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Private Equity Wire sat down with Greg Bowes, co-founder and managing principal of Albright Capital, to talk about what distinguishes ESG issues in emerging markets from developed markets, how Covid-19 will affect the push towards ESG investing seen in recent years and how private credit strategies differ from private equity in terms of managing ESG.
North East university partnership Northern Accelerator is launching a new GBP1.7 million Seed Investment Fund that aims to grow the region’s economy, building on its successful record of creating innovative spin-out businesses.The Seed Investment Fund, managed by Northstar Ventures, will officially launch on 4 August, with the first deals to be completed in the next two months, and further funding allocated over a 12-month period. The fund will make significant investments in businesses with the best commercial ideas and high growth potential in a targeted group of sectors including healthcare, clean technology and data.
Northern Accelerator, comprised of Durham,
Private equity-backed property, site and people protection specialist Orbis Protect has made its first acquisition following a strong period of growth despite the UK-wide lockdown.The business employs more than 400 staff across 19 UK depots, working with clients across the private and public sectors. Its services include vacant property management – deep-cleaning, repairing and securing vacant properties ready for re-occupation, as well as site security for commercial offices, construction and other vulnerable sites through its monitoring services. It also offers a lone worker monitoring solution, supporting 35,000 workers annually with personalised alarm services.
The deal will see Orbis Protect
Western NIS Enterprise Fund has reached an agreement to sell, alongside other shareholders, its stake in Moldova-based Glass Container Company and Glass Container Prim (GCC) to Vetropack Austria Holding AG, a subsidiary of Vetropack Holding SA.Vetropack is a leading Swiss player in the European glass packaging industry with 2019 annual turnover of CHF714.9 million, and subsidiaries in Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine and Italy.
This transaction has been led by Horizon Capital, a leading regional private equity firm with over USD850 million under management, including managing the investment portfolio of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, an investment vehicle established
Madrid-based Bnext, a provider of alternative banking services, has secured USD13 million (EUR11million) in another capital investment round by its existing investors.
The startup’s total investments received to date are slightly above GBP43 million. In October 2019 DN Capital led its first investment round into the company, together with Redalpine and Speedinvest, closing a USD25 million Series A financing round – the largest in the fintech sector in Spain to date.
Commenting on that investment, Nenad Marovac, founder and managing partner of DN Capital said: “Bnext is the market leading digital bank in Spain and soon to be in Latin
Danish growth fund Nordic Alpha Partners has teamed with 3d-printing company Dyemansion’s existing investors – UVC Partners, btov Partners, KGAL, and AM Ventures – in a USD14 million Series B funding round. “We are super happy to have Nordic Alpha Partners on board for our growth journey,” says Felix Ewald, CEO & co-founder of DyeMansion. “They are a perfect fit for the current phase we are in with DyeMansion. Their unique approach and expertise will help us to further strengthen our position as a global industrial leader. It makes us proud that all our existing investors are continuing with their support
Arkessa, an IoT connectivity provider backed by mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners since 2018, has continued its global expansion with the acquisition of Sim Services, a Netherlands-based connectivity services provider. The acquisition will allow Arkessa to strengthen its presence in the Netherlands and will help it reach its goal to ‘future proof’ customers’ connections to the Internet of Things.
Arkessa offers world-wide, world-class cellular connectivity services that make it easy to design, deploy and manage IoT devices securely, efficiently, and at scale, regardless of application or business model. Arkessa provides global coverage, competitive rates, and world-leading technical support, providing
Renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical adviser to the French private equity specialist Crédit Mutuel Equity for its CHF30 million acquisition of aventron’s renewable energy portfolio consisting of a large number of wind, solar and hydro assets located throughout six European countries.Natural Power’s mandate for the operational sites in the portfolio included a review of technology, O&M contracts, and operational performance. The team also completed post-construction yield assessments for the wind and solar assets. For the development-stage assets within the portfolio, Natural Power focused on reviewing capex estimates and future cost trend assumptions across
Evotec SE and independent European antisense drug discovery company, Secarna Pharmaceuticals, have formed a strategic partnership in the field of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based therapeutics. Antisense therapy is an innovative, clinically and commercially validated, highly-targeted pharmacological approach which interferes with gene expression in the cells of interest to specifically inhibit the production of proteins which promote development and progression of diseases.
Secarna is the next generation antisense drug discovery company, combining its proprietary LNAplus™ platform with cutting edge third generation LNA-chemistry to generate molecules with significantly improved potency and a comprehensive safety profile against targets that are difficult to regulate or currently
Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have made a GBP500,000 follow-on investment from Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into Salvalco, to support the development of aerosol valves that use ecologically sustainable propellants. Overall, the Fund has now invested GBP3.2 million into Salvalco, following the original investment in April 2018.
The Company has recently secured an investment from Beiersdorf, a leading provider of innovative, high quality skincare products, including brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin and La Prairie.
Founded in 2013, Salvalco develops innovative valve systems, called Eco-Valve, based on prior research by the Spray
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