Seraphim Space (Manager), the manager of the Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc (LSE: SSIT), a listed Space Tech Fund, has appointed Development Partners International partner Sarah Shackleton, as the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment is effective immediately. Shackleton joins Seraphim Space as Chief Operating Officer following a
When iConnections launched in 2020 with its Funds4Food campaign, it saw a need to bring the hedge and private equity industries together to help victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the company is are pivoting its Funds4Kids cap intro event to the crisis in Ukraine as Funds4Ukraine. For every completed
Arrowpoint Advisory’s Industrial team has advised the shareholders of Coryton Advanced Fuels Limited, a specialist in the market for sustainable fuels, on its sale to Lantmannen AB, a Swedish agricultural co-operative group. Coryton is a provider of advanced, bespoke fuel solutions to an established customer base operating across a range
Foresight Group (Foresight), an infrastructure and private equity investment manager listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), have invested in Zero Point Motion Limited (ZPM), an early-stage semi-conductor company which is developing a chip-scale inertial measurement unit (IMU) for ultra-precise motion-tracking and indoor navigation. The
Barings has acted as sole lender of secured credit facilities in the merger of Westbridge Advisory (Westbridge) with Argentus (Argentus), a portfolio company of GENUI. GENUI acquired a significant stake in Argentus in 2021, subsequently merging it with Westbridge in 2022, Argentus’ largest peer in Germany. The merger will create
Inflexion has led the buyout of Astrak Group, a European specialist distributor of parts for construction equipment, with the founding family continuing to be involved with the business. The investment is being made from the Inflexion Buyout Fund VI, which recently closed at GBP2.5 billion. Fife-based Astrak was founded in
New research from Intertrust, a provide of administration services to clients in over 30 jurisdictions, reveals that the UK that is leading the way for gender diversity within private funds, with 44 per cent of UK CFOs describing gender diversity as crucial to investment opportunities, compared to 35 per cent
Eurazeo has reached an agreement with Macquarie Asset Management, in a consortium with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and MEAG, to sell its 47 per cent stake in Reden Solar, a European independent solar power producer, based on a EUR2.5 billion Enterprise Value. Reden Solar is active across eight
Global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has appointed Ricardo Sommer as Head of Private Equity Germany, effective 7 March, 2022. Sommer will lead Tikehau Capital’s private equity activities in the DACH region. Based in Frankfurt, he will be responsible for building Tikehau Capital’s local private equity franchise, leveraging the firm’s
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Norit Activated Carbon (Norit), a global manufacturer of activated carbon for purification solutions, from corporate parent Cabot Corporation. Norit manufactures a broad portfolio of activated carbon products used for purification needs in growing sectors including
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