Ikigai, a UK fintech company which combines digital banking with wealth management, has received pre-seed funding of GBP4.1 million through an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign.
By Kyle Burrell, US FSO Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young LLP – Over the years, private equity fund managers have bolstered their firms’ reputations as the asset class of choice for investors, building strong value for their portfolio companies and fuelling job growth across a wide swath of industries.
VAM Funds (VAM), a Luxembourg SICAV fund management company, has partnered with Foresight Capital Management to launch the VAM Global Infrastructure Fund (GIF). FCM brings a strong track record in investment management, having generated consistent outperformance for Foresight’s Global Real Infrastructure Fund, which reached a Net Asset Value of GBP500
Tactus Group, a specialist in the development of consumer technology products, has expanded into the US market with an investment into pi-top, a coding and robotics firm that specialises in improving digital skills in education. The investment will strengthen Tactus Group’s capabilities in coding and robotics, and bolster its offering
A company which has designed a software platform that helps businesses optimise online recruitment has raised GBP630,000 to support its growth plans. Smart Recruit Online secured the funding from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment
Luminate Capital Partners has closed Luminate Capital Partners III, LP with USD1 billion of committed capital from a broad group of global institutional investors. The oversubscribed fund closed at its hard cap and above its USD700 million target, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to USD1.7 billion.
A new report from LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) shows that alternative investors are increasingly focusing on ESG outcomes in order to address key issues including climate change and diversity & inclusion (D&I). The ninth annual ESG Report from LGT Capital Partners analyses the activities of 344 managers globally (including
KKR has invested in EQuest Education Group (EQuest), an educational services provider in Vietnam. The investment will be used to support EQuest’s expansion and advance its mission to provide students in Vietnam with affordable access to world-class education. EQuest operates a diversified portfolio across the educational sector in Vietnam, focusing
Global investment firm The Carlyle Group’s (NASDAQ: CG) Global Credit platform has agreed to provide a debt financing package of EUR400 million for Infront Group (Infront), a sports marketing company based in Switzerland. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Zug, Infront is one of the world’s largest sports marketing companies,
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ (Cairngorm Capital) portfolio company, Grant & Stone, has acquired Devondale Electrical Distributors (Devondale). This acquisition expands Grant & Stone’s specialist electrical division, complementing the recent acquisitions of builders’ and plumbers’ merchants in the South West of England. Established in 1981, Devondale is the largest independent electrical wholesaler
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