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One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), a value-oriented, operationally focused private equity firm, has appointed Andrea (AJ) Skobel to its team of operating partners.
Working in conjunction with One Rock operating partner Mike Anderson, Skobel will be responsible for driving post-acquisition value at One Rock’s portfolio companies primarily through strategic talent and organisational development solutions and alignment of human resource strategy with business and operational strategies.
Skobel brings over 20 years of experience in executive human resource management, talent acquisition and leadership development. Prior to joining One Rock, Skobel spent nearly a decade at IDEX Corporation and prior to
Modulize, a collaborative software solution for offsite construction that optimises design, planning, and procurement, has raised a EUR1.9 million seed round led by KOMPAS.
Pi Labs, Investinor, real estate developer Møller Eiendom, and Antler also participated in the round.
The funding will allow Modulize to develop its product and grow its existing organisation as it expands into different European markets.
Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) has invested in Adaptavate Limited as part of a capital raising round of over GBP1.3 million. Other investors include Counteract, One Planet Capital and Perivoli Innovations.
The company has also secured a grant of over GBP800,000 from Innovate UK under its Transforming Foundation Industries programme.
Adaptavate is developing Breathaboard, a low carbon, bio-based plasterboard whose sustainability credentials are superior to standard gypsum-based wallboards. The company also supplies Breathaplasta, a lime-based plaster that regulates moisture and improves insulation to deliver a healthier and more energy efficient environment.
Lightyear Capital (Lightyear), a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services, has appointed Maria Veltre as a Senior Advisor to Lightyear Fund V and its parallel investment vehicles (Lightyear Fund V).
Veltre brings more than three decades of experience working in marketing, customer experience, digital platform development, pricing strategy, and product development, as well as regulatory compliance.
Veltre was appointed to the Board of Allworth Financial, a Lightyear Fund V portfolio company, in September 2021.
Previously, she was the US Head of Digital and Innovation at Santander, a role she took on from 2018 to 2020.
LinkSquares, the company behind an AI-powered contract management platform, has raised USD100 million in a Series C financing lround ed by G Squared.
New investor G2 Venture Partners as well as existing investors also participated in the round which brings the company’s total funding to USD161.5 million, at a current valuation of USD800 million.
Franklin Resources, a global investment management organisation operating as Franklin Templeton, has completed its acquisition of Lexington Partners (Lexington), a global manager of secondary private equity and co-investment funds.
With this closing, Franklin Templeton has significantly expanded the breadth and scale of its alternative asset strategies with over USD200 billion in aggregate alternative assets under management.
Franklin Templeton now includes specialist investment managers focused on private real estate through Clarion Partners, alternative credit through Benefit Street Partners, hedge fund strategies via K2 Advisors and secondary private equity and co-investments via Lexington.
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Growth equity investing firm Edison Partners has closed its 10th fund, Edison Partners X, oversubscribed at USD450 million.
C Street has appointed Bre Pressey and Dr Thomas Ogorzalek as Co-Heads of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory practice.
Together, Pressey and Ogorzalek will lead the group at C Street advising clients on how to best invest in DEI and make DEI systemic in their organisations.
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has appointed Charlie Troup as chair of its council for the next year up to 31 March 2023.
Troup brings to the role nearly 30 years’ experience in private equity, having supported businesses of all sizes and at all stages of growth. He is a Managing Partner and chair of the investment committee at Duke Street – a leading investor in mid-market companies in Western Europe – having joined the firm in 2006.
Troup has been Vice Chair of the BVCA’s Council for the past year, following two and half
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