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The companies that venture capital investors back have the potential to have significant positive and negative impacts across the spectrum of ESG issues as they scale up – including privacy violations, human rights issues, poor governance and climate-related risks.
That’s according to a new on PRI report on the interplay between venture capital activity and ESG, which outlines how VC firms are adopting ESG considerations into their activity and the work still needed to drive adoption further.
The report says that managing these issues at an early stage of a company’s growth is key – evidence of failing to do
OakNorth Bank has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, a sector-focused, theme-driven investor to support the “buy and build” strategy of its newly-launched Special Educational Needs (SEN) provider, Melrose Education.
Innervation Capital focuses on investing in platform companies in essential services sectors such as education. It then works closely with the management team to accelerate growth through a mixture of organic and inorganic growth. In 2017, OakNorth Bank provided support to ICP Nurseries, and in 2019, did the same with Cresswell Nurseries – both were Innervation Capital-backed businesses.
ICP Nurseries and Cresswell Nurseries were combined to form ICP
Growth Capital Ventures has led a GBP150,000 seed investment round into n-gage.io, a technology company transforming the way audiences engage and experience leisure, visitor, and sporting attractions.
The funds will be used to drive the development of the technology forward and support n-gage.io’s market entry strategy. The funds are in addition to GBP150,000 worth of resource provided by Growth Capital Ventures through its GCV Labs venture builder division.
County Durham-based n-gage.io aims to transform audience experiences through a highly customisable, data insight driven Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with an integrated mobile-web application. This will help operators deepen their audience and
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire EYSA Group (EYSA), a provider of smart mobility solutions.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is led by the HIG Infrastructure Partners fund. Terms have not disclosed.
EYSA has long term relationships with municipalities and private clients who desire comprehensive, automated solution integrating all their mobility needs.
Mediobanca – Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.. acted as financial advisor to HIG.
Alpha Real Capital (Alpha), a specialist manager of secure income real assets, has closed its largest solar transaction to date with the acquisition of Innova Energy, a GBP86 million multi-asset operating portfolio.
Précis Capital Partners (Précis Capital), a real estate development lending platform, has entered into a funding partnership with the Global Credit segment of investment firm Carlyle.
The partnership between Précis Capital and Carlyle will finance development loans in the residential asset class, where the acute long-term structural undersupply within the UK’s housing market continues to present compelling investment opportunities, and has already completed its first two loans, with a cumulative value of over GBP330 million.
Précis Capital, with funds and accounts managed by Carlyle’s Global Credit Segment and funds managed by global alternative asset manager Apollo Global Management (Apollo),
Funds advised by Marathon Asset Management are to acquire Kaléo, a privately held pharmaceutical company based in Richmond, Virginia.
The total base purchase price is approximately USD310 million in cash, less certain adjustments, and includes potential net revenue-based milestone payments of up to approximately USD70 million in cash for the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years, in a transaction that will provide liquidity for Kaléo shareholders upon closing. This new ownership structure will accelerate Kaléo’s growth serving patients at risk for anaphylaxis and other serious and life-threatening conditions.
An industry leader in human factors engineering and drug-device combination product development
Hanover Investors has appointed Brett Lankester, the former Chief Executive of UBP London, as a Senior Partner.
Lankester is spearheading the development of the firm’s capital raising and investor relations capabilities. Along with Matthew Peacock, the Founder and Chairman of the specialist investor, and with other Senior Partners, he will also be involved in developing the strategic direction of the firm which operates in under-analysed and illiquid markets.
Lankester is a senior figure in the sector; he was UBP’s London Chief Executive for three years following the Swiss private bank’s acquisition of ACPI Investment Managers, which he co-founded in 2007.
Invest Europe, an association representing Europe’s private equity, venture capital, and infrastructure sectors, as well as their investors, is to develop a coherent standard for how private equity and venture capital firms should report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – bringing harmonisation and transparency to essential ESG reporting for investors and regulators.
The new reporting standard will be developed and established by summer 2022, and will enable private equity firms to navigate and comply with the rising demands for action and openness on their ESG activities.
In 2021, a wide range of new ESG-related regulatory reporting requirements were
Africa-focused private investment firm Helios Investment Partners (Helios) has secured an ESG-linked capital call facility for Helios Investors IV, LP (Helios IV).
Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Chartered Bank acted as Arrangers and Sustainability Coordinators.
The interest rate of the Helios IV capital call facility is pegged to ESG performance targets, set by lenders Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. Individual ESG ratings of the Fund’s portfolio companies will be determined by independent ratings agency.
Helios will continue its longstanding practice of working closely with its portfolio companies to improve their ESG performance and capabilities on an ongoing basis,
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