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By Kinson Lo, founder, Dot Investing – As we creep towards the end of a year that has already felt longer than 12 months for most, a notable shift in the mindset of investors could be one positive change to remember 2020 for. Awareness of climate change, and environmental activism, have been gathering momentum across wider society for a number of years.
While David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg have rightly been lauded for their efforts to support the cause, it may be a shift in where HNWs and professional investors invest their money that has a bigger future impact.
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Several factors are fuelling increasing integration of sustainable investment practices among Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs). Growing knowledge, enhanced reporting requirements and improved understanding of the connection between environment, social and governance (ESG) factors and returns are all driving a sharper need for investment which is more socially conscious.
Finland-based startup Rundit, a platform for portfolio management and monitoring, has raised EUR1 million in seed funding to further its mission of making investor reporting easy and transparent so that VCs and LPs can make better data-driven decisions.The round was led by two new angel investors, including Pierre Weimerskirch, board member of several PE and VC funds and the LPEA Luxembourg Private Equity Association. The capital will be used for scaling across Europe and the US, while improving Rundit’s product offering for GPs.
“We are excited to have the backing of our strategic angel investors who can help us accelerate
Private Client Resources (PCR) has finalised its acquisition of the European data aggregation firm Check6, headquartered in The Netherlands.Bob Miller, CEO of PCR, says: “We are very excited to partner with the Check6 team in expanding our European presence. They have done a great job connecting to the major European institutions and provide instant fulsome European data source coverage for the PCR network.”
The market for global investment data aggregation is growing. Wealth management firms around the world are working to implement digital technologies they hope will modernise their processes and enhance their clients’ experience. Critical to the success of these
Admincontrol and Dealsuite have entered into a global strategic partnership, combining Dealsuite’s leading M&A platform with Admincontrol’s world class virtual data room solution. Admincontrol, the Nordic market leading provider of Virtual Data Rooms and part of the Visma Group, opened their Dutch office in March 2020. Now the Norwegian company has entered a global strategic partnership with Dealsuite to further strengthen their presence in Europe.
Dealsuite is Europe’s leading M&A community for dealmakers: M&A advisors, PE firms and corporates. These M&A professionals use the powerful business tool Dealsuite.com to find new (proprietary) deal opportunities. Dealsuite specializes in the middle market
Investcorp is to sell Avira to NortonLifeLock, a specialist in consumer cyber safety, for approximately USD360 million. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.Avira is a Germany-headquartered, global cybersecurity software solutions firm serving the Consumer and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) end markets. Founded in 1986 by Tjark Auerbach, Avira provides customers with a comprehensive suite of software security solutions, including anti-malware, threat intelligence and IoT solutions to protect users’ online identity, finances, and private data.
Investcorp became Avira’s first institutional investor when it acquired the Company. and has collaborated
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington Capital), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has made a majority investment in Everest Clinical Research Corporation (Everest), alongside the company’s founding shareholders and senior management who will continue to lead the firm.”Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Everest is a leading contract research organisation (CRO) providing a comprehensive suite of mission-critical clinical research services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries across Phase I-IV trials. Throughout the Company’s history, Everest has focused on providing exceptional quality, customer service, and on-time delivery to its partners to advance life-changing research. Everest employs over
EQT Private Equity is to acquire 2,152,260 A-shares and 35,631,616 B-shares in Beijer Ref AB (Beijer Ref), for a total value of approximately USD1.1 billion, representing 29.6 per cent of the shares and 26.4 per cent of the votes, from Carrier Global Corporation (Carrier). The Company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Large Cap segment.
Founded in Sweden in 1866, Beijer Ref is a global leader within refrigeration, air conditioning and heating wholesale with strong local and global market presence across 425 branches through which it serves more than 100,000 customers. Beijer Ref is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden and has approximately 3,700
BGF – the UK’s most active growth capital investor – has made a further substantial investment in the expansion of Yorkshire-headquartered bakery business, Cooplands, as the 135-year-old business looks ahead to its next chapter of growth. Three years after BGF’s initial GBP8.5 million investment, the business has grown to more than 165 stores, 12 cafes and 36 sandwich vans. Cooplands has opened seven new stores since March 2020 and plans to roll-out an additional 30 stores a year in locations such as South Yorkshire, as well as expanding further in the current geographical footprint.
BGF has supported Cooplands in building
Catawiki, a curated online marketplace for special objects, has secured a EUR150 million investment, led by Permira through its Growth Opportunities Fund.Founded in 2008 in the Netherlands, Catawiki has grown into the most-visited curated marketplace for special objects in Europe, providing a safe and reliable experience to over 10 million passionate users. Every object is carefully selected by one of its 240-plus in-house experts who are specialised in collectables, art, design, jewellery, watches, classic cars and more. Its unique business model has earned a strong vote of confidence from its users, enabling the company to earn over 80 per cent
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