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A new study published today by Foresight Group (Foresight) into the resilience of infrastructure to global pandemics reveals that renewable energy, telecoms and primary care have proved to be the most pandemic resilient.
The analysis, which examines 23 infrastructure sub-sectors spanning economic and social infrastructure, shows that while infrastructure as an asset-class has proved to be highly pandemic resilient, with many sub-sectors largely immune to the impact, there are substantial differences in the performance of various infrastructure sub-sectors.
Foresight’s white paper “Infrastructure Pandemic Resilience: a true test of infrastructure’s defensive characteristics”, xonsiders the resilience of infrastructure to global pandemics through
QuadPay, the US-based payment instalment platform, has secured a senior secured a revolving line of credit of up to USD200 million from Goldman Sachs, with mezzanine financing provided by Oaktree Capital.
QuadPay secured the facility through Finitive’s direct lending platform.
QuadPay will use the credit facility to expand its buy now, pay later (BNPL) business to new merchants throughout the US. QuadPay partners with merchants to allow their customers to pay via instalments for merchandise purchased online or in-store. QuadPay recently merged with Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) to create a USD2 billion global payments business. The combined entity
YourParkingSpace, a UK on-demand parking platform and provider of intelligent parking solutions, has secured a GBP5 million investment from Pelican Capital to support the next phase of its growth strategy.
The funds will be used to further develop YourParkingSpace’s proprietary technology which already markets over 80,000 bays in the UK from private individuals through to operators including Tesco, Morrisons and Premier Inn. By using YourParkingSpace, space owners can monetise this underutilised resource whilst commercial clients across hospitality, retail and property can drive footfall and improve customer experience.
The investment will support the next phase of growth for the company.
Crowdcube, an equity crowdfunding platform, is partnering with Episode 1, backers of Zoopla, Shazam and carwow, to invest in the next generation of infrastructure and deep tech startups in the digital sector.
This partnership will see the GBP100 million fund, which has invested in the likes of Ori, Webiny and CloudNC, back businesses from this space alongside retail investors on Crowdcube.
Selected businesses will have their pitch reviewed by Episode 1 and be considered for investment, ahead of a funding round on Crowdcube. To qualify for initial consideration, the businesses will need to be registered in the UK and looking
Aspire Technology, the developer of the Aspire digital asset creation platform, has closed both a USD1.175 million equity round, and a USD1.23 million private token presale for a total of more than USD2.4 million of new capital, according to Aspire technology chairman, Michael Terpin,
Terpin led the company’s pre-seed USD260,000 equity funding round in 2017 through his bCommerce Labs incubator fund.
The equity round in Aspire Technology was led by German blockchain fund Foeckersperger Ventures, and individual accredited investors. The private token presale, which excluded US persons, was conducted in Bermuda and was led by Cayman Islands registered digital currency
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has invested in event tech platform Patron Technology (Patron).
Patron offers a full-suite of event technology solutions for live, virtual, and hybrid events designed to transform the attendee experience. The company empowers event organisers at conventions, sports arenas, music venues, performing arts festivals, and other attractions to tailor their ticketing, mobile, experiential marketing, and cashless products to fit each of their vertical-specific needs. Patron’s seasoned management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Marc Jenkins, is remaining with the business.
“We are excited to back Patron
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners have closed the sale of their approximately 42 per cent stake in Cheniere Energy Partners, to Brookfield Infrastructure and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
The transaction values the approximately stake at USD7 billion.
The sale represents the culmination of Blackstone Energy Partners’ eight-plus years of involvement with Cheniere. In 2012 Blackstone Energy Partners and its affiliates invested USD1.5 billion in Cheniere Energy Partners to build the first two liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass LNG facility in Louisiana. Sabine Pass was the first LNG export facility in the lower 48 states,
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed the fifth strategic add-on for its utility market intelligence, data science and consulting platform E Source, with the acquisition of Excergy, a consulting and technology implementation firm that partners with water, electric, and gas utilities and municipalities.
Excergy helps customers assess, design and deploy operational technologies, such as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solutions, through multi-year engagements.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Excergy’s services include all aspects of a project from determining technology needs, writing RFPs, vendor selection, implementation and integration, customer communication and project management to completion.
“E Source is a great partner
Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, has offered its high net worth (HNW) private investor client base the chance to invest in the later stage funding rounds of UK “deeptech” businesses with the potential to disrupt global markets – and demand has been high.
Connection Capital clients committed a total of GBP5 million within less than a month to participate in the final close of the GBP100 million IQ Capital Growth Fund I (‘the Fund’ and ‘Growth Fund I’), co-investing alongside top-tier specialist private equity tech investors, such as Warburg Pincus, Accel and Draper Esprit.
The Fund is
Monument Group has advised Sunrise Capital on raising Sunrise Capital IV (Sunrise IV). The fund, which was significantly oversubscribed, closed in three months at its hard cap of USD450 million of commitments.
Sunrise Capital, a strategy of CLSA Capital Partners, is a Japan-dedicated mid-cap private equity fund.
“Monument Group’s familiarity with Sunrise Capital, and their experience working with sophisticated investors in Asia and around the world, proved instrumental in the speed and success of this fundraise,” says Megumi Kiyozuka, President & Representative Director at CLSA Capital Partners (Japan) KK. “We would like to thank our investors for their
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