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Eyelit, a specialist inManufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS), and Factory Automation solutions, has secured a growth investment from Banneker Partners, an enterprise software focused investment firm.
The investment will fund further growth in the Eyelit’s development of factory Digital Transformation Solutions.
Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm specialising in partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams through recapitalisations and management buyouts, has appointed Jacque Vedra as CFO and Tracie Kelly as Director of Marketing. In addition, Tyler Ashley has been promoted to Vice President.
Vedra comes to Excellere from Ascentris, a real estate private equity firm, where she served as its Chief Financial Officer. Jacque is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant. In her new role, Vedra will lead Excellere’s finance and accounting function, and will provide additional management depth in the day-to-day operations of the firm.
Kelly brings
Breyer Capital has made an investment in Sandbox AQ, an enterprise software company delivering SaaS solutions that leverage quantum tech and AI.
In addition, Breyer Capital Founder and CEO Jim Breyer has joined the company’s board of advisors.
Founded by successful serial entrepreneur, CEO and author Jack D Hidary, the inspiration for Sandbox AQ and some of its team began at Alphabet Inc in 2016. In 2022, Sandbox AQ formed an independent company to develop quantum AI solutions for financial services, healthcare, computer security, the US government and other computationally-intensive sectors.
Derbyshire headquartered, Alliance Transport Technologies (ATT), has secured a multi-million pound investment from BGF.
Alliance has pioneered the use of remanufacturing electronic components to allow commercial vehicle operators to decarbonise the maintenance of their fleets. Over the last few years, ATT has extended this expertise into Hybrid Electric Battery Technology.
Using ATTs capabilities, UK bus, coach and commercial vehicle operators are now able to significantly expand the life of the Hybrid Batteries, delivering them both cost savings, reducing their carbon footprint and levels of e-waste.
BGF’s investment will enable ATT to accelerate investment in R&D, with the opening
Breyer Capital has joined people enablement platform AmplifAI’s Series A funding round.
The round was previously announced in October 2021, led by Greycroft along with continued participation by LiveOak Venture Partners, Dallas Venture Partners and Capital Factory.
AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a US-based private equity firm specialising in aerospace, defence and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has led a USD75 million Series B financing round in Firefly Aerospace (Firefly), a specialist in economical launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services.
The Series B investment will support Firefly’s next stage of growth by providing capital for future Alpha flights, the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Program, and the development of additional launch and in-space solutions.
Concurrently, AEI completed its previously reported acquisition of Noosphere Venture Partners’ stake in the Company. The transaction values Firefly
Aavenir, a leading AI-enabled Source-to-Pay solution provider, announced today that it has raised USD6 million in Series A funding led by Accel, with participation from ScOp Ventures.
Accel also led Aavenir’s Seed round.
Aavenir helps enterprise teams to collaborate, streamline, and automate workflow for sourcing, vendor onboarding, contract lifecycle management, procurement, obligation management, & accounts payable invoice automation – all on the world’s leading workflow platform, ServiceNow.
400 Capital Management (400CM), an alternative credit asset manager specialising in structured credit with over USD5.7 billion of assets under management, has prompted five senior team members to Partner – Ed DeDomenico, Sang Kim, Alan Landy, Tim Lynch, and Jimmy Rizos.
The new Partners represent a range of roles at the Firm: Ed DeDomenico, Business Development; Sang Kim, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; Alan Landy, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer; Tim Lynch, Head of Marketing and Investor Relations; and Jimmy Rizos, Chief Technology Officer.
In this Q&A, Harbour Trust speaks to Hedgeweek on the various aspects of ESG in the investment space, shedding light on regulation, DE&I and opportunities for service providers.
The Board of Investments of the USD74 billion Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has allocated USD400 million out of a total investment pot of USD4.1 billion to private equity managers.
That’s according to a report by AlternativesWatch which credits ‘a fund official’ for the information.
LACERA was assisted by Meketa Investment Group, its general investment consultant on the allocations.
The board approved the engagement of BlackRock to manage an approximately USD3.7 billion long-term U.S. Treasury bond index portfolio in a separate account within the Risk Reduction and Mitigation category of LACERA’s portfolio.
The new private equity allocations include
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