Allocations
Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, has held the first close of its third fund, the Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at USD120 million.
The fund is targeting a final size of USD250 million. Now with more than USD400 million of capital under management, Convergence Partners remains the largest private equity investor dedicated to digital infrastructure in Africa.
Investors in CPDIF are leading institutions that continue to support African growth such as the CDC Group (the UK’s development finance institution), the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the European Investment
European PropTech VC, Pi Labs, has announced two new investors who join as limited partners (LPs) for its third institutional fund, Fund III.
Trilantic Europe, a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, has invested in the Smile Eyes Group, a specialist in the German ophthalmology market headquartered in Munich.
The investment is structured as a partnership between Trilantic Europe, the two co-founders of Smile Eyes Dres. Wiltfang and Bechmann and the management team, with the vision to implement a buy-and-build strategy in the German ophthalmology market. The financial details of this transaction are not disclosed.
Smile Eyes is a leading and highly specialised healthcare operator with a comprehensive service offering in the field of ophthalmology in various metropolitan regions in
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has held the final close of Tikehau Special Opportunities Fund II (TSO II) with total commitments of EUR617 million.
TSO II, which had an initial target of EUR500 million, is the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Special Opportunities strategy and is more than four times larger than its predecessor.
Launched in late 2019, TSO II has a flexible investment mandate, providing corporate and asset-backed capital solutions across primary and secondary credit markets in Europe. The strategy’s opportunistic and multi-sector approach enables it to invest through market cycles and macro-economic environments. It is
European mid-market private equity firm Equistone has acquired a majority stake in Vertbaudet, a European e-commerce platform dedicated to childhood.
Following this transaction, Equistone now holds a majority stake in Vertbaudet, alongside the executive team. Through a robust omnichannel model – which has demonstrated resilience throughout the Covid-19 crisis – the Group expects to achieve a turnover of EUR330 million in 2021.
Since 2015, the executive team’s repositioning strategy has enabled the Group to develop its digital platform, which now accounts for more than 80 per cent of the Group’s sales today, grow internationally and expand its product range. From
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has launched a new venture capital investment strategy aimed at investing in companies that will participate in the transformation of financial services.
The strategy will provide clients with exposure to B2B companies which offer either software or financial services to enterprises or institutions. It will typically participate in series A and B funding rounds of companies with business activity in Europe and Asia. The strategy is aimed at institutions seeking to access innovative companies, including institutional asset allocators, family offices, private banks and ultra-high net worth individuals.
The strategy will be run by Remi
Healthcare Financial Resources (HFRI), a specialist in healthcare accounts receivable (AR) recovery and resolution management, has acquired California-based STAT Revenue, a leading provider of zero balance (closed) claims review and recovery services for hospitals and health systems.
The acquisition rounds out HFRI’s AR management capabilities by adding the final stage of claims recovery to the company’s portfolio of other back-end services. STAT Revenue’s team provides highly specialised, forensic-like reviews of zero balance claims to identify underpayments and recover lost revenue from government and commercial payers.
“We feel very fortunate to be aligning with an organisation of STAT Revenue’s caliber,” says
AXA IM Alts has raised EUR1.9 billion of equity to accelerate investments into the Life Sciences sector.
The capital was raised over the last seven months, with commitments to a significantly oversubscribed fund raise from a range of clients from North America, Asia and Europe. AXA IM Alts’ investments into the life science sector on behalf of clients are managed by its Real Assets platform, the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe.
Already well established in the US, Life Sciences is an emerging but high potential asset class in Europe which is supported by a number
Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired Pulsant, a nationwide provider of data centre and cloud infrastructure in the UK.
Pulsant owns and operates a portfolio of 10 data centres across seven cities in the UK. It provides essential data centre and cloud infrastructure, including colocation, private cloud, and network connectivity to a loyal base of over 1,000 private enterprise and public sector customers.
Demand for UK data centre and cloud infrastructure is expected to continue growing significantly in the coming years. This growth is underpinned by fundamental macro trends including increased outsourcing of IT and data infrastructure – particularly among
Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm, has advised Literacy Capital on a first-of-its-kind dual listing on the Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange and on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX). The offering, which closed on 25 June 2021, took approximately two months to arrange with the listing on the CSX only taking two weeks from start to listing.
A team based in the international law firm’s London office acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the issuer on this unique transaction that enabled a closed-ended UK investment company to successfully structure and qualify as an investment
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