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ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has further expanded its Origination Team with the appointment of Tsvetelina Delcheva as an Origination Manager.
Delcheva joins ECI from working in Origination within FTI Consulting’s Transaction Services team, where she was responsible for tracking deal pipelines, identifying relevant investments for private equity funds, and shortlisting suitable acquisition targets.
Prior to FTI Consulting, Delcheva was a Manager at Gerson Lehrman Group, where she managed a portfolio of private equity and investment firms, with a focus on mid-market private equity firms based in the DACH region.
Tsvetelina is ECI’s second hire into
Shareholders of Aareal Bank have signed commitments to support an increased bid for the bank by Atlantic BidCo, a non-controlled company indirectly held by funds which are respectively managed and advised by Advent International Corporation (Advent) and Centerbridge Partners (Centerbridge), as well as other co-investors.
Through irrevocable tender commitments amounting to approximately 37 per cent of Aareal Bank’s shares, Petrus Advisers, Teleios Capital, Vesa Equity Investment and Talomon Capital have agreed to accept a tender offer of EUR33.00 per share in cash or to sell shares to the bidder outside the tender offer. These main shareholders of Aareal Bank have
Venture Catalyst has held the first close of the Beams Fintech Fund, its first growth-stage fund, with ISD36 million on commitments, according to a report by VCCircle.
The fund’s strategy will be to invest in early-stage fintech firms.
The funds has attracted investment from a range of investors including a banks, NBFCs (non-banking financial companies), large family offices, financial service executives and fintech founders.
Savana, a global medical company developing innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to unlock the clinical value embedded in clinical data (like Electronic Medical Records and clinical trials), has closed a USD25 million funding round led by Conexo Ventures, along with Knuru Capital and Aldea Ventures.
Existing investors Seaya Ventures and Cathay Innovation also reinvested in the round.
Savana is a Madrid-based health tech startup using AI to provide medical knowledge based on “Real World Evidence” to enhance research and build predictive models to enhance patients’ lives.
Electronic signature developer Videosign has secured new investment of GBP1.15 million from Moonstone Group as it continues to develop its online security platform.
The company, with bases in Liverpool and Glasgow, has developed an electronic signature platform that uses artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition and video technology to verify the identity of document signatories.
The Moonstone Group, provides a portfolio of compliance, education and fintech solutions to the financial services market in South Africa.
CrediBook, a bookkeeping app based in Indonesia, has raised USD8.1 million in a Series A funding round led by Monkʼs Hill Ventures with participation from existing investors such as Insignia Ventures Partners and Wavemaker Partners.
CrediBook is focused on digitalising small and medium enterprises (SMEs), primarily wholesalers, to manage and track their expenses, payables, and receivables and streamline the ordering process.
This round of funding will be used to accelerate CrediBookʼs nationwide expansion, product development, talent acquisition, supporting increasing product categories from wholesalers, and onboarding new wholesale partners.
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has exited its investment in energy services specialist RMEC Group Limited (RMEC) through a trade sale to Aberdeen-based Centurion Group, generating a 2.26x blended return for investors in the process.
RMEC is a provider of managed solutions for the oil & gas intervention and decommissioning sectors. The business specialises in the manufacture, maintenance, repair, testing, recertification and rental of well services equipment for many of the industry’s largest service companies.
Maven originally led the management buy-in of RMEC in 2014 with the transaction funded by the Maven VCTs and through Maven’s co-investment network for professional clients,
Fortis Solutions Group, a provider of high impact printed packaging solutions and a portfolio company of funds managed by Harvest Partners, has acquired Label Tech Inc based in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
Label Tech is an award-winning, ISO-certified flexographic and digital manufacturer of pressure sensitive (including coupon, game piece and UL labels) and non-pressure sensitive labels and flexible packaging for the consumer product, food and beverage and health and beauty end markets.
General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Cornelia Gomez as its global head of ESG.
Based in London, Gomez will oversee General Atlantic’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts at the firm and across its portfolio.
A recognized leader in the industry, Gomez brings experience across ESG, CSR strategy and ethical and environmental compliance, working across Europe, Asia and Latin America. Most recently, Gomez was Head of ESG and Sustainability at PAI Partners, where she established its ESG practice and was a key intermediary between investors, investment teams and portfolio companies, helping to integrate ESG
General Atlantic, a global growth equity investor, has opened a new office in Tel Aviv.
The new location expands the firm’s geographic footprint into the Middle East and enables General Atlantic to strengthen its presence in the highly entrepreneurial Israeli ecosystem.
General Atlantic sees significant opportunity in Israel and has invested over USD750 million in eight high-growth tech companies in the country since 2019, with six of those eight investments taking place in roughly the past year. With an on-the-ground presence in Tel Aviv, the firm plans to deepen its local network and further engage in the region’s entrepreneurial
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