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Devoted Health, the all-in-one healthcare company built to care for American seniors, closed a $366 million Series F round to expand its Medicare Advantage plans and tech-enabled care model.
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SoftBank completed the funding of its $40 billion investment in OpenAI, one of the largest private technology investments on record.
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Centricus, a global investment firm focused on advisory and asset management, and Consello, a leading global advisory and investing platform, announced the formation of a strategic alliance leveraging their respective operations around the world.
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Abu Dhabi Global Market welcomed 14 major financial institutions representing some $450 billion in combined assets during Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2023, with Centricus among the firms establishing a presence in the capital.
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Centricus acquired a majority stake in SK Global Entertainment, the independent film and television production and finance company behind “Crazy Rich Asians.”
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Centricus submitted a bid of more than £3 billion ($3.9 billion) for Chelsea Football Club, joining the contenders to acquire the Premier League club.
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3D-printing rocket specialist Relativity Space raised $650 million to accelerate work on a fully reusable rocket designed to compete with SpaceX.
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UK encryption software firm Arqit agreed to go public through a $1.4 billion merger with Centricus Acquisition Corp., the blank-check company led by former Deutsche Bank dealmaker Garth Ritchie.
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Centricus offered UEFA a multibillion-euro financing package as an alternative to the JPMorgan-backed European Super League, helping the governing body see off the breakaway competition.
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SoftBank announced plans to launch a second Vision Fund with expected capital of $108 billion, extending the world's largest technology investment vehicle.
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Centricus acquired the iconic Capri Palace Hotel & Spa, marking the firm's entry into the high-end hotel and resort sector.
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FIFA weighed an expanded $25 billion plan to revamp the Club World Cup and launch a new global Nations League, backed by a SoftBank-led investor consortium.
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SoftBank agreed to acquire Fortress Investment Group for $3.3 billion in a transaction arranged by Nizar Al-Bassam and Dalinc Ariburnu of Centricus, who continue to advise SoftBank on the firm.
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The acquisition is the first deal by Centricus, set up by former Deutsche Bank executive Nizar Al-Bassam along with Dalinc Ariburnu, who was most recently at Goldman Sachs.