Octopus Labs has selected five businesses to join its new Fintech accelerator, which kicks off in October. Over 80 applications were received to join the accelerator programme – with a shortlist invited to live pitch last week. The panel of judges – which included ex-head of Google UK Dan
Mayfair Equity Partners has held the final close on its maiden fund, Mayfair Equity Partners Fund I, at GBP400 million, exceeding its target of GBP350 million. The fund also has access to significant co-investment capital. In an oversubscribed fundraise, the fund attracted commitments from a broad and diverse cross
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has backed a second fund by Pemberton which plans to lend GBP500 million to mid-sized UK businesses to support their growth. The commitment follows LGC’s investment in Pemberton’s first, pan-European fund which has currently raised around EUR1billion and has already invested over GBP180 million into
Modern Energy Management (MEM), which delivers project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors, has delivered over 1.5GW of renewable energy in emerging markets, as a direct result of its Investment Grade Verification (IGV) service. Launched earlier this year, the IGV service has been developed by Modern Energy
Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of &tradition on its sale to HAY – a Danish designer and manufacturer of contemporary furniture, accessories and rugs – and Anders Holch Povlsen, CEO of fashion chain Bestseller. Established in 2010, &tradition is a Danish lighting, furniture and accessories design company. The business
Chinese internet search provider Baidu is the lead investor in Easterly Ventures, a new USD60 million Brazil-based investment fund. Easterly Ventures will focus on providing funding, technology, local traffic and industry expertise for Brazilian tech start-ups, with the goal of building a robust mobile service ecosystem in Latin America.
French asset management firm Amundi is launching a single platform designed to bring its real and alternative assets under one entity and drive its aim of becoming one of the leading alternative asset managers in Europe. The firm writes that real estate, private debt, private equity, infrastructure and alternative multi-management
Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm investing exclusively in aerospace and defence, has acquired Seattle-headquartered Raisbeck Engineering. Founded in 1982 by aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur James D Raisbeck, Raisbeck Engineering develops, markets and manufactures worldwide-certified performance improvement systems for some of the most prolific commercial and general aviation aircraft
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named the Best North American Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2016. The awards, which celebrate the achievements of the best performing managers and service providers in the US hedge funds
One of the largest venture capital investors in the UK, Albion Ventures, is to acquire GBP490 million OLIM Investment Managers from Close Brothers Group. OLIM is a fund manager specialising in UK quoted equities with a particular focus on charities, for which it manages GBP240 million, and in investment and
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