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Clessidra Private Equity SGR has finalised an agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Formula Impresoft, a technology hub in the Italian software and services market, from Xenon Private Equity VII SCA SICAV RAIF.
The top management of Impresoft Group, composed largely of the founders, will keep a significant stake in the company.
The investment in Impresoft Group marks the third transaction of Clessidra Capital Partners 4 fund, whose first closing took place last June. Italmobiliare will participate in the transaction as a co-investor.
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Jon Selib, former Senior Vice President of Global Policy & Public Affairs at Pfizer, as Managing Director and Global External Affairs Leader.
In his new role, which will take effect in March 2022, Selib will lead CD&R’s engagement with key external stakeholders, including media, government, and trade associations, and work with CD&R portfolio companies on initiatives to improve communications and public affairs outreach.
Calibrate Ventures has raised USD97 million in new funds for its second fund Calibrate II , which will partner with founders building the next generation of AI and automation companies. Fund II will build on the firm’s track record of investing in early-stage AI and automation startups rapidly transforming industries such as education, healthcare, logistics, law, financial services, manufacturing, and transportation.
Amid strong continued demand from limited partners, Calibrate Fund II is over 20 per cent larger than the firm’s fully-invested first fund, which backed many notable AI and automation leaders such as Built Robotics, Embodied, FarmWise, Soft Robotics, Talage,
Healthcare investor BPOC has made a strategic investment in Alliance Physical Therapy Partners (Alliance), a provider of physical therapy services across the US.
Alliance is a national physical therapy operator offering outpatient physical therapy across a network of 90-plus clinics in 14 states. In addition to traditional physical therapy, Alliance offers virtual physical therapy, a workplace therapy solution, in-hospital services, and a comprehensive electronic medical record platform.
Financial terms of the transactions, which will see BPOC partner with the existing management team, led by Richard Leaver, have not been disclosed.
Project Admission, a technology company specialising in ticketing technologies, has closed a seed funding round led by global venture investment firm, Anthemis Group with participation from Flyover Capital.
With this funding, Project Admission plans to expand operations to meet the growing needs of the rapidly evolving digitally-driven ticketing ecosystem. Anthemis has a passion for emerging technology and strategically invests in tech-driven companies who serve as thought-leaders and change-agents in the world of finance. With more than USD9 million in funding to date, this latest round helps to further Project Admission’s mission to create unique monetising features and opportunities around the
AIMA and the ACC strongly support the reform of the European Long Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) regime introduced in November by the European Commission and have published a position paper that details further refinements of the proposals.
ELTIFs are funds that invest in unlisted companies and projects, focusing on parts of the economy that often lacks access to traditional finance. As banks continue to retrench, ELTIFs can mobilise the growing levels of private capital to address the financing gap felt by SMEs and mid-market companies throughout the EU.
AIMA and the ACC welcome the proposals to expand the eligible assets
The Jordan Company, a middle-market private equity firm investing primarily in North American businesses, has held the final close of The Resolute Fund V, (Resolute V), with approximately USD5 billion in capital commitments from a diverse group of limited partners including US public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies, fund of funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and other investors, making it the largest fund raised in the firm’s history.
The fund closed above its hard cap of USD4.5 billion and was oversubscribed.
Resolute V enhances the Firm’s capacity to invest in middle-market businesses across TJC’s four
SFC Capital and FINTECH Circle are partnering to find the next top 10-20 fintech startups or scaleups. SFC Capital has assigned GBP1.5 million in funds which will be distributed among the selected startups. The final list of startups will be revealed by mid April 2022.
Candidates must be UK based eligible for the UK Government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), which is designed to help companies raise money at the start of their growth journey by offering tax reliefs to individual investors who can buy new shares in a company founded less than two years ago.
SFC Capital is a
Pan-European Investment manager Primevest Capital Partners (Primevest CP) has appointed Frank Noé as Head of Capital Formation to advance its growth in residential real estate, car parks, digital infrastructure and ‘Smart City’ communications and other investment opportunities in related real asset sectors.
Noé has around 17 years of experience in business development, capital markets and alternative investments and joins Primevest from BrickVest, an affiliate of PATRIZIA AG, where he was Chief Sales Officer. Prior to PATRIZIA, Noé worked at Zinsbaustein, Castlelake, Shinsei Bank Group, Golding Capital Partners and Ernst & Young.
Pemberton, a European private debt manager, is to provide a refinancing package to support growth trajectory of PLIXXENT, a German headquartered polyurethane systems business.
The firm was carved out from listed business Covestro AG in 2019, and is now majority owned by alternative investment firm HIG Capital.
Following two acquisitions, PLIXXENT now has six production sites across Europe and its polyurethane systems are used in both, flexible and rigid foam applications across a variety of industries including energy, insulation, footwear, appliances, construction, furniture and transportation.
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