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Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market in the UK and Europe, has invested in Infrata, a leading infrastructure consultancy firm serving lenders, investors and sponsors of infrastructure projects around the world.
Established in 2011, Infrata provides technical, commercial, demand, economic and ESG-focused advisory services to the financial services industry throughout the entire lifecycle of an infrastructure investment. With deep sector-specific knowledge across airports & aviation, roads, railways, ports & waterways and social infrastructure, Infrata is a highly sought-after long-term partner.
Inflexion has made a substantial investment into Upperton Pharma Solutions (Upperton), a UK-based specialist contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) which has expertise in particle engineering for the pharmaceutical industry.
Inflexion has invested alongside the founder and the management team who will continue to lead the business.
The investment is being made from Inflexion Enterprise Fund V.
Nottingham-based Upperton was founded in 1999 and conducts formulation and analytical development and clinical trial manufacturing services for small to mid sized pharma clients.
Citymark Capital has closed its nineteenth investment – Hayden Martinez, formerly Haven Martinez – a 108-unit property located in the Greater San Francisco metropolitan area.
The location of Hayden Martinez in the East Bay offers easy access to all the city’s major employment centers, such as Walnut Creek, San Francisco, Oakland, and the Tri-Valley.
Citymark has invested in 19 assets in Dallas, Las Vegas, Northern New Jersey, Orlando, Houston, Raleigh, Atlanta, Phoenix, Columbus, Denver, Austin, Salt Lake City, and Greater San Francisco.
Octant, a data-driven therapeutics company developing programmable biology and chemistry to build precision medicines for complex diseases, has raised $80 million in a Series B financing round led by Catalio Capital Management (Catalio).
The company has also established a Deep Mutational Scanning (DMS) biopharma partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb, and appointed biotech industry veteran Dean “Rick” Artis as its first Chief Scientific Officer and renowned scientist Feng Zhang to its Scientific Advisory Board.
In addition to Catalio, the Series B financing included participation from Bristol Myers Squibb, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz Bio Fund, Allen & Co, and 50 Years
SoundMint, a generative platform for music NFTs, has raised a $1.7 million in a seed round led by Animoca Brands.
QuadFi, a mission-driven global fintech firm headquartered in Canada, has agreed a new financing facility of up to $100 million ith Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based minority-owned private credit manager.
The facility will be used by QuadFi to provide personal loans to people with limited credit history, but with a strong current income and a bright financial outlook, including young people and immigrants.
Global investor services group IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, has completed the rebrand of its US-based group companies – Blue River Partners LLC, Constellation Advisers LLC, Concord Trust Company, and Greyline Partners – as IQ-EQ.
Bringing each of these individually successful firms together under the IQ-EQ brand means IQ-EQ’s service offering is now available to the group’s US-based clients looking to do business either in the US or exploring commercial opportunities more globally.
Gold House, a premier collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) leaders, has launched a $30 million fund — Gold House Ventures — to invest in company founders of API descent.
Gold House Ventures invests across industries and stages — always in partnership with global investors. Investing partners include Accel, Alley Corp, Bain Capital, Basis Set, Bling Capital, CircleUp, Coatue, Decibel, Eniac, Floodgate, General Catalyst, GGV, Goodwater, Graph Ventures, Imaginary Ventures, Juxtapose, Lightspeed, Maveron, Mayfield, NEA, Northzone, Tribe, Trinity, Upfront, Wing VC, and Xfund.
Gold House Ventures’ investors include C-suite executives of major corporations; successful API founders (Binance Labs, YouTube,
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) is to acquire a majority stake in Sanoptis, a network of ophthalmology clinics across Germany and Switzerland, from Telemos Capital (Telemos).
GBL is committing up to €750 million in equity for this transaction. As part of the deal, the incumbent management team will increase its stake in the company by way of a substantial reinvestment.
This transaction marks GBL’s second consecutive private investment in the healthcare sector in 2022.
Capitolis, a technology company reimagining capital markets, has made a series if key strategic hires and notable promotions in its New York and Tel Aviv offices.
Lindsey Baptiste has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. During her time at Capitolis, she has played a key role in managing the company’s Series C and D investment rounds, LMRKTS acquisition and integration activities, and building the global office space.
Thomas Droumenq joins as Head of Capitolis’ Ionic Product, focused on the management and continued growth of the company’s revolutionary platform that enables financial institutions to finance and structure portfolios of positions in
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