The companies that venture capital investors back have the potential to have significant positive and negative impacts across the spectrum of ESG issues as they scale up – including privacy violations, human rights issues, poor governance and climate-related risks. That’s according to a new on PRI report on the interplay
OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, a sector-focused, theme-driven investor to support the “buy and build” strategy of its newly-launched Special Educational Needs (SEN) provider, Melrose Education. Innervation Capital focuses on investing in platform companies in essential services sectors such as education. It then works closely
Growth Capital Ventures has led a GBP150,000 seed investment round into n-gage.io, a technology company transforming the way audiences engage and experience leisure, visitor, and sporting attractions. The funds will be used to drive the development of the technology forward and support n-gage.io’s market entry strategy. The funds are in
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire EYSA Group (EYSA), a provider of smart mobility solutions. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is led by the HIG Infrastructure Partners fund. Terms have not disclosed. EYSA has long term relationships with municipalities and private clients who
Alpha Real Capital (Alpha), a specialist manager of secure income real assets, has closed its largest solar transaction to date with the acquisition of Innova Energy, a GBP86 million multi-asset operating portfolio.
Précis Capital Partners (Précis Capital), a real estate development lending platform, has entered into a funding partnership with the Global Credit segment of investment firm Carlyle. The partnership between Précis Capital and Carlyle will finance development loans in the residential asset class, where the acute long-term structural undersupply within the
Funds advised by Marathon Asset Management are to acquire Kaléo, a privately held pharmaceutical company based in Richmond, Virginia. The total base purchase price is approximately USD310 million in cash, less certain adjustments, and includes potential net revenue-based milestone payments of up to approximately USD70 million in cash for the
Invest Europe, an association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, is to develop a coherent standard for how private equity and venture capital firms should report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – bringing harmonisation and transparency to essential ESG reporting
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners (Helios) has secured an ESG-linked capital call facility for Helios Investors IV, LP (Helios IV). Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Chartered Bank acted as Arrangers and Sustainability Coordinators. The interest rate of the Helios IV capital call facility is pegged to ESG performance
Eleven Ventures, a Bulgarian venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investing in South Eastern Europe (SEE), has held the final closing of ‘Eleven Fund III’ at EUR60 million. The firm’s latest fund is 10-times the size of its previous 2018 fund. Some 80 per cent of the new
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