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Orbital Education has received a minority investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support the group’s global growth ambitions.
Headquartered in Manchester, Orbital Education operates premium international schools for local and expat families looking to educate their children within an English-speaking, high-quality school environment. The group was started by serial entrepreneur Kevin McNeany, best known as the founder of Nord Anglia Education, which he led to an IPO in 1997 and is now the world’s largest private education business.
Orbital Education schools specialise in the delivery of English national curriculum for children
The PE space raised USD426 billion in 2018 and USD566 billion in 2017. But what are the best practices PE managers, of all sizes, should think about, when going out on the fundraising road? That’s one of the main questions that this Private Equity Wire webinar – in conjunction with FIS – addresses.
Stone-Goff Partners (SGP) has invested in Walker Sands, a marketing agency focused on accelerating the growth of B2B brands.
The investment will fuel further growth for Walker Sands, including new service offerings, new offices and potential acquisitions.
From strategy to execution, Walker Sands offers tailored solutions to drive real business results for its B2B clients. Core capabilities include public relations, demand generation, branding, creative, marketing strategy, and web.
The company is a seven-time member of the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies and has received numerous workplace culture awards, including top agency to work for (Holmes Report), a
Hermes Infrastructure, on behalf of Hermes Infrastructure Fund II (HIF II), is to invest in an 813 megawatt (MW) portfolio of five Swedish onshore wind farms in conjunction with consortium partner CGN Europe Energy (CGNEE).
HIF II will take an initial 20 per cent equity ownership stake and CGNEE has underwritten the remaining 80 per cent. Aquila Capital will retain an ongoing role in relation to the portfolio.
The portfolio comprises two operational onshore wind farms with an aggregate capacity of 216MW and three onshore wind projects in late-stage construction with an aggregate capacity of 597MW, all located in
Lookiero, an online personal shopping service for clothes and accessories, has closed a USD19 million funding round led by venture capital fund MMC Ventures with support from existing investor All Iron Ventures, and new investors Bonsai Partners, 10x and Santander Smart.
The funding will allow the company to continue its international expansion and strengthen its leadership position within its main markets: Spain, France and the UK.
Founded in 2015 by Oier Urrutia, Lookiero combines the knowledge of personal stylists, detailed customer profiles and in-house learning algorithms to provide a fully-personalised online shopping experience to its customers. It delivers a
DustPhotonics, a provider of optical modules for enabling data centre and computing connectivity, has secured a Series B investment of USD25 million led by Intel Capital and joined by WRVI Capital.
This series also includes a continued investment from veteran entrepreneur, Avigdor Willenz. This latest round will help fund DustPhotonics’ roadmap and expand its operations and global market presence.
Ben Rubovitch, CEO and co-founder of DustPhotonics, says: “We are honoured to have Intel Capital lead this round, which will help accelerate our vision of next generation optical connectivity.” Ben adds: “Our optical transceiver products address the key and challenging requirements
Edge Performance VCT, a creative industries VCT managed by creative economy specialist Edge Investments (Edge), has sold portfolio company deltaDNA to Unity Technologies, creator of a real-time 3D development platform based in San Francisco.
Launched in 2011 by games industry veterans Chris Wright and Tim Christian, and big data expert, Mark Robinson, Edinburgh-based deltaDNA provides games developers and publishers with cutting edge analytics and a real-time engagement platform which drive the commercial performance of the games. Since inception, the business has continued to expand its activities and has developed to become the platform of choice for over one billion users
Private equity firm Corsair Capital (Corsair) is to acquire a majority stake in Axo AS (Axo), a leading distributor of financial services products in the Nordic region. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Axo was founded in 2008 and is a specialist in consumer credit and loan brokerage, partnering with leading banks in the region to achieve optimal credit solutions for consumers. Axo’s approach enhances the consumer experience through market-leading acceptance rates and terms, and adds value for its banking partners by lowering customer acquisition costs and broadening their reach. In recent years, Axo has bolstered its digital capabilities and
The value of regulated funds serviced in Jersey rose by 7 per cent to a new record high in the first half of 2019, according to the latest figures to be collated by the jurisdiction’s financial regulator the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Figures for the second quarter of 2019 (ending 30 June 2019) show that the net asset value of regulated funds under administration in Jersey grew by GBP22.1 billion over the first six months of the year to stand at GBP342.1 billion, a new record high and a figure that has grown by more than 70 per cent
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, a UK-listed investment company focused exclusively on the energy efficiency sector, is to acquire a portfolio of cogeneration assets in Spain for a total cash consideration of approximately EUR64 million.
The substantial majority of the portfolio’s revenues are investment grade, with nine operational projects providing in aggregate 125 MW of clean and efficient energy generation. The portfolio comprises five combined heat and power (CHP) plants, two olive processing plants and two biomass plants.
The CHP plants together meet the high combined electrical and thermal efficiency standards required by SEEIT from natural gas CHP
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