RSM has appointed James Lewis as an M&A partner in its corporate finance practice. Lewis joins RSM from Deloitte where he jointly led the firm’s PLC M&A Advisory team. Prior to that, he held advisory and M&A positions at both Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. In his career to date,
Octopus has taken a 12.3 per cent stake in European impact investment bank ClearlySo as part of a GBP1.25 million growth funding round. Octopus will become the largest single institutional investor in the firm and Octopus Co-Founder Chris Hulatt will join the ClearlySo board as a non-executive director. The investment
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility (including an undrawn revolving credit facility) to support the acquisition of Ashley Stewart by its senior management and an affiliate of The Invus Group. Ashley Stewart, founded in 1991 and based
CHRONEXT, a curated online marketplace for luxury watches, has closed a series C financing round of EUR11 million led by Partech Ventures and joined by new backer Octopus Ventures alongside existing investors, Capnamic Ventures, NRW.BANK and InVenture Partners. Founded in 2013 in Switzerland, CHRONEXT is a secure marketplace where new
Centaur Asset Management has appointed Rose Omundi as Corporate Counsel. This is the latest in a series of senior-level appointments across the business. Prior to moving to the UAE, Omundi was based in Kenya and worked for one of the leading banks in Kenya as a Senior Legal Counsel and
WorldQuant Ventures, an angel investment firm focused on disruptive companies in technology, has invested in Cycle Computing, a specialist in Big Compute software. WorldQuant Ventures’ investment allows Cycle Computing to expand access for financial services companies to flexible and affordable cloud-based computing solutions. “We are excited to announce our
Vivo Capital, a global healthcare investment firm, has closed a new healthcare venture capital focused fund, the Vivo PANDA Fund, at over USD100 million. Vivo plans to invest the capital primarily in innovative early-stage healthcare companies across the industry spectrum, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and diagnostics. The addition of
NextEnergy Capital Group (NEC) has held the first close of NextPower II, a private equity fund focused on acquiring operating solar power projects in Italy. NextPower II has secured an initial commitment of EUR150 million, and will begin deploying capital imminently. NextPower II’s strategy is to consolidate the large but
Private equity firm Harvest Partners has appointed Michael JP Klein as an Advisor. Klein will support the firm in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities in the automotive aftermarket parts, distribution, services, and retail sectors. Klein has more than 35 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket, including CEO roles with
Specialist finance and advisory firm TCA Fund Management Group Corp is planning to launch a small-cap private equity fund to invest in under-served growth stage companies, primarily in the US and UK. TCA Opportunities Fund I, LP, registered with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will seek just to target 15
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