Managers
Bloc Ventures (Bloc), a venture capital company focused on early-stage European deep technology investment, has appointed Andy Green CBE as Senior Independent Director and Sue Prevezer QC as Non-Executive Director.
Green CBE spent 22 years at BT in leadership roles including as a board member, four years as CEO of Logica (a GBP4 billion turnover business ahead of its acquisition by CGI in 2021) and five years as a NED at Arm (working with Bloc’s CEO, Bruce Beckloff and CCO, Michael Dimelow in the process). He’s held Chairman or NED roles at multiple global technology organisations and has in depth
Astorg and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have received a binding offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Perrigo for the sale of HRA Pharma.
Conservice, a utility management platform for the property management industry, has acquired Goby, an ESG Platform serving the commercial real estate and fund management industries.
The acquisition will further enable Conservice clients to reduce their environmental impact, achieve their sustainability goals, and increase their return on investment.
“The addition of Goby will enable Conservice to offer our clients a comprehensive ESG solution, from data capture, which is where we already excel, to analysis and disclosure,” says Scott Hardy, CEO of Conservice. “Our new Sustainability Solutions offering will empower clients to create effective strategies and plans, measure outcomes, and report progress
10T Holdings (10T), a mid-to-late-stage private equity firm focused on companies operating in the digital asset ecosystem, has closed its inaugural growth equity funds, 10T Fund, LP and 10T DAE Expansion Fund, LP (the “Funds”), with nearly USD389 million in capital commitments.
Together with co-investment and sub-advised vehicles, 10T raised approximately USD750 million for the strategy, much of which has already been deployed. The Funds’ investors comprise a diverse set of asset allocators, including public pension plans, endowments, foundations, and family offices, in addition to high net worth individuals.
Founded in 2020, 10T is focused on building a diversified portfolio
Seraphim Space Investment Trust, a closed-ended investment company which invests in a diversified international portfolio of early and growth-stage Space Tech businesses, has acquired the holding of Spire Global (Spire) from the Seraphim Space LP (Seraphim Space Fund).
As set out in the IPO prospectus, following its IPO Seraphim Space will acquire four assets from the Seraphim Space Fund for newly issued ordinary shares in the Company. This acquisition represents the first of those transactions to complete.
Spire is one of the leading pioneers of the nano-satellite market with over 100 satellites operational today, creating one of the world’s largest
Lower mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of Meet, an international talent provider to the life sciences sector.
Meet is a global talent acquisition partner to some of the world’s most exciting life sciences businesses. The company services clients across three core, high growth verticals: Pharma, Med-Tech and Healthcare Communications, working with a broad range of blue-chip multinationals and emerging start-ups.
The business employs 160 people across its offices in London, New York, San Francisco and Berlin, and has grown revenues at a CAGR of 28 per cent over the last three years. As
VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) – a London-listed investment company advised by Victory Hill Capital Advisors LLP (Victory Hill) – has made a GBP78 million programme commitment to fund innovative net zero flexible power generation projects in the UK, which support the energy transition towards more renewable power generation.
GSEO’s investment will fund the construction of two combined heat and power plants which bring together high-efficiency, gas-fired engines technology with a carbon capture and re-use system to provide a clean, net-zero, flexible and dependable electricity solution for the UK. The combined capacity will be 45MW, with assets at the
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led a GBP4.4 million investment in Candle Shack, an eCommerce business supplying candle making components as well as providing contract candle manufacture for high profile, luxury brands.
The transaction includes GBP3 million of funding from Maven’s high net worth investment syndicate, Maven Investor Partners, as well as a GBP1.4 million debt facility from HSBC UK.
Candle Shack employs 105 staff and operates from its 100,000 sq ft West Carron facility in central Scotland encompassing a fulfilment centre, development lab and manufacturing. The Company provides everything for an artisan manufacturer to make high quality candles, including
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), Natixis IM, and its affiliate Mirova, Sienna Investment Managers, and Solactive have participated in a. Series A funding round for Iceberg Data Lab.
Following this minority investment, each investor will also be represented at Iceberg Data Lab’s Supervisory Board in order to support the development of the company.
With increased demand from both financial institutions and their stakeholders for better transparency on the impact of portfolios on climate and the environment, AXA IM, Natixis IM/Mirova, Sienna Capital and Solactive will support Iceberg Data Lab’s global expansion and product development which includes data coverage enlargement, automated
Tola Capital, a venture capital firm that believes in the power of software and data to transform the way the world works, has appointed Phil Sorgen as a Venture Partner.
Sorgen will be part of the Tola investment team, serve on boards, and guide companies on their sales and growth strategies.
Sorgen has grown depth and breadth businesses at scale. Most recently, he was the Chief Revenue Officer for RingCentral, where he led the company’s global sales and partner organisation. Prior to this role he spent 24 years at Microsoft, most recently as a Corporate Vice President, leading Microsoft’s US
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