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Matter and BNPP AM launch SDG Fundamentals

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) and Matter, a Danish fintech specialising in sustainability insights, have launch of ‘SDG Fundamentals’, a new data solution which enables investors to analyse the extent to which company revenues are aligned – or misaligned – with the targets of the 17 United Nations Sustainable

Ironwood Capital invests in Directional Services

Ironwood Capital has made an investment in Directional Services (DSI), a utility-scale and specialty energy infrastructure contractor. This investment will support DSI’s continued focus on expanding its specialised renewable energy services offering, modernising its internal infrastructure, and build upon its superior team of dedicated professionals.

CareAcademy raises $20m in funding round led by GSAM

CareAcademy, a care enablement platform for home care and home health organisations, has raised $20 million in a strategic investment round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management. MassMutual through the MM Catalyst Fund, Impact America Fund, Rethink Education, Unseen Capital, First Trust Capital Partners, LLC and prior investors also participated

Growth Capital-backed SilverAssist acquires AidandAttendance.com

SilverAssist, led by seasoned digital media and technology executive, Greg Mason and financially backed by middle-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners, has acquired AidandAttendance.com, a leading veterans benefits eligibility and web‐based application service. Aidandattendance.com is the first of its kind to develop software that simplifies the exceedingly complex application

Cube acquires Dispam

Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube), an independent European mid-market infrastructure investor, is to acquire a 78% stake in French temperature-controlled logistics operator Dispam on behalf of Cube Infrastructure Fund III, in partnership with Pascal Masse, Chairman of the company who has led its successful development over four decades and will retain

ESG evolving into a core strategy for PE, says BDO report

Private equity fund managers are prioritising impact funds and ESG above new deals, directing money to ESG commitments. That’s according to BDO’s Spring 2022 Private Capital Pulse Survey, which reveal that 50% say they will direct the most capital toward setting up impact funds or investing in targets with ESG-focused

Backbase raises €120m from Motive Partners at €2.5bn valuation

Backbase, creator of the Engagement Banking Platform, has raised €120 million in growth equity funding from Motive Partners. Having grown organically to over €200 million in revenue, Backbase is now partnering with a Fintech specialist private equity firm, to further strengthen its claim on the Engagement Banking category.   This

Agilitas Energy raises $350m to build national renewable energy an storage platform

Agilitas Energy, a developer, builder, owner and operator of distributed energy storage and solar PV systems in the northeastern US, has raised $350 million of equity in a two-tiered investment from funds managed by CarVal Investors. The investment will fund a national footprint build-out of Agilitas Energy’s large pipeline of

Deutsche Fussball reconsidering PE options

Elite German football body Deutsche Fussball is again exploring the possible involvement of private equity investors in media rights, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move comes just over a year after similar plans were dropped. The report says that a working party comprising Deutsche Fussball Liga’s Chief Executive

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