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Golding Capital Partners is driving the strategic expansion of its impact investing division and launching its first institutional impact fund of funds.
With “Golding Impact 2021” the Munich-based asset manager is pursuing a global private equity impact strategy based on environmental and social sustainability targets that are ambitious, quantifiable and integrated. The new fund will focus on companies in Europe, North America and emerging markets with transformative business models in the areas of green solutions (35 per cent), sustainable agricultural technology (35 per cent), and financial services and other sustainable sectors (30 per cent). Golding is aiming for a net
CGE Partners (CGE) has invested in Inspera, a high growth end-to-end e-assessment SaaS provider sold into universities, schools and professional awarding bodies.
CGE is partnering with Bjørn Rustberggaard (CEO) and Håkon Thaulow (CFO) to help Inspera’s international expansion. Inspera launched in the Nordics where the higher education (HE) market was an early adopter of e-assessment. This market is rapidly accelerating worldwide as countries recognise the benefits of saving teachers’ time, capturing and analysing data, and the ability to reach a wider pool of candidates. Covid-19 has contributed to the shift away from paper-based exams and schools, universities and awarding bodies
FLC Credit Partners’ private credit fund has provided a term loan and preferred equity to Goodnight Trail Resources (Goodnight Trail) to fund the purchase of its assets by existing operator RedBud E&P, Inc (RedBud).
Goodnight Trail Resources is an exploration and production company focused on producing, high cashflow conventional assets in the eastern shelf of the Midland Basin. This new financing will allow the existing operator of the assets, RedBud, to purchase the assets from their current owner to continue their low-decline production and pursue selected development opportunities that Goodnight believes are low cost and low risk.
“We have gained
Equita, an independent Italian investment bank, has completed a new fundraising phase for its second private debt fund Equita Private Debt Fund II, an Italian PIR alternative closed-end fund managed by Equita Capital SGR.
The new phase of EPD II’s fundraising involved four new investors that have invested EUR47 million in total between April and September 2021. The Fund has now reached EUR178.5 million and is approaching its EUR200 million target announced at the start of fundraising, with a hard cap of EUR250 million.
New investors include leading Italian pension funds such as ENPAM and Inarcassa. These institutions have
BluePeak Private Capital – an alternative investment firm with a strong focus on Africa – has raised capital of more than USD100 million for the initial closing of its flagship private credit and mezzanine fund, BluePeak Private Capital Fund SCSp (the Fund).
The Fund is targetting a final close of USD200 million, with a hard cap of USD250 million.
Walid Cherif, co-founder and Managing Director of BluePeak Private Capital, says: “I am particularly delighted and pleased to have reached this important milestone for BluePeak. It’s quite an achievement for a firm that was launched less than 2 years ago.
Amulet Capital Partners (Amulet), a middle-market private equity investment firm based in Greenwich, Conneticut, focused exclusively on the healthcare sector, has acquired Remedy Health Media (Remedy), a digital health platform that serves patients, caregivers and healthcare providers through a family of trusted health information websites.
Amulet acquired Remedy from Topspin Consumer Partners, a private equity firm focused on the consumer sector. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Remedy delivers inspiring, authentic and action-oriented digital content to patients and healthcare professionals through its portfolio of digital brands, including healthcentral.com, thebody.com and patientpower.info. Pioneers in the space, Remedy’s brands build deep
Vision Innovation Partners, an eye care platform, has acquired See Clearly Vision, an eye care practice with locations in Tysons Corner and Arlington, Virginia.
The acquisition expands Vision Innovation Partners’ presence in the Washington DC metropolitan area and further enhances its growing network of ophthalmology practices and ambulatory surgery centres in the Mid-Atlantic region.
“For over two decades, See Clearly Vision has delivered world-class eye care by providing the most advanced medical and surgical technology and expertise. Partnering with Vision Innovation Partners will allow us to further our mission and continue growing our practice while providing extraordinary service for
Digital and tech start up investment network NorthInvest has extended its strategic partnership with law firm Gordons following a successful three-year relationship.
NorthEdge and The Belfield Group (‘Belfield’) have completed the sale of Usleep, a specialist mattress manufacturer, to The Vita Group (Vita) a manufacturer of premium foam products, for an undisclosed sum.
Usleep is a subsidiary of upholstery and home furnishings manufacturer Belfield, which secured private equity investment from NorthEdge in 2016. It provides an end-to-end service for its customers, from product design & development through to fulfilment, from two well-invested manufacturing sites in Ashton-under-Lyne and Castle Donnington.
Usleep is a zero waste to landfill business that works closely with its suppliers and customers to encourage sustainability and best-in-class business
New York-based private equity firm MFG Partners (MFG) has completed the acquisition of Mellott Company (Mellott).
The transaction was completed in partnership with Company management and PNC Mezzanine Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Warfordsburg, Pennsylvania, Mellott provides a full spectrum of integrated aggregates processing services and equipment, including equipment and parts distribution, service and repair, engineering and fabrication, as well as contract crushing. Mellott partners with a diverse range of top-tier customers and has become the trusted, go-to supplier of processing needs for the industry’s largest aggregates producers. The Company’s
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