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BGF leads significant growth funding round in BBC Maestro

BBC Maestro, an online education platform providing access to expert masterclasses with the likes of David Walliams, Marco Pierre White and Mark Ronson, has completed a multi-million-pound funding round to facilitate market growth.

Pollen Street Capital now carbon neutral

Pollen Street as met the target set out in its ESG Report for 2020 and is now carbon neutral. The carbon footprint of Pollen Street Capital reduced in 2021 and residual carbon emissions have been removed through verified offsets. The firm has also published the results of its second internal

South Street Partners closes inaugural discretionary fund at over $225m

South Street Partners (South Street) a private equity real estate investment firm, has held the final close of SSP GP Fund I, its inaugural discretionary commingled fund, at over $225 million, significantly in excess of its original target of $100 million. The fund will continue South Street’s strategy of executing

Silversmith Capital Partners raises $1.25bn for fourth growth equity fund

Silversmith Capital Partners (Silversmith) has held the first and final close of its fourth fund, Silversmith Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), which was significantly oversubscribed, at its hard cap of $1.25 billion. In addition to the $1.25 billion from limited partners, the Silversmith team will contribute $90 million to Fund

Petra Funds Group makes new ESG hire

Petra Funds Group (Petra), an independent private funds administrator, has opened its London office, which will be led by former Riverstone European General Counsel and head of ESG, Charlie Chipchase. Chipchase, an experienced in-house private equity lawyer with over 20 years of experience, will focus on expanding Petra’s European footprint

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