Guernsey Finance CEO, Dominic Wheatley (pictured), is to stand down from his role after five years. Wheatley will leave the promotional agency on the 30 June 2020, having been in the role since December 2014. Chairman Lyndon Trott says: “The board is grateful to Dominic for his commitment and performance
In this week’s newsletter James Williams is looking to the future and the opportunities available to private equity investors from the roll-out of 5G facilities and services – an undertaking some are predicting will be the largest infrastructure project in US history. Elsewhere, Liz Pfeuti reports on how changing attitudes
Ada Ventures has raised a new USD34 million (GBP27 million) fund which will invests in ‘overlooked’ company founders. At present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe goes to all male teams, 83 per cent founders are white, 82 per cent are university educated. In the UK, a quarter
With a predicted USD275 billion of investment expected from US wireless providers over the next few years, not to mention up to three million new jobs and an annual USD500 billion GDP boost for the US economy, it’s no wonder that 5G is being a dubbed truly transformative technology. And
Outlier Ventures, a venture platform focused on growth investing, has become the lead adviser to and an investor in Cudo Ventures, a provider of cloud computing and monetisation software. Cudo is the leading player in the rapidly growing and developing market for the next generation of cloud computing. The company
Souter Investments has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Stone Group, an ICT services provider, in an equity and debt refinancing of the business led by CEO Simon Harbridge and the existing management team. Founded in 1991, Stone Group has assisted thousands of organisations in adapting and thriving
Prime Capital AG, an independent alternative asset manager and financial services provider, has received the first Second-Party Opinion on an infrastructure equity fund from Sustainalytics, a global specialist in ESG research, ratings and analysis. Prime Capital’s planned Green Energy Infrastructure Fund, investing primarily in greenfield onshore wind projects in the
Foresight Group (Foresight) and Williams Advanced Engineering (Williams) have a made a GBP1.6 million investment into Oxford University spin-out Mixergy Limited (Mixergy), a specialist in smart hot water tanks. Mixergy was founded in 2014 by Peter Armstrong, CEO, and Ren Kang, Head of R&D, following the completion of their PhD
Jambu Palaniappan has joined OMERS Ventures as managing partner in London. The former Uber executive brings extensive operational experience from the startup world to the Canadian venture capital firm’s European team. OMERS Ventures is an early-stage investor in disruptive technology companies shaping the future of how we live and work,
Cyan Forensics – an Edinburgh-based start-up producing technology to help police investigators find evidence faster – has secured a further GBP1.3m from a consortium of investors. The funding, which has come from Triple Point Investment Management, Mercia, SIS Ventures, the Scottish Investment Bank and private investors, will support the company’s expansion
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