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Alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital has mandated KlimaInvest Green Concepts, a Hamburg-based energy and climate protection agency, to offset all CO2 emissions related to this year’s Global Summit 2019 by PEI Alternative Insight in Berlin, one of the world’s biggest conferences on infrastructure investments.
The emissions, caused by travel and accommodation of the participants as well as the venue’s consumption in terms of water, heating, catering, and others, will be compensated by targeted investments in certified climate protection projects. The event’s CO2 footprint will amount to approximately 1,100 tons.
Roman Rosslenbroich, Co-Founder and CEO of Aquila Capital, says: “As
BlueGem Capital Partners portfolio company The Private Clinic Group has acquired acquisition of The Cosmetic Skin Clinic (CSC) to create a high-end invasive and non-invasive cosmetic treatment provider in the UK and leader in Europe.
The combined group will have revenue of approximately GBP30 million, with approximately 20 per cent EBITDA margin in 2019.
The Private Clinic operates out of 12 clinics nationwide with undisputed leadership in specific areas such as hair transplants, plastic surgery and liposuction. The Company’s emphasis on providing a 5- star experience and absolute confidentiality has gained them a following amongst VIPs flying to their Harley
Time is Limited, a productivity software analytics company, has raised a EUR3 million investment led by Mike Chalfen with participation from Accel.
The investment will be used to continue building the platform for big enterprises that want to approach productivity by recognising the key patterns that drive it.
Productivity is often top of mind for companies and employees alike. For example, according to a study by HBR in 2017, 71 per cent of meetings are deemed unproductive by CEOs and top managers. This has created a wave of productivity software tools over the past few years, with each one
New venture capital fund, King River Capital (KRC), has held first close of its initial fund and the completion of its first two investments in FinClear and Cover Genius.
KRC provides early stage Australian and overseas-based software companies with the capital, knowledge and international relationships to enable global expansion opportunities.
Based on this initial early stage fund close, KRC will be looking to invest in 15-20 companies with an average investment of AUD10 million, over three to four years. Though stage-agnostic, KRC will be focusing on late-Series A and Series B investment opportunities in the technology and software sector.
TPA Capital has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Pallet-Track Limited, a provider of services to the palletised freight sector. Pallet-Track comprises almost 90 haulier members who leverage the network to provide nationwide coverage to their customers.
Established by Nigel Parkes, Managing Director, in 2002, the business now processes circa 3.5 million pallets a year through its main central hub in Wolverhampton and its two regional hubs in Wigan and Welwyn Garden City.
Pallet-Track was recently named as the fastest growing business in BDO’s ‘The Black Country Growth Barometer’ report as well as one of the UK’s
Rothschild & Co has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments III (FAPI III), its third European corporate private equity vehicle.
This is the 15th fund raised above its expected target by Rothschild & Co over the last 10 years, which brings the total assets under management in the Merchant Banking business to approximately EUR11 billion across four strategies: corporate private equity; senior and junior credit; primary and secondary fund investing; and co-investments.
The Fund was oversubscribed and reached its hard cap with total capital commitments of EUR1.25 billion. Investors in the Fund represent a globally diversified
Behrman Capital (Behrman), a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has made a significant investment in The Emmes Corporation (Emmes).
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Emmes is a leading contract research organisation (CRO) that partners with government, private foundation, and commercial clients to develop treatments for diseases and disorders impacting public health. The Company has provided clinical trial services for over 1,000 trials across Phase I-IV in more than 70 countries, and has a particular expertise in biostatistics, offering government and commercial customers unique capabilities in the analysis and management
Ardenton Capital Corporation has acquired a majority equity position in Manchester-based Budget Trading Ltd and its Dublin-based sister company Budget Greeting Cards Limited (collectively BGC).
Founded in 1984, BGC designs and sells greetings cards and gift wrap, as well as other stationery and celebratory products to SME businesses. It operates eight cash and carry warehouses in the UK and Ireland, employing 180 staff. Last financial year BGC reported sales of GBP36 million.
Ardenton will work closely with BGC’s management team, and the partnership will allow the business to unlock further geographic expansion, starting with the opening of a new
Foresight Group has made a GBP249,000 investment into usheru Limited (usheru), the firm behind a pioneering technology platform operating in the GBP50 billion film distribution market.
The investment from Foresight, using finance from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, has been made alongside GBP224,000 from Enterprise Ireland, taking the total package to GBP473,000, and allowing the firm to relocate its head office to Milton Keynes. This is an important step for the business after successfully creating a technology platform to power direct ticketing and marketing data insights for film distributors.
Despite the significant expenditure associated with marketing films, distributors currently
Bertram Nursery Group, one of the UK’s largest children’s nursery groups, has been acquired by its management team in a transaction funded by Apiary Capital and Santander.
Bertram was founded in 2001 by Graeme Scott and Tom Lyons with the opening of the Strawberry Hill nursery in Edinburgh. It has since grown to 36 nurseries across North West England and Scotland, employing approximately 800 staff and with approximately 3,000 full time places.
The management team is led by Managing Director Cary Rankin, who has been with Bertram since 2015, and was previously with Kids Unlimited and Bright Horizons. Stuart
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