Managers
H2O.ai, an AI cloud specialist, has closed USD100 million in Series E funding led by Australia’s largest bank, customer Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). H2O.ai has now raised over USD250 million and is valued at USD1.7 billion.
Pivot Investment Partners joins prior investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Crane Venture Partners. Existing investors include customers and partners such as Wells Fargo, New York Life and NVIDIA. 20,000 organisations, millions of data scientists, and half of the Fortune 500 trust H2O.ai as their AI provider. The company has a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 78— the highest in the industry. The
Arlington Capital Partners’ (Arlington) portfolio company, BlueHalo (the Company), a provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community, has acquired Citadel Defense Company (Citadel).
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Citadel develops advanced counter unmanned aerial systems (cUAS) technology utilised by customers within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, as well as civilian, commercial, and international markets. Founded in 2016, Citadel’s team of engineers and data scientists has developed best-of-breed cUAS products that leverage proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) algorithms to enable operators to locate drone threats, track flight paths, and autonomously neutralise threats.
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed the acquisition of USNR, the world’s most comprehensive supplier of equipment and technologies for the wood processing industry, and Wood Fiber Group, a manufacturer and supplier of sawmill consumables, parts, and services.
OEP subsequently merged the two businesses to a frontrunner for wood processing equipment and aftermarket parts & consumables, with projected 2021 revenues greater than USD500 million. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
“This investment in USNR and Wood Fiber Group is a perfect example of One Equity Partners’ ability to identify and execute
McAfee Corp (McAfee), a specialist in online protection, is to be acquired by an investor group led by Advent International Corporation (Advent) and Permira Advisers (Permira), Crosspoint Capital Partners (Crosspoint Capital), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), GIC Private Limited (GIC), and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
The Stable, a commerce agency back by private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP) that supports consumer brands across retail and direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels, has acquired Arkansas-based Walmart agency The Retail Firm.
Founded in 2018 by Josh Breeden and joined later by Chad Goss and Kevin Head, The Retail Firm offers full-service sales support, supply chain services, intuitive data analytics, and category insights to help accelerate sales and improve efficiencies for national brands including Hello Bello, Oculus, and private-label suppliers at Walmart and Sam’s Club.
“We have been following The Retail Firm over the last couple years and have
CVC Credit has provided debt facilities to support Bridgepoint’s acquisition of a minority stake in ACT, the market-leading environmental products provider.
CVC Credit will support the acquisition through its Capital Solutions Strategy, which focuses on providing primary junior capital to medium and large European and US companies.
Founded in 2009, ACT is the world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions. Its expert teams in Amsterdam, Shanghai, New York and Paris deliver tailor-made solutions to help their clients reduce their carbon footprints and accelerate their climate action activities. ACT offers more than 80 products across high-impact climate projects, green electricity
Ensuring Private Equity firms set Science Based Targets as part of their commitment to decarbonise their portfolios is crucial to achieving net zero, as private equity-backed companies represent an ever-larger part of the world’s economy.
Exus Management Partners’ (Exus) North American division has surpassed 3GW of assets under management after securing 1.1GW of wind and solar capacity in the third quarter of 2021.
Econergy, an investor, developer and operator in renewable energy projects across Europe, has completed an acquisition from Portland Trust of a ready-to-build 155MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in northwest Romania with Nofar Energy.
The total investment in the Rătești solar project will be EUR100 million and will see Econergy and Nofar Energy acquire a 50 per cent stake each in the project from Portland Trust. Econergy will also provide the management services, including EPC and O&M negotiations, construction management and PPA and project finance management. Once operational, Econergy shall also provide a long-term Asset Management service.
The 155MW project
Wavenet, a UK supplier of business telecommunication and technology solutions, backed by Macquarie Capital, is advancing its cloud and workspace offering by adding the experience and infrastructure of Excell Group into its solution and service portfolio.
This acquisition will significantly bolster Wavenet Group’s market share in the cloud and workspace market and strengthen its place as one of the UK’s leading managed service providers to businesses for fully converged data, voice, cloud, and IT.
Excell Group has grown steadily since its inception through both organic and acquisitive means, expanding its network, portfolio and creating a hugely successful business centre
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