Capital as a partner in its Copenhagen office. He joins Sunstone Capital from Accel Partners, where he was a Vice President in the firm’s London office, focusing on investments in internet and mobile services.
2 min read · 09 April 2013
