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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has made a capital commitment to a new fund in support of minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs).
The fund, led in partnership between Advantage Capital and the NMSDC Business Consortium Fund (BCF), brings together BCF’s 30-year history of providing access to capital to entrepreneurs of colours with Advantage Capital’s 30 years of investment expertise in highly distressed urban core and rural communities.
The mission of the fund is to close the racial wealth gap by investing in entrepreneurs of colour who are building the products and services of the future. The fund will provide
MidEuropa, a private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has appointed Vesna Sipp as partner, Head of Investor Relations and member of the Investment Committee.
Sipp, who will be based in MidEuropa’s London office and will also lead the firm’s ESG and diversity efforts, was previously Head of Client Relations at ICG and prior to that, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane.
Shaken Udder, a husband-and-wife founded milkshake company that supplies to major UK supermarkets, has secured a minority investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC to support the next stage of its growth journey.
Headquartered in Tiptree, Essex, Shaken Udder blends fresh milk with real ingredients to create a variety of flavours, from its signature ‘Chocolush!’ to Strawberries and Clotted Cream, which are now stocked in retailers including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose, Morrisons, ASDA, Co-op and Boots.
The business has expanded through new product development including a 750ml share bottle and a dairy-free, plant-based alternative range, Shaken Other.
LDC’s investment will
Global real estate firm Hines is set to launch Hines European Value Fund 3 (HEVF 3), which is expected to be its largest closed-end fund to date in its growing flagship series of value-add funds in Europe.
The fund is targeting equity commitments of approximately EUR1.5 billion.
HEVF 3 intends to build on Hines’ principles of value-add investing applied across the fund series so far – high conviction thematic investment into tactical opportunities for value creation, supported by fundamental trends and capital markets inefficiencies. Hines will adopt an approach of confining investment of HEVF 3 to what it considers to
Heidelberg Pharma AG and Huadong Medicine Co have entered into a strategic partnership with the signing of an exclusive licensing agreement as well as an investment agreement.
Crypto investment firm Hack VC has launched a USD200m Crypto Seed Fund to invest in crypto, web3, and blockchain startups.
Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, has closed the Barings Real Estate European Value-Add Fund II (BREEVA II), its second pan-European value-add real estate fund, at its hard-cap of EUR850 million after receiving EUR1 billion of client demand, significantly surpassing the target of EUR750 million.
BREEVA II follows the success of BREEVA I, which has already realised a number of assets and returned more than 60 oper cent its equity to investors and achieved a blended Gross IRR on realisations in excess of 45 per cent.
Of the capital raised for BREEVA II, 50
WestBridge has exited bChannels following the company’s acquisition by The Channel Company, a US trade buyer with a complementary service offering, backed by US-based Eagle Tree.
The transaction marks the second successful exit for WestBridge in the last 12 months and delivers a 4.2x multiple of cost to WestBridge’s investors.
WestBridge backed the buyout of the global technology marketing agency in July 2014 and has worked closely with the executive team over the period to deliver a scalable and repeatable business model.
CVC Credit has further supported Markerstudy Group (Markerstudy) by providing incremental facilities for the add-on acquisitions of Clegg Gifford Co Ltd (Clegg Gifford), a UK-based Lloyd’s broker which provides personal and commercial insurance products and, BGL Insurance (BGLi) a digital-focused, personal lines insurance broker in the UK.
CVC Credit has supported Markerstudy since January 2021, when it financed Pollen Street Capital’s and Qatar Insurance Corporation’s investment in the business.
Founded in 2001, Markerstudy is one of the fastest growing general insurance players in the UK with close to six million policyholders, it is known for its investment in technology,
Four separate private equity firms are considering a cEUR1.5 billion bid to acquire a stake in Ligue 1 – the top professional football league in France – according to a report by the Financial Times.
CVC Capital Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake and Oaktree Capital are all said to be preparing formal bids for a take in a newly created company that will market Ligue 1’s TV and online broadcast rights.
Silver Lake is already involved in football through its holding in City Football Group, the owner of Manchester City and a stake in the French Ligue 1 club ES
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