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Slate Asset Management appoints managing director, North American infrastructure

Slate Asset Management (Slate), a global alternative investment platform focused on real assets, has appointed Jeff Rodgers as Managing Director, North American Infrastructure. Rodgers will oversee origination and asset management for Slate’s infrastructure platform in North America, supporting the build out of Slate’s Cities and Communities Impact Infrastructure Strategy in

Prytek appoints CEO of VC arm

Prytek, a multinational technology group with a focus on building and investing in technologies and delivering managed services, has appointed Noga Knaz as the CEO of Prytek Ventures to provide the firm’s corporate venture capital (CVC) arm with a harper focus on early-stage fintech startups. As part of her role,

MS Lending Group secures £50m funding line from Pollen Street Capital

MS Lending Group, a bridging lending firm, has secured an initial £50 million senior-secured facility with Pollen Street Capital. Pollen Street is a fast growing and purpose led alternative investment asset manager, investing in credit and private equity strategies focusing on the real estate, financial and business services sectors.   

Palm Beach Capital invests in Earth Systems, LLC

Palm Beach Capital Fund V (PBC), through one of its investment entities, has made an investment in Earth Systems, an environmental engineering and consulting firm based in South Florida. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Earth Systems services clients in various end markets including oil and gas,

OpenGate Capital to acquire Extol

OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, is in exclusive negotiations with the Spanish firm MCH and Fernando Busto, founder and CEO of Extol, to acquire Extol.  The acquisition is part of a wider plan to create a European group focused on the aluminium extrusion market including another company, Aluminium

One Rock Capital Partners adds to operating partner team

One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has added Phil Gaudreau to its team of operating partners. Working in tandem with existing operating partners Sally Cunningham, Susan Fiesta, and Andrea Greene, Gaudreau will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at the value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, through strategic financial, accounting and

Nordic Capital’s The Binding Site appoints chairperson

The Binding Site, a specialist in protein diagnostics and a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, has appointed Mark Stevenson as its new non-executive Chairperson.  As the former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Stevenson will be able to draw on his extensive experience within

GTCR appoints MD for investor relations

GTCR has appointed Jodi Rubenstein as the private equity firm’s new managing director, investor relations. Rubenstein comes to GTCR with more than 15 years of experience in investment management with a focus on private equity and other alternative investments.  In leading the firm’s Investor Relations function from GTCR’s Chicago offices,

UK-based start-ups raised $18bn VC funding Jan-Jul 2022, finds GlobalData

Apart from being the top European market, the UK is also among the top five markets for  global venture capital (VC) funding activity, found GlobalData. According to the data and analytics company, a total of 1,083 VC funding deals were announced in the UK during January-July 2022 while the disclosed

Dryad closes €10.5m in Series A funding round led by eCAPITAL

Dryad, a provider of solar-powered environmental sensor networks for ultra-early wildfire detection and forest monitoring, has closed a €10.5 million Series A funding round, led by eCAPITAL. Additional investors include Toba Capital, Semtech and Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures.  The funding will enable the company to scale its team, accelerate its go-to-market

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