Amadeus Capital Partners has backed Bidu Holdings, an online insurance price comparison and brokerage business in Brazil. This is the first investment from its Amadeus IV Digital Prosperity Fund.
4 min read · 29 April 2014
Brightpearl has raised $10 million in a funding round led by new investor MMC Ventures, with participation from Quayle Munro and existing investors Eden Ventures and Notion Capital. Brightpearl is a cloud-based multi-channel retail management system.
2 min read · 29 April 2014
Catch up on the latest happenings with First Read this morning including worldwide M&A dealmaking topping the trillion dollar threshold, how Bitcoin companies compare to other VC deals, how Mass PRIM’s venture performance is faring and Swander Pace Capital closing fund V.
1 min read · 29 April 2014
This week Carlyle Group, Employees Retirement System of Texas and State Street are hiring for analyst, portfolio manager and private equity fund administration positions.
1 min read · 28 April 2014
InsideSales.com has closed a Series C financing. Polaris Partners led the round in the cloud-based sales acceleration technology company. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was the other major investor. Acadia Woods, EPIC Ventures, salesforce.com, Hummer Winblad, U.S. Venture Partners and Zetta Venture Partners also participated. The round also included individual investors, including Fraser Bullock, managing director at Sorenson Capital.
5 min read · 28 April 2014
KKR Capstone has appointed Matthew Chang as a managing director in China. Chang joins KKR Capstone from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Shanghai
4 min read · 28 April 2014
Voluntis has completed a $29 million Series D financing round. The round was co-led by Bpifrance Large Venture and international venture capital firm Innovation Capital. Voluntis existing Series C investors, CapDecisif Management, CM-CIC Capital Innovation and Sham, also participated in the round.
6 min read · 28 April 2014
Sequana Medical has raised CHF 23 million ($26.2 million) in a Series C preferred share financing round led by Life Science Partners and co-led by NeoMed Management, VI Partners, BioMedInvest, Entrepreneurs Fund and Capricorn Venture Partners. The business is a Swiss medical device company.
5 min read · 28 April 2014
AllianceBernstein has set up a new private credit investing platform. The new platform – AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors – will focus on direct lending to middle market companies.
3 min read · 28 April 2014
Datumate has raised $5 million in a financing round led by Battery Ventures. Existing investor Al-Bawader, an Israel-based investment firm, also participated in the round.
4 min read · 28 April 2014
