Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has hired three new team members to its growing investment team in London. James Sharp joins as principal, and Kayan Kanga and Prakash Rajani as investment associates, bringing the total investment team in London to 10. All three new hires will work with UK
Albion Capital has refinanced Albion Community Power, a GBP105 million renewable energy portfolio, by raising GBP57 million of debt across the portfolio of onshore wind, hydro, solar and battery projects.The successful refinancing demonstrated Albion’s ability to raise, deploy and return institutional funds within a five year period. The portfolio of
New McKinsey research has shown private equity operating groups are playing a vital role in responding to the challenges created by Covid-19.Operating groups are employed by private equity firms to provide strategic direction and support to portfolio companies. For PE firms, which often own businesses in multiple industries and geographies,
YFM Equity Partners has hired David Wrench as an investment director, as it continues to expand its investment team.Wrench is joining the team to invest in growth capital and buyout opportunities, and his appointment follows the recent raising of a new GBP80 million YFM buyout fund, the investment to support
Taxfix, a digital tax app aimed at simplifying the process of filing a tax return, has raised USD65 million in a Series C round from investors including Index Ventures and Creandum. The company will use the funds to grow its 200-strong team by another 100 people, as it broadens its range of products
Fortino Capital Partners has held a first close on EUR45 million for the successor of its first VC-fund, Fortino Capital Venture II. The fund, which will be focussing on early stage European software and tech companies with a regional bias to the Benelux, has a target size of EUR80 million.
SANNE has announced three new senior appointments, including the promotion of Jason Bingham from Managing Director of Product Development to Chief Strategy Officer.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
Legal & General Capital (LGC) announces that it has taken a 36 per cent stake in The Kensa Group, one of the UK’s largest players in the ground source heat pump technology sector, as it scales up its investments in addressing decarbonisation. Complementing Legal & General’s existing clean energy investment portfolio,
BlackRock has held the final close of Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III (GEPIF III) at USD5.1 billion, making it the largest alternative investment fundraise in BlackRock history. The final close value also exceeded both the original Fund target of USD3.5 billion and the original hard cap of USD4.5 billion.
Arbour Lane Capital Management, a private registered investment adviser focused primarily on opportunistic credit and special situation investments, has held the final closing of Arbour Lane Credit Opportunity Fund II at its hard cap of USD1.2 billion in capital commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD750 million.The Fund focuses on
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