Managers
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has been chosen by the Government of Canada to participate in the country’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) to increase the availability of late-stage venture capital in Canada.
The Government of Canada, through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), has committed to support the creation of a new venture capital fund of funds formed under the VCCI program.
“We are honoured to have been chosen to participate in the new Canadian-focused Venture Capital Initiative,” says Senia Rapisarda, Managing Director at HarbourVest in Toronto. “Following on the success we have had with
International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Envirotainer, a global provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers, for an undisclosed consideration.
Headquartered in Stockholm, Envirotainer designs, manufactures and leases active temperature-controlled containers used primarily for air freighting biopharma products, transporting up to two millions doses of medicine per day. The Group serves circa 600 customers worldwide, including many of the blue-chip global biopharma companies. With circa 300 employees, Envirotainer operates from regional centres in Stockholm, Frankfurt, Dallas and Singapore, with a portfolio of more than 5,500 leased containers globally. The Group developed and marketed the first container with an active
Natixis developed a new Green Weighting Factor methodology which will be applied to analytical RWA on the company’s financing deals in a move to address potential changes in regulation.
The Green Weighting Factor provides for a positive adjustment on analytical RWA for deals that create affirmative climate and environmental action, while involving a negative adjustment on deals with an adverse environmental impact. This innovative mechanism helps Natixis further comply with Paris Agreement targets in its financing operations.
The Green Weighting Factor is an in-house capital allocation mechanism that aims to promote finance deals with a positive impact on both
BlackRock Real Assets (NYSE:BLK) has completed the first close of its latest energy and power infrastructure fund, Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III (GEPIF III).
GEPIF III focuses on equity investments in the mid-market energy and power infrastructure value chain primarily in developed countries.
GEPIF III has secured USD1.5 billion in commitments from prominent institutional investors in North America, Middle East, Europe and Asia, subject to certain post-closing conditions. This first close marks an important milestone for the fund and for BlackRock Alternative Investors, which offers clients comprehensive alternative investing capabilities from real assets to private credit, private
Clearly Drinks, a private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturing company, has completed the acquisition of the IP and distribution rights for the Powerful Water Company (POW).
This follows a year of double-digit growth in which Clearly Drinks increased headcount to over 100 people and secured a contract with a major supermarket.
Founded by the ex-Monster Energy and Capri Sun, Head of Sales Ed Woolner, with the financial backing of former Diageo and Red Bull executives, POW used natural ingredients to deliver healthier functional beverages to the soft drinks industry.
Based in Sunderland, Clearly Drinks is a soft drinks manufacturer
Health-focused restaurant brand True Food Kitchen, which is backed by private equity firm Centrebridge, has secured an equity investment from Oprah Winfrey, who also joins the board of directors.
Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen has received national recognition as a culinary leader, with a health-driven menu of seasonal dishes and natural beverages guided by the principles of founder Dr Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory food pyramid.
Today, True Food Kitchen operates 23 restaurants in 10 states, with plans to double its store count in the next three years. Key focus areas include new markets on the east coast in New York, New Jersey and North
O’Melveny has represented Highview Capital in its acquisition of specialised food service distributor Good Source Solutions.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The O’Melveny team was led by Corporate M&A partner David Smith, and included Corporate M&A partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek, Corporate Finance counsel Sarah Hoffner, and associates Matt Carter, Nidhi Geevarghese, Cliff Wen, Aaron Cha, Maha Syed, and Zach Greenberg.
Noerr has advised comdirect bank on the sale of its subsidiary European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) to FNZ, an international financial technology provider.
The FNZ Group provides established financial institutions with platform solutions for the entire investment business value chain (Platform as a Service). ebase is a B2B direct bank which offers a full range of services for financial products providers, insurance companies, banks, asset managers and other businesses.
Noerr provided comdirect with extensive advice in connection with the transaction and assisted it in both the M&A bidder process and the contractual negotiations. Volker Land, Co-Head of the
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender.
The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used to strengthen Lending Works’ sales and marketing function to support the continued expansion of the business, capitalising on the significant growth forecasted in the P2P market, and enabling it to originate and convert more loans through its established sales channels, such as brokers and price comparison sites.
Founded in
Moore Stephens has advised Webcredible Limited, a London-based experience design agency, on its sale to digital consultancy and software design agency Inviqa.
The acquisition helps Inviqa to expand its customer and user experience capabilities in response to client demand, while Inviqa adds an improved development capability for Webcredible’s clients.
Led by Partner Damian Ryan and Senior Manager Victoria Kiess, Moore Stephens’ Corporate Finance team acted as exclusive advisor to Webcredible throughout the sale process, including; the preparation of an information memorandum on Webcredible, identification and approach to potential acquirers, solicitation and negotiation of offers through to the successful completion
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