Managers
LGB Corporate Finance has advised the shareholders of CMi, a provider of executive mentoring for chairmen and senior level executives, on its sale to MW&L Capital Partners. Established in 2003 by executive search specialist Krister Svensson, who died last year, CMi has been at the forefront of this emerging leadership tool and remains the market leader in the provision of mentoring to the C-suite and the Board. CMi has built an international mentor roster comprising some of the most respected chairmen and has delivered over 280 mentoring engagements for high profile corporate clients in 10 countries, primarily in Western Europe.
HLD Europe has entered into exclusive negotiations with IK Investment Partners (IK), a Pan-European private equity firm to become the majority shareholder of Exxelia Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of high reliability passive components and electromechanical systems. Exxelia’s management will reinvest alongside HLD Europe.
The completion of the transaction is subject to the consultation of employee representative bodies and the approval of the competition authorities as well as the French and American administrations.
Exxelia develops and manufactures complex passive components and electromechanical solutions for niche industrial markets such as aeronautics, space, defence, medical and rail, where product reliability and performance
Fund data management platform Kneip has named Hugues Delcourt as Chairman of the Board whilst founder and previous Chairman, Bob Kneip, moves into the role of Vice-Chairman.Delcourt brings with him a wealth of experience, with 30 years in the banking industry accrued in Europe and Asia, working for global institutions, including Indosuez, ABN AMBRO and UBS. Most recently, Delcourt was the Group CEO of Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, a position he held for five years.
In his new role as Chairman of the Board, Delcourt will offer guidance and support to the executive leadership team, headed up by CEO
Jerusalem Venture Partners has led a USD5 million funding round in Vicarius for its predictive cyberthreat technology, together with Innovation Hub and Goldbell. Vicarious automatically detects, patches and protects against yet-to-be-discovered software vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers.
Private equity groups keen to bolster their ‘green’ credentials may wish to consider how they might avail of upcoming Proposed Taxonomy Regulation in Europe, as they seek to standardise, and measure, the real impact of sustainable investments in their portfolios.
As part of its Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth launched in March 2018, the European Commission sets out the importance of establishing a classification system to encourage a common understanding of sustainable activity, and to regulate such activity within a framework: thereby making it easier for investors to benchmark financial products that fall within the Regulation.
This sustainable finance
Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has closed its fifth fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners V, with USD2.277 billion of committed capital.
Pantheon has agreed an exclusive introducer relationship in France with Kermony Capital. Paris-based Kermony Capital is led by Michael Sfez, a French national with multi-year experience of working across financial markets, including private markets. Sfez worked for Russell Investments for 19 years and served as managing director for Russell Investments France between 2011 and 2019 before founding Kermony Capital to facilitate access to marque providers of private and alternative assets.
From today, Kermony Capital will act in an exclusive capacity to introduce global private markets firm Pantheon, active in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Assets and Private Debt over four decades, to
Private investment house Ardian has raised EUR3 billion from investors for its fourth generation private debt platform to provide financing to mid-market companies across Europe. Established in 2005, the Ardian Private Debt team now has USD7 billion in assets under management with over 120 deals completed since inception.
The latest platform, which closed above its EUR2.5 billion target, builds on the success of Ardian’s third generation platform, which raised EUR2 billion in 2015, and will continue to provide flexible and tailor-made financing to companies across Europe. The platform’s offering has been broadened to include stretched senior debt to capture more
LumApps, a Software as a Service provider of cloud-based enterprise communication solutions, has completed a USD70 million Series C funding round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to around USD100 million. New investor Goldman Sachs Growth led the round with participation from Bpifrance, through its Growth Fund Large Venture, alongside Idinvest Partners, Iris Capital, and Famille C*.
LumApps is a social and collaborative intranet platform designed to connect, inform and engage employees. This innovative digital workplace equips organisations to break down silos and streamline internal communication. Built upon its Social Intranet, LumApps Employee Social Advocacy enables quick and easy social
Sixpoint Partners has closed Incline Equity Partners V, and Incline Equity Partners V-A, with USD1.165 billion of capital commitments.
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