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The Board of Big Society Capital has appointed Robin Hindle Fisher as its new Chair.
Hindle Fisher will take over from Sir Harvey McGrath who has chaired the UK social impact investment organisation for the last eight years since taking up the role in January 2014.
Hindle Fisher has long experience in both the investment management industry and the charity sector – bringing together both dimensions of Big Society Capital’s mission of building the social impact investment market in a way that works for both investors, and social enterprises and charities. Robin has served for over twenty years on the
BEX Capital, an investment firm focused exclusively on secondaries in private equity fund-of-funds (FoF), secondaries funds and co-investment funds, has closed BEX Fund IV at USD765 million, in excess of its USD600 million target.
This was the first close of BEX Fund IV, with fundraising completed in only three months. BEX Capital received strong support from existing investors who increased their commitments to BEX Fund IV by 50 per cent. The oversubscribed fund closed in excess of its USD600 million target at USD765 million.
BEX Capital’s fourth fund is the largest pool of capital solely dedicated to FoF secondaries
Global private equity firm Advent International has acquired a minority stake in Medius, a provider of source to pay solutions.
Following the deal, Marlin Equity Partners remains Medius’ majority shareholder.
The terms of the transaction, which sees Douglas Hallstrom, Director at Advent join the Medius board, have not been disclosed.
Every investor class wants to boost their private equity allocation in the hunt for yield. But a crowded fundraising market in 2022 leaves the fastest returning managers with the upper hand, and others wondering how long the party can last.
Net zero is a priority for four fifths (80 per cent) of start-ups, with 72 per cent working to achieve carbon neutrality and 8 per cent already carbon neutral or negative according to research from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency.
Innovate UK found that while start-ups are passionate about their climate impact, they are divided over whether it should be a priority over business growth. Nearly half (45 per cent) of start-ups believe they should balance growth and sustainability, versus four in 10 (42 per cent) believe growth is more important, but start-ups should try to be sustainable in
IsoTruss, an engineering, design, and manufacturing services provider, has raised USD4.5 million in a Series A funding round led by the SG Koenig Trust.
The funds will be used to scale up operations and accelerate production of patented IsoTrust carbon fibre cell towers in support of 5G rollout by telecom infrastructure providers. 5G is forecast to cover approximately 60 per cent of the world’s population in 2026.
The fundraising follows a USD3 million seed investment round led by the Sojitz Corporation of Japan in October 2020.
ConnectionPoint Systems Inc, a platform for collaborative funding, has raised USD1.5 million for the launch of CoCoPay, the first community-centric healthcare payment solution that tackles the issue of quality care affordability.
CoCoPay helps healthcare providers mitigate this by enabling a patient’s community of friends and family to contribute toward the cost of the medical bill. Healthcare providers add CoCoPay as a supported payment option and all funds raised from the community are paid directly to them for full accountability.
CalSTRS, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, made more than 50 new private markets investments in the second half of 2020, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.
The move bolstered the pension schemes overall private markets allocation by some USD7.4 billion last year.
CalSTRS’ private equity investments have produced an IRR of 14 per cent since inception back in 1988 and the pension scheme now has over USD45 billion invested in over 450 funds.
Ethos Capital (Ethos) has appointed Scott Stevens as a Principal.
Stevens joins Ethos from Pamlico Capital (Pamlico). Prior to Pamlico, he was an investment professional at ABRY Partners (ABRY), where he collaborated on multiple transactions with Erik Brooks, Co-CEO of Ethos, and Chris Ritchie who recently joined as a Partner.
While at Pamlico, Stevens focused on investments in the information services, software and education technology sectors. He also served on the board of directors of several companies, including Aite-Novarica Group, CEATI International, and Profisee. At ABRY, he reviewed and executed investment opportunities across the IT services, software, and financial
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a middle-market private investment firm investing in education, healthcare, and business services, announced today that it has appointed Dr Sabrina Kay as a Strategic Partner to the firm’s Senior Advisors team.
In her role, Dr Kay will serve as a board member and advisor to portfolio companies and share her expertise in growth strategies and talent and technology management.
Dr Kay brings extensive business management experience to her role at VSS, reflected by her distinguished career as a founder and CEO of five businesses spanning multiple industries such as education, technology, design, and banking. As
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