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Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) rose 13% in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The tech veteran's stock has taken a modest hit amid the tariff drama of early April, but remains well ahead of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index on a year-to-date basis. How IBM bucked the market trend in Q1 IBM's chart diverged from the broader market twice in the first quarter.
Brynwood Partners has agreed to sell Harvest Hill Beverage Company to Castillo Hermanos. The sale of Harvest Hill is the largest exit in Brynwoods 40-year history. Centerview Capital co-invested in this transaction alongside Castillo Hermanos. Harvest Hill was formed in June 2014 following Brynwoods acquisition of the Juicy Juice brand from Nestl USA.
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Keensight Capital has withdrawn its interest in making a buyout offer for British medical device maker Niox Group due to the current turbulence in the wider economy. Keensight had agreed a roughly 345m deal for Niox last month, at 81 pence per share. Global markets have been rocked in the past week by ongoing tariff […] The post Deal Roundup: Keensight scraps Niox Group due to economic turbulence, Eurazeo buys into Ekoscan appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Trive Capital held a final and above-target close of its fifth flagship fund, Trive Capital Fund V LP , with total capital commitments of $2.7 billion. The new funds original target was $2.5 billion and follows the close of its fourth fund in April 2022 with $2.0 billion in capital. Trive Capital invests between $10 million and $250 million of debt and equity in North America-headquartered companies with revenues ranging from $40 million to $1.5 billion.
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Apollo Global Management has invested in Plume, a blockchain infrastructure platform focused on real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation, as part of a broader push to bring institutional-grade financial products on-chain, according to a report by CoinDesk. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, Plume confirmed the deal represents a seven-figure capital injection.
FM Capital, a VC firm focused on tech companies transforming the automotive and transportation industries, has closed its fourth fund on $240m. The post FM Capital aims to keep fuelling transport innovation with $240m Fund IV close appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.
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Neuranics, a Glasgow, Scotland, UK-based deep-tech semiconductor company providing human-machine interactions, raised $8M in seed funding. The round was led by Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from Archangels, Par Equity, the University of Glasgow, and Old College Capital. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate global growth and the commercial adoption of its Tunnelling Magnetoresistance (TMR) magnetic […] The post Neuranics Raises $8M in Seed Funding appeared first on F
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