Managers
Prime Capital AG, an independent alternative asset manager and financial services provider, has received the first Second-Party Opinion on an infrastructure equity fund from Sustainalytics, a global specialist in ESG research, ratings and analysis.
Prime Capital’s planned Green Energy Infrastructure Fund, investing primarily in greenfield onshore wind projects in the Nordics, will support the transition to a low-carbon economy and deliver environmental benefits related to greenhouse gas mitigation. Sustainalytics considers the Fund’s
intended investments to advance UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy.
The planned Fund volume amounts to EUR 500 million and has a net equity
Foresight Group (Foresight) and Williams Advanced Engineering (Williams) have a made a GBP1.6 million investment into Oxford University spin-out Mixergy Limited (Mixergy), a specialist in smart hot water tanks.
Mixergy was founded in 2014 by Peter Armstrong, CEO, and Ren Kang, Head of R&D, following the completion of their PhD research at Oxford University where the duo originally developed the idea during their doctoral research. The team has since grown to 17 staff and built strong relationships with British Gas, a major installer of tanks.
The Company brings innovation to an industry which has historically seen little investment or development; existing
Cyan Forensics – an Edinburgh-based start-up producing technology to help police investigators find evidence faster – has secured a further GBP1.3m from a consortium of investors.
The funding, which has come from Triple Point Investment Management, Mercia, SIS Ventures, the Scottish Investment Bank and private investors, will support the company’s expansion and allow it to target new markets in Northern Europe. It follows its recent contract with the UK’s Home Office, which will see the technology being used by the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) and rolled out to police forces nationally.
Cyan Forensics’ digital analysis tool can find terrorist
Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has made its sixth Blue Point IV platform acquisition, Mattco Forge (Mattco), a designer and manufacturer of quality engineered forged metal products primarily for the aerospace & defence (A&D) industry.
Parthenon Capital, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm with offices in Boston, San Francisco and Austin, has held the first and final close of Parthenon Investors VI with more than USD2.0 billion in commitments.
Parthenon Fund VI exceeded its initial fund target of USD1.5 billion.
“We appreciate the rapid and significant support we received from existing limited partners and welcome an outstanding group of new investors to the Parthenon family,” says Brian Golson, managing partner and co-chief executive officer.
Dave Ament, managing partner and co-chief executive officer, adds: “We continue to be excited by the opportunity to build franchise companies
Peregrine Ventures, an Israeli med-tech venture capital fund, just closed its fourth fund, Peregrine 4, raising USD115 million. Their partners include some of the leading institutional and private equity investors from Israel, the United States, Europe and Australia.
Peregrine 4 will continue to invest in early stage and late stage rounds of medical technology startups. Peregrine now has over USD200 million under management, and an equal amount available for co-investment, follow-on, and late stage investments in its portfolio companies from Peregrine 1, 2, and 3.
Since 2001, Peregrine Ventures has been at the forefront of medical, biotech, and life science
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested in Autotech Ventures – an American venture capital fund focuses on start-ups in the ground transportation sector.
Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley managing over $200 million that focuses on the USD3 trillion ground transportation sector.
Connected, autonomous, electrified vehicles and related mobility services have created shifts in the ground transportation industry. The Autotech Ventures team combine deep knowledge and insights from the ground transport sector with vast experience from venture capital investing.
“Through the co-operation with Autotech Ventures we look forward to interact with more world-class start-ups
NorthEdge Capital has completed the sale of Direct Healthcare Group (DHG) in a secondary buyout by European healthcare specialist investor ArchiMed.
The deal sees NorthEdge secure a thrtee-times return on its initial investment, with an IRR of 39 per cent. NorthEdge led a management buyout of Direct Healthcare Services in April 2016, renamed it Direct Healthcare Group and broadened the firm’s product range through a series of bolt-on acquisitions.
DHG is a fully integrated developer and manufacturer of a range of innovative pressure care products designed to prevent medical issues such as pressure sores, which can lead to serious, sometimes
New York-based private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group (Greenbriar) has sold Lazer Spot, a provider of mission critical, outsourced yard management services in the United States and Canada, to Harvest Partners (Harvest).
Lazer Spot is the category leader in a comprehensive range of outsourced yard management services including trailer spotting and shuttling. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Lazer Spot is the only national provider of spotting services. The Company offers a compelling value proposition at over 400 sites in the United States and Canada, for over 100 blue chip customers across the consumer packaged goods, food &
Monocle Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: MNCL), a public investment vehicle, and AerSale Corp. (AerSale), an integrated, global provider of aviation aftermarket products and services, are to merge in a transaction with an implied enterprise value of approximately USD430 million, equating to approximately 6.3x AerSale’s forecasted 2020 Adjusted EBITDA.
The combined company, which will be named AerSale Corporation, will be publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
AerSale, currently owned by Leonard Green & Partners, Florida Growth Fund LLC and the Company’s two founders, is a leading global supplier of aftermarket aircraft, spare engines, flight equipment, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)
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