FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Intelligence

Napier Park Financial Partners leads Point Predictive Series B funding round

Point Predictive Inc, a San Diego-based company that provides machine learning solutions to the lending industry, has completed a Series B growth financing led by Napier Park Financial Partners with participation from the company’s existing investor, Mosaik Partners.  The company has also hired Michael Housman as its new Chief Technology

Hamilton Lane names Director of ESG & Sustainability

Private markets asset management firm Hamilton Lane has appointed longtime Managing Director Paul Yett to the role of Director of ESG & Sustainability.  Hamilton Lane has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to ESG, sustainability and responsible investing, and Yett will focus on expanding and formally spearheading the firm’s ESG integration strategy

Alantra appoints head of infrastructure and energy advisory division

Alantra has expanded its Investment Banking team with the addition of César Ciriza as Managing Partner and will head of its infrastructure and energy activity. Ciriza is a renowned banker specialising in infrastructure and energy transactions and brings over 20 years of investment banking experience to the role. Before launching

Finance Durham Fund invests GBP250,000 in Power Roll

Finance Durham Fund, which was established by Durham County Council and overseen by Business Durham, has invested GBP250,000 in Power Roll, a developer of ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible film for energy generation and storage.  The investment through Finance Durham, which is managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), will support construction

Equistone-backed Fircroft forms strategic alignment with NES

Fircroft Group, a technical recruitment business backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has integrated with NES Global Talent (NES) to create a combined global human capital solutions organisation. NES is a specialist in workforce solutions, providing staffing across the oil and gas, power, renewables, chemicals, life sciences and mining sectors

European dealmaking downcast, but distressed opportunities emerging, says CMS

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on European dealmaking activity. However, opportunities remain for those willing to take risks, according to the eighth edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket. The report is a comprehensive assessment of dealmaking sentiment in the European

Hg makes new investment in The Citation Group

Hg, a European investor in software and tech-enabled services businesses, has made an investment in The Citation Group (Citation), a provider of tech-enabled, subscription-based HR and Employment law, Health & Safety, and ISO services to SMEs. Citation provides tech-enabled compliance and quality related subscription services to over 40,000 SMEs across

Hunter Street Partners acquires All-Star and launches equipment rental investment platform

Hunter Street Partners (Hunter Street), a Minneapolis-based alternative investment management firm, has launched a scalable platform to invest in equipment rental companies.  Hunter Street has acquired All-Star Equipment Rental of Naples (All-Star), a single-site operator based in Southwest Florida, and will work closely with the company’s management team to evaluate

Blockchain

VNX completes first blockchain tech VC deal in Europe

VNX Exchange, a Luxembourg-based digital asset investment platform, has completed the first VC deal in Europe utilising blockchain tech. The deal sees the issue of EUR1.1 million of asset-backed tokens linked to the investment into Streami Inc, a South Korean blockchain company. Issued on the Ethereum blockchain ERC-20, the asset-backed

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings