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Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with seasoned pest control industry executive Jay Keating to form an acquisition company, PestCo Holdings LLC, in order to consolidate the highly fragmented pest control industry.
The partnership will focus on acquiring companies and assets as part of a strategy to build a market-leading pest control business.
“We are excited to partner with Jay as part of this new endeavour,” says TSCP Managing Director Jeff Aiello. “There is fierce competition for quality talent in the pest control industry, and after nearly a year of searching
Arrowpoint Advisory has advised Lightfoot, the UK’s leading provider of in-cab driver coaching and engagement technology, on its investment from Volpi Capital.
Lightfoot, which rewards smoother and safer driving leading to reductions in accidents, fuel use and emissions in fleets, first developed its technology to help ICE fleets cut costs and improve efficiency. Now, it’s carving a niche in the Electric Vehicle (EV) sector using its heritage in EV motors and batteries to give it an edge in range extension.
Lightfoot’s dash-mounted device connects directly to the vehicle’s engine, giving drivers audible and visual nudges, coaching them towards a
Startup investment bank for the emerging markets JPIN VCATS has completed a significant fundraise for Koovers, India’s largest B2B spare parts service based in Bengaluru.
Koovers announced raising USD1.5 million, with JPIN VCATS as one of the main investors. The zero-inventory firm was launched in 2016 to address a USD12 billion market and is now one of India’s fastest-growing companies servicing one of the country’s most disorganised sectors. The Automobile and Mobility market in India accounts for 49 per cent of manufacturing GDP and 7.1 per cent of total GDP, making it a key market to address in what is
UK workplace pension scheme TPT Retirement Solutions is to invest GBP54 million into private equity through its defined contribution (DC) Master Trust default target date funds.
Members of TPT’s Target Date Funds, whose investments are managed by AllianceBernstein, will see 3.5 per cent of their pension pot allocated to private equity investments at the growth stage. The total percentage will decrease as members get closer to retirement age.
Research by AllianceBernstein shows that over the long-term, investment in private equity is likely to provide higher returns than public markets. The allocation is expected to contribute an additional 3.0
Education Ventures Company (EVC) a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Zarooni Emirates Investments (ZEI) and Blenheim Schools, part of the Chatsworth Schools family, today announced a new education focused partnership.
Working together, EVC, ZEI and Blenheim Schools will create a world class educational facility in Dubai. The facility will include a new non-selective and inclusive School, child wellbeing support centre, teacher training and research centre and facilities for the community. The School will provide a mainstream educational environment for all pupils, including those with an additional educational need.
Dr Adil Ismail Al Zarooni, CEO of ZEI and Chairman of the
Amscan International, a designer, manufacturer, distributor and retailer of party products and a portfolio company of Leeds-based private equity firm Endless, has secured a GBP30 million funding package.
Milton Keynes-headquartered Amscan International’s funding comes on the back of an outstanding year for the company which started with an Endless supported management buy-out in January 2021.
This was quickly followed by two significant bolt-on acquisitions comprising Germany-based foil balloon printing technology business Luftballon-Markt in August and leading party brand Ginger Ray in October.
Amscan International’s revenues are forecast to hit a record GBP215 million for the financial year ended
Starsight Energy has become the first renewable energy company in Nigeria to secure carbon credit accreditation. Backed by Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm, Starsight is a commercial & industrial (C&I) solar power provider.
It has earned certification by switching its customers’ power and cooling from predominantly diesel-based electricity to a combination of solar, battery and diesel hybrid systems.
The carbon credits have been certified by the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) program; the world’s most widely used voluntary Green House Gas (GHG) certification program. Starsight was advised by Aera, the leading carbon advisory firm in Africa, with
Mindstone, an edtech platform rethinking online education to help people learn faster and remember more, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to give supporters the opportunity to democratise and invest in the future of learning.
Intertrust, a specialist in providing tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions to clients operating and investing in international business, has launched a new, end-to-end ESG data gathering and analytics solution.
The solution offers private fund managers an integrated approach to collecting and analysing ESG data and managing ESG risk in their portfolios.
With ESG regulation continuing to increase at pace, including the ongoing sustainable finance disclosure regulation (SFDR) requirements across the European Union, pressure is mounting for GPs (General Partners). As private funds await the next iteration of SFDR in 2022 and sustainable investments continue to soar, there is an
Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Medallia, a specialist in customer and employee experience, in an all-cash transaction valued at USD6.4 billion.
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