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CVC Credit has co-arranged the unitranche debt facilities, featuring an ESG margin ratchet, to support Partners Group’s acquisition (on behalf of its clients) of Pharmathen, a European pharmaceutical company, which closed on 20 January 2022.
CVC Credit will support the continuing growth strategy of the business through its European Direct Lending Strategy, which focuses on lending to established European medium and large companies with proven business models.
Founded in 1969, Pharmathen is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) specialising in advanced drug delivery technologies for complex generic pharmaceutical products.
ECI Partners’ KB Associates has reached an agreement to join the Waystone Group, a global provider of institutional governance, risk and compliance services, subject to regulatory approval.
Wellth Ventures has launched as a venture capital investment firm committed to building a healthier, more sustainable and more connected world.
Through Wellth Ventures, Founding Partners Allie Hope and Suzie Baleson will focus on early-stage opportunities in the “Better-for-You and Your Planet” consumer product and hospitality-focused proptech sectors, and will support like-minded entrepreneurs with a unique vision for the future.
Hope and Baleson have extensive operating and investment experience across Wellth Ventures’ target sectors. Hope was until recently Chief Development Officer of Virgin Hotels, a collection of lifestyle hotels operated by the Virgin Group, while Baleson is the founder of
True Wind Capital (True Wind), a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in leading technology companies, and Elyan Partners (Elyan), a member of the Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity partnership, have made a growth investment in Envoy Global (Envoy), a provider of software and services solutions to the global business immigration market.
True Wind and Elyan are partnering with Palladium Equity Partners (Palladium), affiliates of which acquired Envoy in September 2021 and which will remain the company’s largest shareholder.
Based in Chicago, Envoy provides workforce management solutions that empower companies to hire the best talent regardless of where
Stephen Tight, an attorney with extensive corporate transactional experience, both as in-house counsel and as a law firm partner, has joined Quarles & Brady in the firm’s Minneapolis office as a partner in the Business Law Practice Group.
Tight has represented companies, executives, business owners and stakeholders across a wide range of complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, compliance concerns, licensing and intellectual property matters, and general corporate work, both domestic and international.
His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities, private equity and venture capital across a range of industries — with particular depth in the
Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the Pictet Group’s wholly owned alternative investment business, has announced the launch of a second thematic private equity strategy, exclusively focused on health investments.
The strategy complements PAA’s existing thematic private equity franchise, initiated with the successful fundraising of its first fund dedicated to technology, which has been closed at a hard cap of USD350 million in September 2021.
The new strategy aims to invest in best-in-class biotech and healthcare-focused VC, Growth, and PE funds globally and will dedicate a substantial allocation to co-investments within its covered segments of high conviction.
Deliverect, a global scale-up that simplifies online ordering for more than 20,000 locations across 40 markets, has secured more than USD150 million (EUR130 million) in a Series D funding round led by Coatue and Alkeon Capital.
Existing investors OMERS Ventures, DST Global, Redpoint Ventures, Newion and Smartfin, also participated in the round which brings Deliverect to USD240 million raised to date. This latest round values the company at over USD1.4 billion.
COSIMO Ventures (COSIMO), a venture capital investment firm that provides investors access to high-potential blockchain projects through the world’s first tokenised, evergreen venture fund, has reported another year of impressive growth resulting from investor demand in the blockchain and decentralised finance sectors.
Over the course of 2021, COSIMO participated in over 17 deals invested in high-growth blockchain and DeFi projects. Notable investments include participating in funding rounds for Casper Labs, Hedera, Archax and Dusk Network.
In addition to AUM growth and deal flow, COSIMO Ventures also brought its COSIMO X token, which provides investors direct, tokenised access to the venture
Chimera Capital Limited, an ADGM-regulated fund manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based private investment fund Chimera Investment, has held the second close of its Alpha Wave Ventures II fund at USD10 billion.
The fund, which is co-managed with Alpha Wave Global (formerly Falcon Edge Capital), will target high-quality, exclusive assets globally with a focus on FinTech, artificial intelligence, life sciences, consumer internet and B2B sectors.
Alpha Wave Ventures II is a multi-stage fund primarily concentrated on growth stage companies with clear exit strategies.
Blockchain Founders Fund has held the first close of its USD75 million BFF II, with participation from notable investors from across the blockchain and crypto industry including NEO Global Capital (NGC), Appworks, Sebastien Borget COO of The Sandbox, GSR, LD Capital, Metavest Capital, TechMeetsTrader, Zipmex, Baksh Capital, Octava, and Aria Group, as well as major smart contract audit firms, blockchain/crypto influencers and many more leading companies and individuals in the blockchain space.
BFF aims to be an early investor to entrepreneurs building promising blockchain, crypto, web3, metaverse startups and provide tailored hands-on support to them through the venture program.
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