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Two energy industry entrepreneurs have launched a family investment company which will support fledgling technology enterprises with development capital and decades of experience gained building international businesses.Doug Duguid and Michael Buchan have formed Indigo 7 Ventures (I7V) which will have a focus on start-up businesses specialising in environmental sustainability and energy transition.
The pair have created a multi-million pound fund which will invest upwards of six figure sums in a small stable of innovative companies working in the renewables sector.
Duguid was Chief Executive Officer and Michael Buchan Chief Financial Officer of EnerMech, which they founded in Aberdeen
Nordic Capital has held the final close of Nordic Capital Fund X (Fund X) at EUR6.1 billion (including GP commitment of 6.5 per cent). The Fund, launched in April 2020, was oversubscribed at its hard cap, and was raised in less than six months via a remote capital raise without holding any face-to-face meetings.
Hg, a European investor in software and tech-enabled services businesses, is to make a significant long-term equity investment in Hyperion Insurance Group Limited (Hyperion), an international insurance intermediary, in a deal that values the business at an enterprise value of around USD5 billion. In conjunction with an additional debt raise and existing resources, the investment will provide Hyperion with up to USD1.5illion to accelerate its growth with both selective acquisitions and investments in data and technology.
Hg will join Hyperion as an aligned, long-term, growth partner alongside General Atlantic, which invested in Hyperion in 2013, and CDPQ, which invested in
Independent infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners (Ancala), on behalf of its managed funds, has sold its majority interest in Fore Freedom for an undisclosed sum to funds managed by HRL Morrison & Co. Fore Freedom is an independent developer, owner and operator of fibre networks across the Netherlands.
Ancala acquired a majority interest in Fore Freedom and its related entities in September 2018 and through a buy-and-build strategy has helped transform the business into a leading fibre network developer, owner and operator in over 80 business parks across the Netherlands. Fore Freedom provides essential broadband connectivity to businesses via high-speed,
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), has sold Prototek Holdings (Prototek), a rapid prototyping service provider, to Snow Phipps, a middle-market private equity firm.Founded in 1987, Prototek manufactures CNC machined and fabricated parts and components across both metal and plastic materials with a specialty in difficult and complex parts. Prototek serves a diverse customer base across a variety of end markets, including aerospace, defense, medical, robotics, electronics, consumer, telecommunications, and general industrial. Based outside of Boston with additional facilities in Milwaukee and Silicon Valley, the Company conforms to a variety of rigorous customer and industry standards and holds
Enhanced Healthcare Partners (EHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm specialising in middle-market healthcare services businesses, has made an investment in NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals (NPH), a provider of integrated healthcare for patients with acute psychiatric disorders and complex medical and neurological disorders.Founded in 2006, NPH utilises an integrated model of care supported by an interdisciplinary team of healthcare practitioners to ensure the diverse needs of each of their patients are addressed. Unlike the traditional hospital emergency room or a psychiatric care facility where the clinical staff is not equipped to care for patients with both psychiatric and medical issues, NPH’s clinical staff
Global private equity investor Advent International has completed fundraising for Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund VII (LAPEF VII) with USD2 billion in commitments from institutional investors worldwide.The new fund brings Advent’s total capital raised for Latin America since 1996 to approximately USD8 billion—the most of any private equity firm operating in the region. Including its Global Private Equity IX and Advent Tech funds closed last year, Advent has raised USD22 billion in private equity capital in the last 16 months.
“LAPEF VII is a testament to our strong track record in Latin America, established over six generations of funds
HIG Capital has closed of HIG Capital Partners VI with aggregate capital commitments of USD1.3 billion, well exceeding its target. The Fund will continue the strategy of HIG’s five predecessor lower middle-market funds, by making private equity investments in lower middle market companies, primarily in North America.
Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, HIG Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, say: “We are grateful for the continued support from our longstanding investors, reflecting the strong performance and differentiated investment approach of our lower middle market strategy throughout the course of HIG’s 27-year history.”
Doug Berman, Head of HIG US Private Equity, adds: “The current economic
Mirabaud Asset Management’s private equity vehicle, Mirabaud Patrimoine Vivant fund, has acquired a stake in the Alain Ducasse Group – which has shone as a beacon of excellence in French culinary prowess and art de vivre for more than 30 years.Michelin-starred chef, Alain Ducasse, founder and CEO of the group, was one of the first in the industry to make naturalness the key ingredient in nourishing French cuisine. His move to bring in new shareholders is aimed at steering his group toward manufacturing and distribution. The continued momentum of the Alain Ducasse La Manufacture de Chocolat and La Manufacture de
DealCloud, provider of a single-source deal, relationship, and firm management solution for capital markets firms, has expanded its Nordic business with the addition of 10 new clients in the region including Argentum Asset Management, GRO Capital, FIH Partners, FSN Capital, Intera Partners, Nordea Asset Management, and Summa Equity.“GRO Capital has selected DealCloud as the best system to support digitalisation of our operations,” says Lars Dybkjær, Managing Partner at GRO Capital. “We are very pleased with both the implementation process as well as the strong functionality of the system and it is clear that DealCloud has deep PE sector expertise.”
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