Managers
Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers specialising in sustainable investment, is to expand access for retail investors to its impact private equity fund.
Launched in 2021, the Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital fund qualifies as an ELTIF (European Long-Term Investment Fund) which means it is accessible to a larger number of investors, including retail investors. The fund invests in companies providing sustainable innovative solutions and technologies that contribute to the environmental and energy transition.
To pursue its development in France and Europe and meet the new expectations of private retail clients, Mirova is opening up direct access to
US private equity firm GTCR is considering a £1.3 billion deal to acquire UK-based digital identity specialist GB Group (GBB), according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
The report cites a statement by the Chicago-based private investment firm as confirming recent press speculation that it is interested in acquiring GB Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The statement also said that, as yet, there is no certainty a formal bid will be made and that further statements will be made ” as and when appropriate”.
Now that talks have commenced, GTCR has until 4 October to
LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) has welcomed US-based investor The Kresge Foundation as a new external co-investor as part of the further build-out of Lumen Re and confirmed the roles of two senior managers in Bermuda.
Lumen Re serves as a cornerstone of LGT Capital Partners’ ILS investment activity, both as a dedicated property catastrophe reinsurance carrier, and as a fronter/service provider to the LGT CP ILS fund suite. The reinsurer was established by LGT Capital Partners’ specialist ILS team (LGT ILS Partners) in 2012 to facilitate the structuring of investments in ILS on behalf of ILS funds and mandates
SkyBridge Capital, has secured an investment worth 30 per cent of the business from FTV Ventures, a $2 billion venture capital firm based in Nassau, Bahamas, according to a report by Finance Magnates.
Singapore-based multi-family office Whampoa Group is planning niogn to raise $50 million for a new cryptocurrency hedge fund and also deploy $100 million via a venture capital fund focused on the same space, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Reality television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian is teaming up with Jay Sammons, a former partner at Carlyle Group Inc, to launch a SKKY Partners, new private equity firm which will focus on investments in consumer and media businesses, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The report cites a joint statement as revealing that the new firm will look to make both contril and minority investments in a range if sectors including consumer products, hospitality, luxury, digital commerce and media, and plans to make both control and minority investments.
Kardashian and Sammons will serve as co-managing partners, with Sammons responsible
Foresight Group (Foresight), a leading listed private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced the opening of its new office in Dublin. This is Foresight’s first office in Ireland and will be located at Carmichael House, 60 Lower Baggot Street.
It is the first of three offices planned to be opened this year, the others being in the UK in Leeds and Newcastle.
The team based in the Dublin office will mainly source, execute and manage investments for the AIB Foresight SME Impact Fund (the fund) as well as support Foresight’s other activities in Ireland. With a cornerstone investment
21.co, the parent company of 21Shares, a global issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), has raised $25 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Marshall Wace. The round values the business up to $2 billion, making 21.co Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn.
With this round of financing, 21.co will continue to drive rapid, targeted growth through first-of-their-kind products, key market expansions and strategic talent acquisitions. Other investors in the round include Collab+Currency, Quiet Ventures, ETFS Capital and Valor Equity Partners.
This round was the company’s first raise in over two years. The company ended 2021 on a nine-figure revenue
Thoma Bravo is expanding its presence internationally with the opening of an office in London. The new office will complement the firm’s existing offices in San Francisco, Chicago and Miami, each of which have recently experienced significant growth.
As part of this expansion, Irina Hemmers will join Thoma Bravo as a Partner to lead and grow the London office and help deepen the firm’s presence across Europe. The London office will serve as the firm’s hub for UK and European deals and will allow Thoma Bravo to further access the region’s rich ecosystem of innovative and fast-growing software and technology
Pantheon, a global private markets investor, has led the launch of the new Asia-Pacific chapter of Initiative Climat International (iCI), a global initiative that seeks to harness the collective efforts of private market participants to address climate change and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon global economy.
Pantheon was the second private equity firm globally to sign up to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2007, while in 2021 we became signatories of both iCI and the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Jie Gong, Pantheon Partner and Co-Chair of its ESG Committee, will chair the
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