Leading global general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) have launched the ESG Data Convergence Project to advance an initial standardised set of ESG metrics and mechanisms for comparative reporting. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) led the collaboration which includes GPs
Aviva, has announced a GBP10 million investment, and a five-year extension to its innovation partnership with Founders Factory to support new start-ups in the UK. Founders Factory is a global venture studio and accelerator that was co-founded by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox in 2015. Since its inception, over
Prometheus Alternative Investments has raised USD5 million in an oversubscribed seed round. The round was led by 8VC/Joe Lonsdale with participation from a diverse set of prominent investors including Kyle Bass (Hayman Capital), Gaingels, John Quinn (Quinn Emanuel), Gil Weisblum (family office of Barry Diller), Jared Rothman (family office of
African Capital Alliance (ACA) has acquired a stake in Africa’s leading multi-brand QSR group, Food Concepts Plc (Food Concepts), from pan-African returns and impact-driven private equity firm DPI. The deal will see the sale of 31 per cent of Food Concepts by DPI, a pan-African returns and impact-driven private equity firm with
Cybersecurity specialist BlueVoyant has acquired global professional services and big data solutions consultancy, Concanon, to provide the services and solutions to further empower Splunk customers worldwide and to maximise their investments in Splunk Cloud Platform. With this acquisition, Concanon becomes a standalone but wholly-owned subsidiary of BlueVoyant. Concanon will coordinate
The Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) has partnered with Triple Point Investment Management, an Investment Manager for Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9), a London Stock Exchange (LSE) listed investment trust. Triple Point is a UK-based Investment Manager with over GBP2 billion under management and employs over 150 people. Since 2004, Triple
Advent France Biotechnology (AFB), an AMF-regulated investment company dedicated to life sciences, has held the first closing of its second fund at EUR86 million (USD102 million). The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Fonds national d’amorçage 2 (the French Seed Fund 2) managed on behalf of the French State by
After delivering more than 100,000 shipments in Germany, constructiontech startup Schüttflix has raised USD50 million of additional capital and is preparing to enter the Austrian, Polish and Czech markets in 2022. The recently completed Series A financing round was led by European venture capital investor Draper Esprit. Also boosting their
O’Melveny has advised DL Chemical Co, a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co (formerly Daelim Industrial Co), on its merger agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products, in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of
Moda Furnishings (Moda), a Manchester-based outdoor furniture retailer, acquired in September 2019 in an MBO led by CEO Jonny Brierley and COO Vallan McCarthy, backed by the Manchester office of mid-market private equity investor Endless, has agreed a new GBP17 million funding deal. Moda has had another strong year of
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