Sproutl, a UK gardening tech start-up that aims to open up gardening to a whole new generation of gardeners and get everyone to plant something, has today launched a curated online marketplace that celebrates the best brands and businesses in the gardening industry, having raised USD9 million in a seed
Azora, a Madrid-based European private equity manager and one of Spain’s leading real assets investors, is to dispose of a 1.2GW Spanish renewable energy portfolio to Eni, the Italian based global integrated energy company. The portfolio comprises three operational onshore wind farms, an onshore wind farm under construction (totalling
AuthenticID, a provider of Identity Proofing solutions for large enterprises, has closed a USD100 million minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners, a technology-focused growth equity firm. The investment will support AuthenticID’s continued expansion within telecommunications, financial services, government, and other consumer segments looking to establish trust and mitigate fraud,
Private debt strategies continue to gain investor traction, as institutional allocators look to increasingly esoteric ‘alternative’ fixed- income- style products, according to interviews with global and boutique investment consultancies conducted by Hedgeweek.
Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, has held the first close of its third fund, the Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at USD120 million. The fund is targeting a final size of USD250 million. Now with more than USD400 million of
European PropTech VC, Pi Labs, has announced two new investors who join as limited partners (LPs) for its third institutional fund, Fund III.
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has promoted five individuals across its investment and value creation teams. Sandy Gill has been promoted to Managing Director, and Stephen Goodman, Amir Ravandoust, Gabriel Shields-Estrada, and Tom Smith have been promoted to Principal. Additionally, Vector
Trilantic Europe, a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, has invested in the Smile Eyes Group, a specialist in the German ophthalmology market headquartered in Munich. The investment is structured as a partnership between Trilantic Europe, the two co-founders of Smile Eyes Dres. Wiltfang and Bechmann and
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has held the final close of Tikehau Special Opportunities Fund II (TSO II) with total commitments of EUR617 million. TSO II, which had an initial target of EUR500 million, is the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Special Opportunities strategy and is more
European mid-market private equity firm Equistone has acquired a majority stake in Vertbaudet, a European e-commerce platform dedicated to childhood. Following this transaction, Equistone now holds a majority stake in Vertbaudet, alongside the executive team. Through a robust omnichannel model – which has demonstrated resilience throughout the Covid-19 crisis –
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