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Glasgow based investment syndicate Kelvin Capital has seen a 19 per cent increase in its total investments in 2019, compared to 2018 levels. The record figure saw GBP12.5 million being invested, up from GBP10.5 million in 2018, with new syndicate members joining from Europe and the Far East.
In the last quarter of 2019 alone, GBP2.75 million was invested in Scottish based businesses including GBP1m into hydrogen technology company Logan Energy. In the first quarter of 2020, GBP3.3 million of new investment has already been committed to portfolio companies.
Other significant investments made throughout 2019 include Biotangents, ProFactor Pharma, Novosound
Paris-based private equity investor Omnes has acquired a minority shareholding interest in Danish solar PV provider Better Energy for EUR30 million. This deal marks the first investment of Omnes’s fourth-generation fund dedicated to renewable energy, Capenergie 4, currently being raised. Omnes has announced on this occasion the first closing of Capenergie 4 at EUR380 million (EUR500 million in target size).
Omnes received strong support from its existing investor base as well as from new French and international institutional investors. The European Investment Bank is supporting Capenergie 4 as a cornerstone investor with a EUR75 million commitment, up from EUR45 million
TELEO Capital Management (TELEO) has acquired the Automated System Management (ASM) product platform and related products (Industrial Defender) from Capgemini America, Inc. Industrial Defender provides cybersecurity and compliance software solutions for critical infrastructure providers globally. The software offers a management platform purpose-built to address the overlapping requirements of cybersecurity, compliance and change management for Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Industrial Defender serves Fortune 500 clients across the utility, oil & gas and chemical processing verticals. TELEO’s investment will support continued product innovation and expansion of global brand awareness.
“The market for operational technology cybersecurity is rapidly expanding and Industrial Defender, with
The Kempen Global Impact Pool has broken the EUR100 million barrier in assets under management. Launched in January 2018, the pool invests exclusively in funds that make a positive contribution to society and climate and in doing so aims to earn a financial return in line with the market. Kempen launched the Global Impact Pool in 2018 to introduce impact investing to its clients. The pool invests in high impact funds that aim to make a positive contribution around four themes: affordable and good healthcare, reliable financial services, a more sustainable food chain and affordable and clean energy in countries that
Bloc Ventures Limited (Bloc), a venture capital company focussed on early stage European deep technology investment, has raised over GBP20 million in equity funding from UK industry leaders. The latest funding round was led by Michael Spencer’s investment company IPGL Limited and supported by a number of other industry leaders including Warren East, Christopher (Jock) Miller, Gavyn Davies, Stuart Roden, and Stephen Catlin, who also serves as a non- executive director on the Bloc Board. As part of the round, Samantha (Sam) Wren, CEO of IPGL, also joins as a non-executive director.
Bloc was founded by CEO Bruce Beckloff, CTO David
Duff & Phelps has acquired Lucid Issuer Services, Lucid Agency and Trustee Services Limited and Fluyd (Lucid Companies), European providers of securities solicitation and loan and bond services solutions. The deal builds on Duff & Phelps’ business services offering following the firm’s 2019 acquisition of Prime Clerk.
“This transaction further expands Prime Clerk’s securities solicitation global presence, with the addition of Lucid Issuer Services, Europe’s leading restructuring and liability management agency platform,” says Shai Y Waisman, Head of Business Services at Duff & Phelps and CEO of Prime Clerk. “It also enhances our service offerings with Lucid Agency and Trustee Services,
After a decade of investor caution towards Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is the recent switch to net labour inflows to the region heralding a newborn appetite from international LPs
While CEE fundraising levels are still far from the levels seen before 2008, a fresh study by CMS shows that private equity investments reached a record high of 318 deals in emerging Europe in 2019, accounting for 16 per cent of all deal-making there.
Patron Technology, a live event technology specialist and a portfolio company of private equity firm Providence Strategic Growth, has acquired GrowTix, a Salt Lake City based ticketing and registration company with a large clientele in the convention and fandom event space. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The addition of GrowTix solidifies Patron Technology’s prevalent position within the convention industry. Patron Technology’s start-to-finish platform, including ticketing, event operations, experiential marketing, cashless payments, and mobile app solutions, already successfully supports numerous iconic events within this space, like New York Comic Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, and
State Street Corporation has entered into a new partnership with iCapital Network to combine State Street’s registered transfer agency and private market fund administration capabilities with iCapital’s platform technology and distribution network.Historically, private market funds, such as private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure have been available primarily to institutional investors. However, high-net-worth investors and family offices are increasingly seeking access and exposure to these alternative asset classes to achieve portfolio goals of diversification and income. This partnership aims to support State Street’s clients as they navigate this complex market.
This collaboration will allow State Street’s alternative fund manager
As the consultancy.eu website reported last May, private equity buyout deals in the healthcare sector rose to USD63 billion in 2018, a near 50 per cent year-on-year increase, with North America leading the way. And in Europe, PE healthcare specialist investor Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO Capital Partners) are tapping in to investor demand; its GHO Capital Fund II, which closed in November 2019, attracted EUR975 million, some 50 per cent larger than its inaugural fund in 2015.
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