Allocations
New York Life Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of New York Life, has surpassed USD200 million in committed capital in its mission to increase the pace and impact of innovations that drive value for the company’s policy owners and clients.
Since the team’s founding in 2012, New York Life Ventures has made 29 venture capital investments, worked with over 100 start-ups to facilitate “proof of concept” tests with teams across New York Life, and formed strategic partnerships with a select number of these businesses. The venture unit offers its partners a fully staffed research and development lab to explore
Karbone Inc, a financial services firm that caters to power generation and energy markets, has acquired Watts Capital, a New York-based investment bank and broker dealer specialising in capital raising and strategic advisory for companies in the technology, clean tech and broader energy sectors.
“Acquiring Watts Capital and its team of industry veterans is key to our growth strategy and has immediately broadened our Capital Advisory project/company pipeline and investor universe,” says Rich Weihe, A Managing Partner and Head of Karbone’s Capital Advisory division. “We’ve been very successful running sell-side asset mandates and various capital raises across the renewable/conventional spectrum and these new capabilities allow
Freeformers, which helps companies and individuals adapt to workplace challenges generated by flexible work, automation and digital transformation, has raised GBP1.2 million of investment from leading UK social impact fund Impact Ventures UK (IVUK).
The investment by IVUK is significant in bringing substantial growth capital to a major profit and purpose business with a focus on workforce transformation to support its scaling both in the UK and internationally.
Founded by Gi Fernando, Freeformers works globally with corporates and institutions – including HSBC, Barclays, Tesco and the Ministry of Justice – to ensure that their workforces are adapting to the
Alternative investment management firm Tennenbaum Capital Partners has closed TCP Direct Lending Fund VIII and its affiliated vehicles (DLF VIII) with more than USD1.9 billion of investor equity commitments.
DLF VIII is a continuation of TCP’s more than seventeen-year track record in US middle-market direct lending. TCP is pleased to welcome a wide variety of existing and new investors including pension, endowment, foundation, insurance, sovereign wealth and family office commitments domestically and globally. We also welcome the participation of a wide range of investment consultants that recommended TCP to their institutional investor clients.
Lee R Landrum, Managing Partner of
White Oak Equity Partners (White Oak), a private equity firm that purchases minority GP interests in alternative asset managers, has acquired a minority interest in Blueshift Asset Management, a quantitative investment firm focused on statistical arbitrage and high-frequency trading strategies.
White Oak led a group of strategic investors who provided the equity capital to launch Blueshift’s business and trading activities. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Prior to launching the Firm, the Blueshift team, led by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Mani Mahjouri (pictured), managed the asset management activities of Tradeworx, a financial technology firm.
Coinsilium Group Limited, a blockchain venture builder and investor that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, is launching a private fund to hold the the digital assets and tokens the Company has received to date in relation to its advisory services and investment activities.
The new fund, which will be 100 per cent owned by Coinsilium, will be established in Gibraltar which has just launched its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Regulatory Framework. The Company is being advised by Gibraltar blockchain specialist law firm ISOLAS on the formation and structure of the fund.
The second half
Vectra Co (Vectra), a portfolio company of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its EaglePicher business to affiliates of private equity firm GTCR.
EaglePicher is a provider of power and energy solutions for mission-critical applications with over 170 years of materials and electrochemistry expertise. The company is focused on specialised applications within high growth areas of defence, aerospace and medical products. As part of the transaction, it is anticipated that the existing management team at EaglePicher and its approximately 800 employees will remain with the business upon the closing. Terms
Aspect Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, has closed its second institutional venture fund of USD181 million, above the top end of its target range.
The firm will use the funds to continue to invest in early stage technology companies.
Aspect was founded in 2014 by industry veterans Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw and raised its first institutional fund of USD150 million in 2015. The firm boasts an impressive roster of over 25 portfolio companies. Fund I investments include cybersecurity providers Forescout Technologies, Cato Networks, and Exabeam, future of work-focused companies Crew, Gusto, Chime, and
Brand Industrial Services, known as BrandSafway, has acquired Venko Groep BV, a portfolio company of Mentha Capital, effective 1 January, 2018.
Moving forward, the company will operate as Venko, A BrandSafway Company and become a part of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (Brand) in Europe.
“We’re excited to announce the closing of the acquisition of Venko,” says Dave Witsken, President of Energy and Industrial for BrandSafway. “Venko is a leading offshore coatings maintenance provider for platforms in Europe. By leveraging the highly specialised knowledge and capabilities of Venko, we will be able to provide expanded coatings services to Brand’s European customers.
Tikehau IM, a subsidiary of Tikehau Capital, has arranged a EUR14.4 million add-on Unitranche to support Terratest’s acquisition of Geostructures, a US-based provider of ground improvement services for commercial, residential and institutional construction.
Founded in 1959 in Spain and majority owned by Platinum Equity since 2014, Terratest is a leading international provider of foundation work, ground improvement and micro-tunnelling services for large-scale international infrastructure projects, industrial, commercial and residential construction.
In May 2017, Tikehau led the refinancing of Terratest with a EUR60 million Unitranche. This transaction is another illustration of Tikehau IM’s expertise to offer private debt financing solutions
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
