Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) has expanded its senior team with the appointment of experienced finance professional, Simon Sotomey as Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance and operations functions which were merged last year. Sotomey joined SASC in July 2021 as interim CFO and has now taken on the

MindFi, an Asia-based corporate mental health and wellness platform, has closed an oversubscribed USD2 million seed funding round that saw participation from existing investor M Venture Partners and Global Founders Capital fund, a backer of Canva and Slack. Carousell co-founder Marcus Tan, Carro executive Kenji Narushima and Spin co-founder Derrick

Flow, a provider of private market software solutions, has closed a USD20 million Series A round led by SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank. Frontier Ventures, GFR Fund, HOF Capital, L’Attitude Ventures, WOCstar Fund, Mantis VC and several other investors also participated in the oversubscribed round.

CVC Credit has provided unitranche debt facilities to support the growth strategy of German pet food business AlphaPet. CVC will support the ongoing organic and acquisitive growth of the business, including the recent acquisition of Arden Grange, a UK-based premium pet food brand, through the provision of a term loan

Funds managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Alternative Credit strategy and Real Estate Group have acquired Capital Automotive (CARS) from a Brookfield private real estate fund for USD3.8 billion. CARS is a self-managed real estate company that provides highly tailored, sale-leaseback capital to automotive dealers in the US and Canada to

Runway Growth Capital (Runway), a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, has closed a senior secured term loan commitment of USD13 million to Dejero. Decor is a telecommunications aggregator of diverse connectivity paths including LTE and 5G cellular, satellite

Pemberton, an alternative credit specialist, has provided financing facilities supporting Pamplona Capital Management’s (Pamplona) acquisition of a majority stake in EET Group (‘EET’). This transaction represents Pemberton’s second investment with Pamplona as well as its third investment in the Nordic region over the last 12 months. Following Pemberton’s approach to

Wild Cosmetics, a design-led personal care start-up which pioneered the UK’s first plastic-free refillable deodorant in 2019, has closed GBP5 million in additional funding from existing investors to double down on its mission to remove single-use-plastics and unnecessary chemicals from everyday bathroom routines.