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Goldman Sachs has led a USD8 million Series A investment round in Immersive Labs’ cyber security skills platform. The funding, made alongside smaller private investors, will grow an offering which arms enterprise IT and cyber security teams with the latest skills by combining threat data with gamified learning.
The award-winning Immersive Labs platform uses real-time feeds of the latest attack techniques, hacker psychology and technological vulnerabilities to rapidly build cyber wargames for IT and security teams to learn from. The platform can up-skill people within hours of a threat emerging and can also be used to identify and fix less immediate weaknesses in the talent pool.
Artemis Capital Partners (Artemis), an industrial technology-focussed private equity firm, has held the final close of its second fund, Artemis Capital Partners II after hitting the fund’s hard cap in September 2018 in an oversubscribed fundraise.
“We are humbled by the support we received from our existing base of Limited Partners and are delighted to welcome several new top-tier institutional partners,” says Peter A Hunter, Founder and Managing Partner of Artemis. “With capital from our new fund and that of our co-investors, we will continue our focus on acquiring and growing profitable industrial technology companies in close partnership with
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has held the final close of its second European infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II (IDP II), which has raised a total of EUR1 billion within nine months of its launch, substantially exceeding its original EUR700 million target following oversubscribed investor interest.
The capital has been raised from 48 limited partners, comprising a mix of pension funds and insurance companies from 10 different countries across Europe and Asia. The fund-raising benefitted from over 70 per cent re-up rate from investors in IDP II’s predecessor, Archmore Infrastructure Debt
Muzinich & Co has held the final close of the Muzinich Pan-European Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at EUR706.5 million.
The fund focuses on providing financing solutions for lower mid-market companies to fund growth, acquisitions, expansions and transitions.
“While we had an initial fund size target estimate of EUR500 million, we have seen strong demand from investors who are looking for attractive yields,” says Kirsten Bode, Co-Head of Private Debt, Pan-Europe. “We believe our offering – as one of the very few Pan-European private lenders in the lower mid-market – gives us an advantage in accessing a broad range
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised RBS International on a multi-million pound loan facility with Aurigny which enables the airline to purchase three new aircraft.
The loan from RBS International provides the States of Guernsey owned airline with the necessary capital required to purchase three ATR72-600s from Avions de Transport Regional GIE. The new aircraft incorporate ClearVision technology designed to reduce the disruption caused by fog.
Partner Andrew Boyce led the Carey Olsen team advising RBS International and was assisted by senior associate Vaishali Gupta and associate Rachel de la Haye. The firm acted as
Foresight Group (Foresight) has secured a GBP1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund (into Open Bionics Limited).
The investment has been made alongside an identical commitment from Downing LLP and Ananda Impact Ventures of GBP1.5 million each and Rathbone Nominees to complete the GBP4.66 million round.
Open Bionic, which was advised on the investment by TLT, is is an award-winning designer, manufacturer and supplier of bionic limbs with ambitions to become a market leader in a range of bespoke prostheses and assistive technologies and a global supplier of prosthetic and orthotic products and services. Based in
Gallant Capital Partners (Gallant), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has invested in Aero Turbine, an aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider, in partnership with Doug Clayton and Dave Mattson.
The company provides services to the US military as well as foreign militaries and other commercial customers around the world. Aero Turbine’s comprehensive service offering includes a combination of accessory and engine servicing, repairs and on-site testing. With multiple NADCAP certifications and a deep breadth of capabilities, Aero Turbine supports a wide range of commercial and military platforms.
“Gallant is an ideal partner for Aero Turbine as we enter
Ingenious, an alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has launched Ingenious Vision VCT which will seek to provide early-stage funding to unquoted companies with high growth potential that develop, produce or exploit television and other forms of audio-visual content.
Ingenious is looking to raise an initial GBP10 million with a minimum subscription of GBP3 million. The VCT will seek to pay target dividend of 5p per Ordinary Share per annum commencing from July 2022 with the potential to pay special dividends if investments generate a significant profit or are realised with a substantial gain.
Ingenious will
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Investcorp on the acquisition of Ubisense’s SmartSpace business and the Ubisense brand, a leader in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.
SmartSpace is an enterprise software and sensor platform that generates and interprets vast amounts of location data to create visibility of real-world objects and their interactions in real-time, enabling complex manufacturing processes with high levels of variability to be more flexible, easier to manage and easier to control. SmartSpace delivers a compelling value proposition for blue-chip customers across a number of verticals, including Aerospace, Commercial Vehicles, Passenger Vehicles, General Industry
Eventus WholeHealth (Eventus), a full-service, physician-led provider of interdisciplinary healthcare to individuals residing in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, has secured an investment from Enhanced Healthcare Partners (Enhanced), a private equity firm focussed exclusively on investing in the healthcare industry.
Founded in 2014, Eventus is an on-site, primary care and ancillary service provider of integrated whole-health care for residents and patients of post-acute care facilities. Comprised of highly-trained physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychotherapists, podiatrists, optometrists, audiologists, and support staff, the Company provides residents and patients in post-acute care facilities with a progressive systems-based approach that aligns with
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