Chatham Financial has acquired the JCRA Group, significantly expanding the firm’s presence in Europe. Chatham and JCRA specialise in providing debt and derivatives solutions to commercial real estate, private equity, infrastructure, financial institutions, and corporate clients. Chatham and JCRA collectively serve over 3,000 clients and advise on more than 20,000
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Seema Dhanani and Benson Adenuga as Heads of Office for Kenya and Nigeria, respectively. The appointees’ deep investment experience and strong local networks will be instrumental in advancing and accelerating CDC’s commitment to invest USD4.5 billion from 2018 – 2021 across Africa,
Artist Capital Management, a growth-oriented investment management firm, has raised USD100 million for its first fund, the Artist Esports Edge Fund. The Edge Fund seeks to provide institutional investors with concentrated exposure to leading esports companies. Artist Capital Management takes a theme-driven approach to investment research. The firm believes esports – or
Context Capital Partners, an alternative specialist firm with holdings and operating companies in various sectors of the alternatives space, has appointed Eric Noll as Chief Executive Officer of Context Capital Partners, with Ron Biscardi (pictured) shifting to become Chief Executive Officer of Context Summits on a full-time basis. In his new role, Noll
Bunker Hill Capital, a Boston-based private equity investor in lower middle market companies, has sold ASPEQ Heating Group (ASPEQ), a St Louis-based manufacturer of highly engineered electric‐heating and thermal‐management technologies to San Francisco-based Industrial Growth Partners. Bunker Hill Capital acquired ASPEQ in June 2015 and was joined in the transaction with equity,
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investment has signed an exclusivity agreement with mid cap investor Naxicap with a view to buying a majority stake in Sogelink, a provider of vertical software solutions for infrastructure sector professionals. Keensight Capital will become the majority shareholder of
Zeus Capital, an independent investment bank, has advised on eight transactions across public and private markets since June 2019, with a gross value of approximately GBP600 million. Zeus Capital has been particularly active in the consumer market, working with a number of technology-enabled businesses. The firm acted as the sole
Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (Balderton), an early stage venture capital investor, on a new USD400 million VC fund, Balderton VII (the Fund). The Fund was oversubscribed having attracted support from investors internationally. It will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage. Balderton invests in entrepreneurs building
Halal baby food manufacturer for aisha has secured the backing of the Foresight Group, an independent infrastructure and private equity investment firm. The investment will enable for aisha to develop its UK and international expansion plans, bolster its management team and further invest in its trade and consumer marketing activities.
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