Managers
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund X has sold its investment in Belron, a specialist in vehicle glass repair and replacement.
Bain Capital Credit has acquired Project Frontier, which involves the sale of 95 per cent of the Mezzanine and Junior notes from a securitisation backed by a cEUR6 billion gross book value portfolio of non-performing exposures from National Bank of Greece.
Bain Capital Credit, Fortress Investment Group (Fortress) and doValue (doValue) have formed a consortium whereby funds and accounts managed by Bain Capital Credit and Fortress respectively acquired the Notes and doValue was appointed as the servicer of the securitisation.
Project Frontier is a landmark transaction, being the first large scale securitisation on a servicer-release basis, utilising the Hellenic
Stone-Goff Partners has exited its investment in Danforth Advisors (Danforth) following a private equity investment in the company by Avesi Partners, LLC.
Drawn to the company’s deep experience base and focus on the growing life sciences end market, Stone-Goff Partners invested in Danforth in 2018, alongside its founding partners.
Based outside of Boston, Danforth is the financial and operational backbone to hundreds of life science companies. Its services span wide-ranging needs, whether short or long term, including strategic advisory, accounting and operational finance support, financial planning and analysis, IPO preparation, post-public SEC compliance, clinical business operations management and strategic and
Funds advised by SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has acquire a majority shareholding in SEQENS, a pharmaceutical solutions and specialty ingredients companies.
SK Capital is investing alongside several other investors including Bpifrance, the French national investment bank, Nov Santé, Mérieux Equity Partners, Ardian, Eximium and the Company’s management team.
Concurrent with the acquisition, SEQENS entered a combination with Wavelength Pharmaceuticals, an existing SK Capital portfolio company which is also a global manufacturer and developer of active pharmaceutical ingredients. Additionally, prior to the closing, SEQENS divested certain non-core
Family office Schweizer Kapital and Kinstone Capital Partners have jointly founded a new venture capital company Kingstone Schweizer Ventures (KSV).
The investment goal is to fund ‘cutting-edge’ strategies within the impact investment universe that are particularly distinguished by their pioneering spirit and disruptive approaches.
Kingstone Schweizer Ventures plans to take a holistic investment approach that is designed to have the highest potential for impact.
RSM UK has advised on over 240 deals this year, with a combined value of GBP4.1 billion across the UK – showcasing a record year for the corporate finance practice and a 37 per cent increase in value over the prior year.
Of these deals, 136 transactions involved private equity (PE), growth of 79 per cent on the prior year as mid-market PE firms had their busiest year on record. The 136 transactions had a combined deal value of over GBP3 billion and were completed with 65 different PE firms, 59 per cent more than the prior year.
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Infarm, a rapidly growing urban farming company with a global presence, has raised USD200 million in a Series D funding round.
The investment included participation from existing and new investors, including the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) – which will support the company’s expansion to countries in the Middle East – Partners in Equity, Hanaco, Atomico, Lightrock, and Bonnier.
The additional capital will serve to expand the deployment of the company’s vertical farms in the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, and to enter new markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with both in-store farming units and Infarm Growing Centers. In
Eagle Property Capital Investments (EPC), a vertically integrated real estate investment manager focused on the value-add multifamily space, has teamed up with Promecap, a private equity firm based in Mexico City, to launch a new multifamily investment vehicle.
EPC Promecap Multifamily Partners V (Fund V) aims to raise up to USD400 million in equity commitments, with an initial closing planned for March of 2022. The capital raised in Fund V will allow for approximately USD1.2 billion in the acquisition of value-add multifamily assets.
Founded by Fernando Chico Pardo in 1997, Promecap is an institutional private equity firm based in Mexico City.
Philanthropi, a company focused on democratising philanthropy through its “giving-as-a-service” platform, has raised USD4 million in funding from lead investor Amex Ventures.
This funding round, which included participation from Live Oak Centres and Darco Capital. will help Philanthropi advance its mission to let every individual create their own personal, charitable foundation.
Amex Ventures makes investments in companies that are driving forward the future of commerce, lifestyle, and financial services. Since its start in 2011, the company has invested in several startups that are now industry pioneers.
Helix Geospace, a specialist in antenna and RF (radio frequency) technology, has raised GBP3 million seed funding in a round led by Bloc Ventures, and supported by the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), managed by Midven, part of Future Planet Capital.
Several private investors including a group of sophisticated HNWI’s introduced by Tony Best, who’s background is in finance and high-end electronics manufacturing, also participated.
In addition to this GBP3 million round Helix has previously raised GBP2.5 million investment from UKI2S and angel investors, and has participated in Wayra UK’s Intelligent Mobility Accelerator programme and Seraphim Capital’s Space
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