Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity manager, has acquired the technology ventures division of Downing LLP (Downing) including management of the Venture Capital Trust and Ventures Enterprise Investment Scheme businesses of Downing. Foresight is expected to acquire the Funds for an initial consideration of £13.6 million. The funds
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Funds in England and Wales are set to increase their allocation to private markets, according to new research from Alpha Real Capital (Alpha). Over the next five years, 91% of LGPS professionals surveyed believe the funds they work for will increase their allocation to private
Family offices have increased their allocation to private equity, according to the UBS Global Family Office Report 2022, which surveys 221 single family offices around the world with total net worth of USD2.2 billion. The report reveals that while family offices are reducing fixed income allocations, investments in private equity,
Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has acquired Zethcon via TSCP portfolio company Made4net. Zethcon is a North American warehouse management system (WMS) software company with a robust cloud-based product platform designed specifically for the unique requirements of the third-party logistics (3PL) market.
Qubit Pharmaceuticals, a deeptech company specialising in molecular simulation and modelling using quantum physics, has raised €16.1 million from XAnge, Omnes, Quantonation and Octave Klaba, founder of OVH. This seed round with investors specialised in Life Sciences and Deep Tech brings the total amount raised since the company’s creation in
The Oregon Investment Council has allocated a total $1.6 billion to private equity, real estate, energy and co-investment strategies in the first four months of 2022, according to a Report by AlternativesWatch. The council oversees investment for the $95 billion Oregon Public Employees’ Retirement Fund which currently has a 10
HIG Bayside Capital (Bayside), the special situations and distressed debt affiliate of HIG Capital, has promoted Mathilde Malezieux to managing director. Malezieux has over sixteen years of investment banking and distressed investment experience. She previously worked at Nomura where she focused on European senior and mezzanine debt investments.
Galaxy Digital has led a $20m Series A funding round in Skolem Technologies, according to a report by CoinDesk. Point72 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Fenwick & West, Morpheus Ventures, and Dragonfly Capital, also participated in the round. Skolem, a provider data and trade execution services for decentralised financial markets, will use
The outlook for private credit markets looks strong as investors plan to increase their investment in these assets. The size of allocations is also set to grow. These findings are detailed in the Global Private Debt Insights Report 2022, published by TMF Group and Private Equity Wire. This second edition of
Recover, a materials science company and producer of sustainable, premium recycled cotton fibre and cotton fibre blends, has closed a new $100 million minority equity capital investment led by the Sustainable Investing business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs).
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