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European private equity firm IK Partners, via the IK Small Cap III Fund, is to acquire FCG, from international private equity group Bridgepoint.
The deal, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
FCG is a GRC services provider, offering advisory, outsourcing, GRC technology and fund administration services to the financial services industry.
Together with IK, FCG plans to continue its international growth strategy, further strengthen the service offering within key growth areas such as ESG. IK is acquiring its
The Eurazeo Group set a new record in 2021 raising funds of EUR5.2 billion from limited partners, up 80 per cent compared to 2020 and +125 per cent compared to the average over the last three years.
The consecutive records set in the past three fiscal years illustrate the successful development by Eurazeo of its asset management activity and reflect the appeal of its investment strategies to major international American, European and Asian investors. In this respect, the Group benefited fully from its global expansion strategy: in 2021, international clients represented around two-thirds of the fundraising, compared to less than
CBPE Capital (CBPE) has completed its investment in Direct Commercial Limited (DCL) and Carraig insurance Company Limited (Carraig) (together Direct Commercial Group, DCG) alongside Phil Cunningham (founder and CEO) and Management.
DCL is a commercial motor insurance specialist. As a full-service MGA (Managing General Underwriter/Agent), DCL provides underwriting services, offers policy administration and in-house claims handling.
The group also includes Carraig, an insurance carrier based in Gibraltar, which provides insurance capacity to DCL alongside Munich Re Group.
Phil Cunningham remains majority shareholder and fully committed to the business during the next phase of growth.
The investment in DCG continues
BluePeak has partnered with Ethos Mezzanine Partners, to jointly invest USD31.5 million in Grit in a transaction led by Ethos Mezzanine Partners.
The transaction marks the inaugural investment from the BluePeak Private Capital Fund SCSp (the Fund), an impact-linked private credit and mezzanine finance facility raised during the Covid-19 pandemic. BluePeak designs innovative financing solutions to scale mid-sized African businesses.
AURELIUS Group (AURELIUS), a pan-European, mid-market investor, has added four new hires to its growing London-based team.
Additionally, the Group has made three promotions, including Peter Wood to Managing Director.
New team members AURELIUS UK’s private equity team are: Euan Phillips, Investment Manager; Ewan Mackenzie Smith, Investment Associate; Charles Suckling, Associate; and Tom Haig, Associate.
As well as Wood’s promotion to Managing Director where he will play a key role in originating, executing and managing UK investments for both AURELIUS European Opportunities IV (in the mid-market segment) and AURELIUS Equity Opportunities (in the lower mid-market segment), Andrew Roth and
Amber Implants, a medical technology company developing next generation spinal implants for spinal injuries, has closed a USD10 million Series A Financing which was co-led by the firm’s founders and existing venture capital investors, with participation from angel investors and non-dilutive government funding.
Proceeds from the financing will be used to advance the Company’s revolutionary vertebral body augmentation system, VCFix®, through all preclinical verification and validation tests, ISO 13485 certification, regulatory activities, and an early feasibility clinical study and a pilot and pivotal clinical trial.
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has appointed Neda Vakilian as Managing Director of Global Relationships within its Investor Development Group.
Vakilian is based in London and will be responsible for the coordination and management of strategic investor initiatives, fundraising project management, and product development for Actis. Vakilian will report to Neil Brown, Global Head of the Investor Development Group and her appointment follows that of Charles Daulon du Laurens, Head of EMEA Sales, who joined Actis last September.
Venture capital investment remained close to record levels with the swift pace of Q4 2021, capping off what has been a banner year for the global venture capital market.
According to the Q4’21 edition of Venture Pulse – a quarterly report published by KPMG Private Enterprise on VC trends in key jurisdictions around the world, the quarter witnessed near-record highs for total venture capital investment, corporate venture capital investment, exits and global fundraising.
Global quarterly venture capital investment surpassed the USD150 billion mark in consecutive quarters this year, reaching USD171 billion across 8,710 deals during Q4 2021 – only slightly
Pan-European growth debt platform, Atempo Growth (Atempo) has held the first close of its debut fund, with commitments of over USD200 million.
The fund will target investments across Europe and is backed by European investors from across the continent including the European Investment Bank and Banco Santander.
Atempo is a new venture debt platform which brings together a founding team which has provided capital to over 100 companies across a range of different sectors, having worked in the past with companies like Twisto and CurrencyCloud. The co-founders have worked closely together for several years and have experience spanning
Mark P Ramsey is joining Kramer Levin’s New York office as a partner in its Corporate practice.
For more than two decades, Mr. Ramsey has structured and negotiated complex syndicated, club and direct lending financing transactions on behalf of both borrowers and lenders, with a focus on leveraged buyouts, in- and out-of-court restructurings, dividend recapitalisations, asset-based loans and other corporate financing transactions.
Ramsey’s client base includes private equity funds and their portfolio companies, public and private operating companies, commercial and investment banks, direct lenders and other financial institutions. His experience includes secured and unsecured, mezzanine, and subordinated financing transactions, as
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