Investec Specialist Bank (Investec) has appointed Megan Chavkin to its Corporate & Acquisition Finance team, led by Callum Bell, Head of Corporate & Acquisition Finance at Investec. Based in the team’s London office, Chavkin will be responsible for the origination and execution of leveraged finance and private debt solutions for
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, is to administer Headway Capital Partners’ fourth secondary private equity fund. Founded in 2004, Headway is an independent investment firm providing a full range of liquidity solutions to investors seeking exits or alternatives for their private equity assets. Investing globally
The team behind Swarm Fund, a decentralised capital marketplace that provides cryptocurrency investors with access to institutional style investments, has raised USD5.5 million through its public token sale. Swarm has appointed serial tech entrepreneur Philipp Pieper as its CEO. The firm has also had what it calls its first ‘liquid
Sustainable Technology Investors (STIL) has launced the GBP100 million Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund (NSGF) in partnership with the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST), founded by members of the Nobel Family, and SET3, the global investment group founded by Gordon Power and Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown. The Fund is backed
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund has reached an agreement to sell svt Group (svt), a provider of passive fire protection products and services as well as restoration management services, to Ergon Capital Partners III (Ergon). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. svt
BTL Group (BTL) has closed previously announced brokered and non-brokered private placements raising a gross total of approximately CAD15.3 million. BTL will use the capital raised to deliver its blockchain platform Interbit in early 2018. The company is targeting enterprises that can license Interbit to either build their own applications
Britbots, an organisation devoted to promoting the fortunes of UK-based robotics companies, has invested the first part of a GBP300,000 funding package for Tethered Drone Systems. Britbots operates the British Robotics Seed (SEIS) Fund and the equity crowdfunding platform, Britbots CROWD, which both support promising robotics-related businesses performing autonomous tasks
China Renaissance has expanded its asset management business with an array of strategies and approaches to investing in companies across high-growth sectors of China’s economy. The business will offer a range of options for investors who want exposure to “new economy” entrepreneurs, those with progressive business models built around innovations in
Hermes GPE, a specialist investor in global private equity, has appointed two new senior investment professionals, Sanjeev Phakey and Fidel Manolopoulos (pictured), who will both be based in the firm’s London office. These appointments bring Hermes GPE’s investment team to 20 professionals across three offices in London, New York and
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