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Co-living company DoveVivo has acquired ALTIDO, one of the largest short-term property management groups in Europe.
The transaction, which involves the reinvestment of capital by ALTIDO’s management team in DoveVivo, has created the largest residential management platform in Europe with more than 2,500 properties and apartments under management in 40 cities, in six countries (Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, the UK and Scotland).
DoveVivo’s leading shareholder remains DV Holding SpA, a vehicle controlled by the founders Valerio Fonseca and William Maggio together with the minority shareholder Tamburi Investment Partners SpA. The transaction follows the recent entry of US fund Starwood
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), has acquired Cornish Fixings (Redruth) Limited (Cornish Fixings).
Cornish Fixings is a single branch builders’ merchant based in Redruth, supplying a broad range of building materials to trade and retail customers across Cornwall. It is a trusted local brand, with a reputation for outstanding customer service.
This acquisition continues IBMG’s strategy of developing its divisions through a combination of acquisition, new site development and organic growth. Strategically it strengthens its south west division, extending RGB’s presence in Cornwall and provides a strong platform for further growth across the Redruth area.
Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist of Nuveen which provides customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has appointed Bennett (Ben) Love has Principal and Head of Fund Finance.
In this newly created role, Love will be responsible for the development of Churchill’s overall leverage strategy, as well as the sourcing, execution and monitoring of financing arrangements across the platform. Love will be focused on all forms of bilateral and syndicated lending facilities, as well as public and private debt solutions, including collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Based in the firm’s Charlotte, NC office, he will report directly
Creative advocacy firm Subject Matter has secured an investment from Coral Tree Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm.
The partnership will enable the Company to add new capabilities to better serve client needs while accelerating Subject Matter’s growth. Daily business operations will continue to be overseen by Chief Executive Officer Nicole Cornish, and Subject Matter’s founders.
Subject Matter was formed through a 2015 merger that combined strategic communications, creative content and advertising, and government relations under one roof.
Lightyear Capital (Lightyear), a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services, has appointed Courtney Sullivan as Managing Director and Head of Fundraising and Investor Relations.
Sullivan joins Lightyear from Inverness Graham Investments, a private investment firm that specialises in high-growth, innovative manufacturing, technology and service companies, where she was head of investor relations.
Lightyear has all appointed Managing Director Natalie Ings to the firm’s Investment Committee, where as part of the senior leadership team, she will focus on enhancing value and driving growth at Lightyear’s portfolio companies.
Goodwin’s London Life Sciences and New York M&A teams have advised Biocon Biologics Ltd in its agreement to acquire Viatris Inc’s global biosimilars business to create a fully integrated global biosimilars enterprise.
Custonomy, a digital asset custody service firm, has completed a seed round of USD2 million led by Crypto Asset Management Firm Babel Finance, prominent worldwide crypto financial services provider, led the seed funding round.
Custonomy’s next phase of expansion will be fuelled by the seed money with the funds set to be used to further the company’s institutional-grade, ultra-secure corporate management systems for crypto asset management using multi-party computation technology (MPC). The emphasis will be on assisting businesses in providing best-in-class security solutions to protect crypto assets from cyber theft.
Custonomy was founded in April 2020 as a seed stage
AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with cEUR183 billion of assets under management, raised a record EUR18.2 billion of capital in 2021, including EUR10.2 billion of third party commitments.
The capital was raised from AXA IM Alts’ increasingly globalised client base, with 50 per cent of third party capital raised coming from European and 50 per cent from non-European clients for the first time. At a regional level, North America and Asia Pacific contributed almost equally to the capital sourced out of Europe, with both markets having been key areas of expansion for capital raising and investment for
ARX Equity Partners (ARX), a Central European lower-mid market private equity specialist, has completed the majority acquisition of Hungarian professional services company Klient Holding Kft, which is part of the WTS global network.
Klient Group was originally founded in 1998 by Gyorgy Korosi and Zoltan Lambert, as an outsourcing accounting and payroll services provider. Klient Group currently generates sales in the region of ~€5 million with more than 120 employees, and is now a Top 10 accounting, payroll and tax services provider in Hungary, predominantly servicing local subsidiaries of large multinational companies.
The financial terms of the deal agreement have
Ansaar Management Company (AMC), a housing developer in Pakistan, has close a seed funding round led by leading impact investor Insitor Partners.
The new funding will support AMC in delivering over 1,300 homes and residential plots, transforming the affordable housing landscape in Pakistan.
The funds raised will support the company’s growth plans as it ramps up deployment into low-cost housing in Pakistan. AMC will work alongside a strong network of local and international commercial partners, including UK-based Reall Ltd and Places for People. AMC undertakes a collaborative approach to identify and develop solutions which are contextually tailored for each new
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