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A total of 505 venture capital (VC) funding deals were announced in India during Q1 2022 while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at $9.2 billion, according to GlobalData.
TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, has held the final close of TPG Rise Climate, a dedicated climate investing strategy of its global impact investing platform TPG Rise, at $7.3 billion.
With the final close, TPG Rise Climate reaches its hard cap, bringing together a unique blend of capital from some of the world’s most prominent institutional investors and a diverse set of industry-leading global companies.
Since launching in 2021, TPG Rise Climate has been rapidly deploying capital through growth-stage investments in innovative climate solutions. Recent investments include backing the leading solar tracking company Nextracker, creating North America’s largest
Airedale Group, UK specialist in the installation and servicing of catering equipment and a portfolio company of Rubicon Partners, has acquired Network Catering Engineers Limited (Network).
Founded in 2000 by Tim Church, Network has grown into one of the best known names in the industry with a reputation for delivering exceptional service to a broad customer base nationally across the UK. The business employs 90+ engineers and carries out maintenance services to in excess of 60 ‘chain’ customers.
The deal is Airdale’s first acquisition since the Rubicon Partners investment in the business.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has strengthened its global private equity offering with the additions of Dan Oates, Simon Saitowitz and Angela Becker as partners.
The trio, who will be based in the firm’s London office, advise private equity and financial sponsor clients, as well as their portfolio companies, on all forms of private equity transactions in the UK and Europe, across a range of industries.
Oates is recognised as a leading M&A and private equity lawyer by numerous industry publications, including Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. Saitowitz has more than 15 years of top tier private equity
Pearl Street Equity and affiliates have acquired Webonise US, (Webonise), a global technology product development and services company that builds capabilities that enable businesses to thrive.
Founded in 2012, Webonise has more than 200 software engineers, user experience designers and digital strategy consultants who build digital products as well as proprietary SaaS B2B tools and platforms across robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent automation, software development, marketing technology, cybersecurity, data science, e-learning, and sports and iGaming.
With offices in the United States, India and Canada, the Company serves global clients across industries as diverse as consumer goods, manufacturing, finance, media,
As part of its efforts to expand its investment management business in the Americas and enhance its overall offering, Nomura Holding America Inc. (NHA) is establishing a new business line and has appointed Robert Stark, former CEO of Alterum Capital Partners, as Head of Investment Management in the Americas.
In his new role, Stark will lead the growth and development of the investment management business with a particular emphasis on private markets.
The first strategy to be brought to market will focus on providing a diversified exposure to private credit sectors. The initial distribution focus will be towards Registered
Horizon Capital, a US private-equity firm investing in high growth export-oriented and domestic companies primarily in Emerging Europe, has acquired a minority stake in Miratech, becoming its largest finance investor in the process, via its $200 million Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, LP (EEGF III).
Horizon Capital will help Miratech to accelerate its ongoing global expansion in providing digital product engineering and customer experience design services to renowned global companies.
Glennmont Partners from Nuveen (Glennmont), a clean energy infrastructure investment specialist, has divested its Margam Green Energy Plant (Margam) to Greencoat Capital (Greencoat).
Margam is an operational 41.8MWe bioenergy plant located in South Wales near Port Talbot, which is fuelled by waste wood and generates renewable power. It benefits from accreditation for 1.4 ROCs per MWh and has 15 years of ROC life remaining.
The plant was originally acquired by Glennmont in 2015 during the construction phase and has been operational since 2019. Margam has been an important element of the local community, which is evidenced by the Margam twenty-year
PE activity softened in the first three months of 2022 but remains robust, according to EY Private Equity’s Q1 PE Pulse report.
The report recaps Q1 2022 private equity activity following a record year of dealmaking and amidst market volatility and geopolitical tension.
PE firms announced deals valued at $221 billion, declining 27% from the first quarter of last year. The also highlights that the first quarter of 2021 saw 719 deals announced valued at more than $300 billion, making it the second-most active quarter on record.
The secondaries market also thrived with GP-led deals being key drivers and
Evanston Capital Management (Evanston Capital), an alternative investment management firm, has completed the final close of ECM Blockchain Fund I LP with $58 million in capital commitments.
The fund closed above its original target of $50 million.
Evanston Capital believes that blockchain technology has the potential to contribute to breakthrough advances in a variety of business applications globally across industries. The fund provides investors with access to what Evanston Capital believes are leading blockchain venture capital managers that are primarily focused on early-stage investing. The fund intends to provide global exposure across blockchain investment verticals, including infrastructure, gaming, NFTs, Web3,
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