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Macfarlanes has advised on the launch of the Regnan Sustainable Water and Waste fund, the second of the group’s UK ESG integrated funds.
Regnan is a responsible investment business division within J O Hambro’s Australian parent, Pendal Group. In the UK, Regnan represents the distinct business line of J O Hambro which focuses on sustainable and impact investing.
The fund focuses on investing in companies which provide solutions to global water and/or waste related challenges such as those involved in water production, treatment, conditioning and desalination as well as waste collection, transporting, sorting, and recycling.
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Apex Group Ltd has entered into a joint venture with VCP Advisors, a provider of financial, advisory and capital raising services for corporate and fund manager clients.
VCP Advisors works with companies as well as closed-ended and open-ended funds across the private equity, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and hedge fund asset classes, to provide advisory, capital raising and restructuring services to the institutional and family office investor community.
As part of this strategic partnership, VCP Advisors will re-brand as Apex VCP, enabling clients to benefit from VCP’s impressive track record in alternative asset management advisory, in
JTC, a global professional services business, has acquired Segue Partners (Segue), a fund services provider head-quartered in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
The initial consideration will be settled in cash and JTC equity. A further consideration is available on the achievement of performance targets in 2022 and 2023.
Michelle Murray, Managing Director and Founder of Segue Partners, created the business in 2010 and has led its successful growth since. Murray is a highly respected financial services professional and entrepreneur with over 28 years’ experience in venture capital and public accounting industries.
Segue differentiates its offering based on quality of service and
Sagewind Capital (Sagewind), a New York-based private equity firm, has invested in Federal Advisory Partners, a strategy consulting firm serving public and private sector organisations, and the federal healthcare market.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Federal Advisory Partners has deep experience serving federal healthcare customers, including the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Founded in 2017, the company is a leader in revenue cycle management and is committed to supporting clients in their mission to efficiently provide exceptional healthcare to veterans and active-duty military.
Steven Lefkowitz,
Ropes & Gray has advised Bridgepoint, an international private assets fund management group, on its acquisition of Achilles, a global leader and partner of choice for supply chain risk and performance management. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Over the past decade supply chain risk management has increased in complexity due to numerous environmental, social, and economic drivers. Issues such as sustainability, modern slavery and equality, diversity and inclusion, as well the increased risk of sophisticated cyber-attacks have changed the way in which supply chains need to be managed: Achilles’ solutions enable customers to mitigate risk and
Kidderminster-based skin care supplier Essentially Yours has secured GBP200,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) West Midlands Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Scheme Loan (CBILS).
The firm plans to use the funding to accelerate product development and expand its marketing division, both of which form part of its ambitious growth plans which should create 11 new roles.
With its main operations in Kidderminster, Worcestershire – Essentially Yours has 20 years experience in developing research led botanical skin care products The business supplies various outlets, including beauty salons, hair salons and
Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and private equity manager group, has held the final close of Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP), a sustainability-led energy transition infrastructure fund investing predominantly in Europe.
FEIP has secured total commitments of EUR851.4 million, 70 per cent over the EUR500 million original target. The fund welcomed attracted additional commitments of EUR64 million from existing limited partners and an Italian institutional investor at final close.
Including co-investments to date of EUR170 million, this represents a total capital pool in excess of EUR1 billion for Foresight’s energy transition strategy. Commitments were made by over 35 leading
Flexpoint Ford, a private equity investment firm specialising in the financial services and healthcare industries, has held the final closing of its second asset investment fund, Flexpoint Asset Opportunity Fund II, (Asset Fund II), at USD825 million.
Asset Fund II will build on the strategy established in the predecessor fund, Flexpoint Special Assets Fund, LP (Asset Fund I), leveraging the firm’s focus and expertise in financial services private equity to invest in opportunistic asset-driven investments across financial services sub-sectors and assets. Asset Fund II will seek to construct a portfolio of diversified financial assets and structured investments.
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EMV Capital (EMVC) invested in Cambridge-based proposed deeptech early-stage investor Martlet Capital, alongside private office Saranac Partners and other investors.
The investment enables Martlet Capital to complete the acquisition of a portfolio of 50-plus minority positions from Marshall Group, including companies in life science, healthcare, cleantech sustainability, industrial and semi-conductor technology. The total targeted investment for Martlet is at GBP22 million, providing Martlet Capital with significant firepower for further follow on and new investment opportunities.
EMV Capital is making a GBP1 million investment into Martlet Capital, and through its ‘capital light’ approach intends to syndicate a part of its initial
Delegate Connect, an end-to-end event platform, has raised AUD10 million in seed capital in its first ever funding round.
The round is one of Australia’s largest Seed rounds, and for AirTree Ventures, who led the round, it’s the biggest Seed cheque written in the fund’s history. The round also includes investment from Skip Capital, the private fund of Kim Jackson and Scott Farquhar (co-founder of Atlassian), along with investment fund TEN13. Founders of some of Australia’s top startups, including Alex Zaccaria, CEO and Founder of LinkTree, and Andrew Barnes, CEO and Founder of Go1, have also joined the oversubscribed funding
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
