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Markku Lonnqvist has been appointed Chief Investment Officer of Hipgnosis Song Management reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Merck Mercuriadis.
Lonnqvist has had a long career in private equity and joins from Pamplona Capital Management LLP where he was a partner for the last 17 years managing investments across several funds both in Europe and North America. Before that, he was in investment banking in London and New York for nine years.
Grant Thornton UK’s Corporate Finance team has advised on the sale of education-technology (EdTech) company Sumdog to a Scandinavian buyer, eEducation Albert (Albert), with more activity in the sector expected amid significant investor demand.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, Sumdog was founded in 1994 and has become a leading global B2B player in the EdTech market, with a strong presence in the United States as well as across Europe.
Sumdog’s digital platform is currently used by approximately 15 per cent of all schools in the UK and 10 per cent of all schools in the US. It is a complete digital learning
New York-based private equity firm Goode Partners has made a USD30 million minority investment in JOCKO FUEL, a provider of premium sports and lifestyle nutritional products.
Fourshore Partners (Fourshore) has acquired Buske Logistics (Buske), a provider of critical contract logistics services with expertise in the packaging, food & beverage, and automotive industries.
Buske Logistics prides itself in being committed to offering its customers the kind of personal attention that results in quick answers, superior value, cutting edge technology, and the most reliable performance in the industry.
The transaction was led by Jose Costa, Pedro Freyre, Nate Barbera, and Milos Milosevic at Fourshore Partners. Akerman LLP served as legal counsel to Fourshore Partners. Holland & Knight LLP and Stephens Inc served as advisors to the seller.
Cheyne Capital has agreed a EUR63.3 million funding partnership with Bain Capital Credit, LP and Stoneweg Hospitality to support the acquisition and redevelopment of the Andalucia Plaza Hotel in Marbella.
Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM), a non-profit organisation promoting the advancement of Black women working in the asset management industry, has announced Ares Management, BlackRock, Federated Hermes, Helios Investment Partners, JP Morgan Asset Management, M&G plc, Maniyar Capital, Morningstar, Inc, and State Street Global Advisors as new institutional members.
Black women remain vastly underrepresented at all levels within the investment industry. A 2019 report by the Investment Association showed that less than 1 per cent of investment managers in the UK are Black. BWAM aims to drive positive change by providing Black women with tools needed to thrive, while
New York-based private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners (Blue Wolf) has added Natalie Marjancik to the firm’s senior leadership and investment team as Managing Director, Capital Markets.
Marjancik most recently served as Managing Director at Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, where she focused on capital and debt advisory.
Prior to joining Blue Wolf, Marjancik spent almost 13 years at Lincoln International focusing on capital and debt advisory. During her time there, she served as a key advisor to corporate and private equity clients on the structuring and arranging of debt finance across multiple sectors, including,
Hybrid studio and digital fitness platform BLOK has secured GBP3.75 million in a funding pre-Series A funding round led by ACF Investors, with additional investment from Elcot Capital and The Santon Group.
The funding round also included investment from the UK government’s Future Fund, Crowdcube and angel investor Rob Wirszycz, who will be joining the business as Chairman.
The funding will be used to build upon BLOK’s new hybrid model, that combines in-studio, at home and at-office programmes, all linked through a single digital platform. To facilitate this strategic move, Blok is making a number of key additions to
Blank Rome has appointed Nina Bianchi Skinner as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in Houston.
Skinner concentrates her practice in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalisations, distressed business transactions, joint ventures, private placements, borrower-side finance, corporate governance, and general corporate counselling. She also represents clients in sophisticated over-the-counter derivatives transactions and related Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and other regulatory compliance matters.
As part of Blank Rome’s commitment to expanding in Houston, the firm also recently welcomed finance partners Cassandra G Mott and Sarah H Frazier, corporate partner C Brendan Cummings, and Mexican counsel Ana Cecilia Ibarra-Van Oostenrijk.
BaltCap Growth Fund, together with I Asset Management, a Lithuanian private equity firm, has invested in Dr VET, which operates five veterinary clinics in Vilnius.
IAM Petcare Growth Fund acquired 65 per cent of the shares of Vet Ventures, a holding company of the clinics, BaltCap Growth Fund’s stake is 35 per cent.
Vet Ventures employs 60 people and plans to acquire and open additional clinics later this year.
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