Managers
Active investment manager Allianz Global Investors’ infrastructure debt platform, first launched in 2012, has reached EUR20 billion in cumulative investments.
The platform has closed more than 100 investments in 20 countries across three strategies, with 95 of these transactions being inaugural investments into individual infrastructure projects or companies, whilst the remaining 6 transactions have been upsizing or tap investments into existing borrowers.
AllianzGI’s infrastructure debt platform has provided financing around the world across greenfield/construction projects, brownfield projects, acquisition financing and corporate refinancing, covering the full range of infrastructure sub-sectors.
AllianzGI is one of the leading investors in private
St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory’s portfolio has reached a total valuation of GBP121 million based on latest investment rounds, and its first two exit events in 2021, including when Genus Plc acquired a large stake in aquaculture specialist Xelect.
In January 2021, Eos announced that it had led a GB{1.24 million investment into RAB-Microfluidics, an Aberdeen-headquartered R&D company developing cutting-edge microfluidic technology to diagnose engine and turbine wear in real time. Founded by CEO Rotimi Alabi, RAB-Microfluidics has since grown the team and gained significant sales.
In February 2021, Eos secured its first strategic investment partnership with US-based Kineticos
Private capital secondary market investor Coller Capital, and international law firm Akin Gump have hosted their first quarterly Women in Secondaries networking event for 2022, a fireside chat with Priya Lakhani OBE.
Lakhani is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a food business, a social enterprise and now leads CENTURY Tech, a company developing, for use in the education sector, the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technology to understand how the brain learns.
Lakhani’s session discussed the background to her career and various businesses, the cutting-edge work her company is carrying out and the lessons for training and
Blackstone has a war chest of USD11 billion in capital to target deals for companies in Asia having closed a second Asian-focused private-equity fund, according to Private Equity Insights.
Bay Bridge Ventures and its strategic advisors have launched a purpose-built, institutional ESG and Sustainability focused venture capital firm.
LUCA Japan, a digital platform for alternative investments has formed a strategic partnership with Xen Technologies Pte Ltd (Xen Capital), a Singapore-based digital platform that provides a white-label alternative investment solution and marketplace.
Since its launch in September 2021, the ESG Data Convergence Project, which seeks to standardise ESG metrics and provide a mechanism for comparative reporting for the private market industry, has secured commitments from over 100 leading general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs).
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software specialist Cooper Software, which is backed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM), is building its reach in central Europe with the acquisition of German-based ERP consulting firm and IFS Applications specialist u:benit.
The acquisition of the German-based business, which will trade as Cooper Software GmbH, is another step in the company’s strategy to expand internationally following a multi-million pound investment by YFM in November 2021. It will enable Cooper Software to meet growing demand for IFS consulting and implementation services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (D-A-CH).
The founder of u:benit, Benedikt Stallmann, takes on the role
Online education company FourthRev has raised USD8 million in a Series A funding round led by education technology impact fund Educapital.
Reach Capital, Emerge Education and Danner Capital also provided follow-on funding along with a number of edtech entrepreneurs and executives.
The investment will be used to develop and promote more Career Accelerators focused on key areas experiencing the most acute digital skills shortages such as cybersecurity, AI, analytics, UI and project management skills. As a remote first, global company, FourthRev will be doubling headcount worldwide, expanding operations in the UK, Australia, South Africa and North America.
App Radar, an app store marketing platform, has secured EUR2 million in pre-Series A investment from Austrian VC firms eQventure and aws Gründerfonds.
App Radar, which last year acquired Spanish app store optimiser TheTool, will use its investment to expand its presence in major European markets and expand its product offering.
App Radar optimises app store appearances and supports app marketing with targeted market analysis. Big data, AI-guided workflows, and easy-to-understand dashboards are used to increase visibility, engagement, and conversion.
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