North west-based multi-family investment office Arete, has announced it has led a GBP1.6 million investment into Travel Seen, an early stage business co-founded by award-winning entrepreneur and travel professional, Jen Atkinson. The new venture, Travel Seen, is a ‘mass luxury’ travel agency that matches holidaymakers to destinations through social media
Partners Group, global private markets firm, is expanding the shareholder base of Foncia, a provider of residential property management services in Europe. Incoming shareholder TA Associates has agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the business, while Partners Group will continue to hold a majority stake in the
DP World, a specialist in global supply chain solutions, and CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, are entering into a long-term partnership to accelerate Africa’s long-term trade potential. Africa has a sixth of the world’s population, but accounts for just 4 per cent of global containerised
2150, the Urban Sustainability Technology Fund, has held the final close of its oversubscribed flagship fund at EUR268 million (USD312m). Funding for the final close comes from new investors including Credit Suisse and a client advised by AIMS Imprint of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the Norwegian sovereign climate investment company,
Bluegem Capital Partners, a pan-European equity fund specialising in investments in the mid-market consumer staples brands segment, has completed an ESG-linked refinancing package for Dr Vranjes, the Florentine company founded in 1983 which has become a market leader of home fragrances. Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB), the German bank with assets in
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS), a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation UMBF), has launched an automated optical character recognition (OCR) processing programme. The technology enables faster, more accurate processing of handwritten subscription and tender documents by replacing manual reviews with OCR software and bot technology, turning what previously amounted to hundreds
Waterland Private Equity and management consultancy Horn & Company have entered into a 50/50 partnership to create a new growth platform for mid-sized consultancy businesses. Horn & Company is one of the leading consultancies in the DACH region for the areas of strategy, digitalisation and revenue growth for financial service
Bond Vet, a design-forward, tech-enabled brand of veterinary care clinics in New York, has secured a USD170 million investment from growth investor Warburg Pincus. The funding will be used to expand Bond Vet’s footprint and invest in equipment, training, culture and technology to further improve the clinical experience for veterinarians,
RBS International has supported London-based independent infrastructure investment firm, Pioneer Point Partners, in working towards the latest target for its sustainable infrastructure fund. RBS International, through its Luxembourg branch arranged the bilateral 12-month, EUR125 million investor backed leverage facility, for its inaugural European Renewable Infrastructure Fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners SCSp.
After six successful years of growth within the Econocom Group, Alter Way, an French player in open source computing specialising in consulting, managed services and the hosting of digital platforms in the cloud, is merging with Smile, a European specialist in digital and open source technologies. By selling 100 per
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