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MyOptique Group completes funding roundEuropean online optical retailer MyOptique Group has secured additional investment for its Series C round. The backing came from two new investors - Korys and Beringea with additional funding from existing investor Cipio Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.
- Definiens gets further backing
Wellington Partners and Gilde Healthcare have co-led an investment round in Munich, Germany-based Definiens. Existing investors Cipio Partners and TVM Capital also participated.
- SharesPost Investment Management launches new fund
SharesPost Investment Management has launched SharesPost 100 Fund, which will focus on late-stage pre-IPO companies. It is open to all investors who can make a minimum investment of $2,500. SharesPost Investment Management is an affiliate of financial marketplace SharesPost.
- Cipio Europe single direct secondaries
Longer holding periods have created ‘a pent-up demand’ for liquidity, Cipio says.
- Acton Capital, Highland Capital and Index Ventures back MyOptique Group
MyOptique Group said Monday that it has received eight million pounds in financing. Acton Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Index Ventures led the round with participation from new investors Cipio Partners and GP Bullhound Sidecar. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used to boost its expansion plans. Also, MyOptique Group has named Maurice Helfgott, founder and chairman of Amery Capital, as chairman. Jamie Murray Wells has left his post as MyOptique's director and chairman. Based in London, MyOptique Group is an online optical retailer.
- Study: Lack of LP pressure slows VC exits
LPs need to be pushing harder to realise value from venture funds that are 10-12 years old, a report suggests – which may be good news for secondaries players.
- Younger generation promoted to partnership at Cipio
Secondaries specialist Cipio Partners has promoted two of its team, including its chief financial officer, to managing partner, in a bid to introduce a younger generation to the firm's senior management team.
- Cipio promotes Wedegaertner
Munich-based senior principal Christoph Wedegaertner joined the direct secondaries specialist in 2005. The firm closed is sixth fund on €137m in January.
- Cipio raises its first blind-pool for direct secondaries
Direct secondaries specialist Cipio Partners garnered €137m in capital for its first blind-pool — short of its original target.