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The Carlyle Group has bolstered its healthcare investment capabilities with the acquisition of life sciences investment manager Abingworth, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.
Financial details of the transaction, which is expected to close later this year, have not been disclosed.
The report quotes “officials at the $301 billion Carlyle” as saying that the acquisition now allows Carlyle to operate across the life sciences and healthcare investment spectrum from venture capital to through to buyouts.
A lack of regulatory alignment on ESG disclosure has created a noisy backdrop of third-party standards and metrics so private equity funds are attempting to lead the way instead…
For much of the past 10 years, private equity firms have been swimming in an alphabet soup of ESG standards.
Recent estimates put the figure at around 200 standards globally, for reporting and assessing sustainability risks across fund portfolios. Many have little coordination between regulators, investors or across different jurisdictions.
A lack of standardisation can make it difficult to outwardly assess the impact of ESG progress on financial results and has
Omega Systems, a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners and managed service provider to highly regulated and security-conscious businesses, has merged with ACE IT Solutions, a New Jersey-based technology solutions provider.
Omega will leverage the combination to extend its portfolio of ‘Smart’ solutions – including private and public cloud hosting, managed cybersecurity, managed support, NOC and escalation services, 24×7 service desk support, disaster recovery and more – further across the US.
Founded in 2002, Omega is best known for its expertise supporting companies facing stringent compliance and regulatory demands in the banking, manufacturing, healthcare, professional/legal services, education and local government industries.
A start-up inspired by an adventurous granny and co-designed by a team of retirees has raised £1.1 million in funding to tackle the loneliness epidemic amongst older people.
The Joy Club is a community-based platform designed to help retirees discover events, passions, and friendships that will enrich their lives.
Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen has invested in the round, alongside Calm/Storm Ventures, Alma Angels, and other notable angel investors. Elvie founder and CEO Tania Boler and Elvie co-founder Alexander Asseily (also founder of Jawbone and Vice Chairman at Lilium), have also backed the start-up.
This pre-seed investment will allow The
Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, has committed to help drive actionable change on greenhouse gas emissions by signing the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and joining the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF).
The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, a consortium of 236 asset managers, supports the goal of reaching Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit global warming to 1.5C. A core part of this commitment is to ensure transparent and standardised measurement and reporting of financed greenhouse gas emissions.
PCAF is a global alliance enabling
Global investment firm KKR is to purchase Barracuda Networks Inc, a provider of cloud-first security solutions, from Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2003, Barracuda offers a broad suite of cybersecurity solutions across email protection, application security, network security and data protection that can be deployed and managed in both cloud and hybrid environments. The Company focuses on serving small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and has more than 200,000 customers worldwide across a variety of industries, including education, government, financial services, health care, retail, consumer goods and manufacturing.
Muddy Waters Capital (Muddy Waters), an activist investment firm, has appointed Marta Obando as head of investor relations and marketing.
Digital alternative investment specialist Yieldstreet is launching a new platform that allows investors the unique opportunity to invest in individual companies.
The first offerings include the convenience of investing directly in established startups Fetch Rewards and Flutterwave in partnership with VC investment firm Greycroft, which has $2 billion-plus in total capital commitments across its funds. Yieldstreet will partner with other prominent venture capital firms as more deals are offered on the platform giving investors access to leading startup companies before they go public.
Investments in Fetch and Flutterwave, plus future direct VC offerings on Yieldstreet, will primarily be made at
Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), has announced Limited Partner (LP) investments in venture capital funds Burnt Island Ventures and The Westly Group’s Funds III and IV, supporting the development of innovative water and industrial technologies.
The combined $20 million investment across both funds forms a key part of Xylem’s external innovation programme, Xylem Innovation Labs. These investments bolster Xylem Innovation Labs’ open innovation network and its commitment to bringing the most important water technology innovations to market at speed and scale.
Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire) has added Luther Gatewood to its investment team as a Principal.
Gatewood joins Turnspire from Athyrium Capital Partners where he was a Principal and played a leadership role in all aspects of the investment process, including origination, due diligence and structuring, in addition to driving portfolio company value enhancement. Prior to Athyrium, he was an investment analyst at Q Investments and at Elliott Management. Earlier in his career, Luther was an associate at Apax Partners and an analyst at Morgan Stanley.
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