MegaRobo raises $300m in Goldman Sachs-led funding round

MegaRobo raises $300m in Goldman Sachs-led funding round

MegaRobo Technologies, a Chinese start-up that uses artificial intelligence and robotics in life sciences research, has raised $300 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Asia Investment Capital and GGV Capital. The six-year-old company is...
Anacap buys Nets’ Nordic invoicing software arm EDIGard

Anacap buys Nets’ Nordic invoicing software arm EDIGard

Specialist mid-market investor AnaCap Financial has bought Nets‘ pan-Nordic digital invoice distribution platform and bill payment solutions business EDIGard. EDIGard operates across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the UK and Germany, providing an end-to-end invoicing...
MFS Africa Secures an Additional $100m in Equity and Debt Funding

MFS Africa Secures an Additional $100m in Equity and Debt Funding

MFS Africa, one of the largest digital payment networks across the African region, announced yesterday that it has raised an additional $100m worth of funding in equity and debt financing to facilitate its expansion plans. MFS Africa announced the first closure of its...
PayCargo raises $130m in Series C Round with Blackstone Growth

PayCargo raises $130m in Series C Round with Blackstone Growth

Logistics payments and data infrastructure platform PayCargo has announced a new investment of up to $130M from funds managed by Blackstone Growth (BXG). BXG’s investment will support the company’s continued expansion both domestically and internationally,...
Carlyle Sees a Peak in Private Equity Deal-Making

Carlyle Sees a Peak in Private Equity Deal-Making

Marco De Benedetti, managing director at Carlyle Group, sees a “definite slowdown” in private equity deal-making and says, “I think the peak is behind us.” In this interview with Bloomberg De Benedetti elaborates on his views on the economy and what role private...