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Private capital is growing in significance as a source of funds for private equity funds, new research carried out by Guernsey Finance has revealed.
The PE industry – particularly smaller, boutique and specialist managers – are taking advantage of the spectacular growth of private capital over the decade since the global financial crisis.
The research project, carried out at this year’s SuperReturn conference in Berlin, showed that managers are increasingly being viewed as a source of deal flow as much as for their investment management expertise. Private capital now can amount to as much as 75-100 per cent of
TPG, a global alternative asset firm, is to make a non-controlling strategic investment in Harlem Capital Partners (HCP), an early-stage venture capital firm.
In connection with its investment in the company, TPG will commit capital to HCP Fund I. The investment will provide HCP access to resources to help scale its business, enhance operating capabilities, and support its portfolio. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Led by Managing Partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, HCP is committed to backing minority and women founders across industries in the United States. The firm is on a mission to change the face
Manchester digital agency RUN2 has received a GBP500,000 investment from >_fund:tmt, a dedicated fund for fast-growing tech and media companies, which will be used to expand and implement a new AI platform for online client hyper-personalisation and recommendation engines.
The platform promises to completely transform the output of the agency.
The investment comes following a period of significant growth for RUN2, which has achieved double digit growth and annual turnover approaching GBP1m for last year.
RUN2’s owner, Christian McGinty, says: “It’s been an incredible journey for us so far; achieving the growth we have for the past year is testament
Inverness Graham Investments, a private investment firm that targets tech-enabled manufacturing, service and software companies, has acquired Syntrio and Lighthouse Services (Lighthouse) to create a new governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions company.
Based in Chicago, Syntrio is a provider of proprietary online compliance, ethics and workplace training courses. Lighthouse is a provider of reporting hotline services managed through a proprietary case management software solution. Together, the combined business will provide an integrated GRC solution to address the ethics, compliance, workplace reporting and case management needs of US companies.
“The combination of Syntrio and Lighthouse represents an opportunity to build
Budderfly, a specialist in the Energy Efficiency as a Service market, has announced a new USD55 million in growth equity and project debt funding led by Balance Point Capital with participation by Connecticut Innovations.
This funding, together with the previous USD22 million funded over the past 24 months by Edison Partners, Founder and CEO Al Subbloie, Budderfly senior management, the State of Connecticut through the Department of Economic & Community Development, and others, will be used to scale customer project installations, accelerate Budderfly’s go-to-market efforts and expand product growth. Combined with expected vendor partner financing, Budderfly is now fully
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has acquired E Source, a provider of customer-focused research, data, and consulting for utilities and their partners.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, E Source provides subscription-based market intelligence services for thousands of utility employees and senior leaders across North America. The Company’s unique insights into key areas of demand side management, customer experience, and marketing, help utilities adapt to ever-changing business and market conditions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“ACP’s investment is a significant milestone for our company, our employees, and our customers,” says E Source CEO, Wayne Greenberg. “We’ve already established ourselves as
The North East Development Capital Fund (NEDCF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has invested GBP4.7 million in eight dynamic growth businesses across the North East, driving economic prosperity, safeguarding over 400 jobs.
Maven was appointed to manage the GBP27 million NEDCF in May 2018 to provide investment capital to support the growth of innovative and ambitious businesses across a wide range of sectors and in a variety of funding scenarios. Maven has participated in investments ranging from GBP350,000 to GBP7 million in local businesses across the North East and has also
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is in exclusive negotiations with NiXEN Partners, Initiative & Finance and the management team for the acquisition of Vulcain Ingénierie. The completion of the deal remains subject to the approval of employees’ representatives and relevant authorities.
Founded in 1998, Vulcain Ingénierie is a leading French engineering consultancy group serving the energy and pharmaceuticals sectors. Thanks to its specialist positioning, Vulcain Ingénierie has grown into a key player in its market, with a strong reputation among its main contracting parties. With this transaction, the group will continue its development in France as well as pursuing an active
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) is to make a strategic growth investment in Digitech Computer (Digitech), a leading provider of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and technology solutions for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport providers.
Founder and CEO Mark Schiowitz and the Digitech management team will maintain a significant ownership position and continue to manage the growth of the Company with support from Pamlico. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“This marks a new chapter for Digitech, and the next step in evolving the industry’s foremost billing platform dedicated solely to EMS,” says Mark Schiowitz, CEO of Digitech. “Our mission is
Law firm Dentons has launched a Sustainable Investment practice in Europe to meet the growing interest in socially responsible and environmentally conscious business investment.
The central focus of this innovative new group is to serve the needs of businesses, financial institutions and regulatory bodies in two core areas: sustainable investment and sustainable finance.
The Sustainable Investment group will advise global corporations, investment funds, asset managers and financial institutions on the development and execution of sustainable investment strategies. They will provide due diligence based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, as well as non-financial reporting according to the European Union’s
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