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JMI Equity backs CoreHRJMI Equity had made an undisclosed investment in CoreHR, an Ireland-based provider of human capital management and payroll software. PwC's London-based tech corporate finance team served as financial advisor to CoreHR.
Top 10 VC deals in Canada, 2015The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) and Thomson Reuters will publish their reports on Canadian venture capital market activity from 2015 in the coming weeks. PE Hub Canada has in the meantime compiled a list of the likely top 10 (disclosed) financings completed in the past year.
Top 10 VC deals in CanadaLightspeed and Kik head up the list of top venture fundings for Canadian companies in 2015
- JMI Equity provides $49 mln to UK software company Avecto
UK-based software company Avecto has secured $49 million in funding. The investor was JMI Equity. In addition to the funding, Jit Sinha and Suken Vakil of JMI Equity have been added to Avecto's board of directors.
- Schoology raises $32 mln
Schoology said Tuesday that it raised $32 million in financing led by JMI Equity. Existing investors FirstMark Capital, Intel Capital and Great Road Holdings also participated. Schoology is an education technology company.
- Silversmith doubles up to invest Fund I
The firm has upped its four-person team with four additional new hires as it invests its debut fund that closed on $460m two months ago.
- Silversmith beefs up team with four additions
Silversmith Capital Partners has hired Marc Munfa as a principal, Brian Peterson and Srikant Rao as vice presidents and Nikhil Marathe as a senior associate. Prior to joining Silversmith, Munfa was a vice president at JMI Equity, Peterson was a vice president at Sterling Partners, Rao was senior director of advertising products at Salesforce.com and Marathe was an associate at TA Associates.
Top Canadian VC deals from the third quarterIn the coming weeks, the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) and Thomson Reuters will issue their reports on Canadian venture capital market activity in the third quarter of 2015. In the meantime, PE Hub Canada has compiled a list of the likely top 10 (disclosed) financings completed between July and September.
- Code42 raises $85 mln
Code42 said Tuesday it raised $85 million in Series B funding led by new investors JMI Equity and New Enterprise Associates Inc. Existing investors Accel and Split Rock Partners also participated in the financing. Minneapolis-based Code42 is an enterprise SaaS provider of endpoint data protection and security to businesses. Code42’s total funding comes to more than $137 million.
- JMI Equity's PointClickCare files to go public on Nasdaq, TSX
PointClickCare, a portfolio investment of U.S. growth equity firm JMI Equity, has filed with Canadian and U.S. regulatory authorities for a proposed initial public offering of its common shares. The Mississauga, Ont.-based company, which plans to list on both Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise US$100 million, according to a report http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ by Renaissance Capital LLC. Founded in 1995, PointClickCare is a cloud-based software platform focused on the senior care market. It secured a minority investment from JMI in February 2011. Last month, JMI led the $160 million funding of Toronto-based Intelex Technologies Inc /canada/2015/08/13/jmi-equity-leads-160-mln-growth-funding-of-software-provider-intelex/ .