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UK-based Low Carbon Limited and the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) have joined forces to build a leading global renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP).
The partnership with MassMutual will also support Low Carbon’s ambition to raise third-party investment funds with the aim of directing capital into large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects in the UK, Europe and selected global markets.
The new partnership, which will target 20GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, will leverage each business’s unique position in the market and domain expertise to drive the transition toward renewable energy. The strategic partnership will focus on international
Jersey based fund administrator Saltgate Group has promoted Ajay Golam to its director group.
Golam, based in the company’s London office, joined Saltgate in May 2016 as a manager and before his promotion was an Associate Director, Fund Accounting. In his new role, he will oversee the quality, accuracy, and efficiency of the accounting services provided to our clients.
Julian Withrington, Saltgate’s Head of London, says: “Ajay embraces Saltgate’s values of engagement, commitment, integrity, and partnership every day . His presence will further strengthen our director group – Saltgate’s leaders of the future.
“Ajay works hard to make sure our
Mishcon de Reya is expanding its offering to investors to cover a diverse range of investment strategies and markets, with the appointment of Angeli Arora.
Arora’s former roles include regional leader of Private Equity (Africa) at Dentons and corporate partner at Akin Gump (including establishing their Hong Kong office to support key fund clients).
Arora advises on a wide range of investment strategies around the world, including Asia and Africa, where she spent several years. Angeli’s practice spans the investment spectrum – from special situations transactions, including activist/litigation strategies (a natural expansion of Mishcon’s market-leading litigation practice), to working
Fidelity International (Fidelity) has appointed Nick Haaijman as Global Head of Private Asset Solutions.
In this newly created role, Haaijman will be responsible for the development of Fidelity’s Private Assets Solutions capabilities globally. He will work closely with all of Fidelity’s Private Assets investment teams to develop and deliver best in class investment solutions that meet our clients’ ever evolving needs.
Haaijman joins from CVC Credit Partners where he held the position of Head of Client Servicing. In the role, he led the project management process for global fundraisings across credit funds, both illiquid and liquid. Prior to joining CVC
Following Lonsdale Capital Partners’s (Lonsdale) sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital (Elysian) in August 2021, Lonsdale has now made a significant reinvestment into the company to continue to support the expansion of CRS alongside Elysian.
CRS is a market leading provider of Refrigeration & Catering and Climate Control rental equipment to blue-chip customers across a diverse range of end markets, including retail, manufacturing and facilities management. It was established in 2006 and has operations across the UK and Ireland.
Lonsdale acquired CRS in December 2018 and, under its ownership, completed two bolt-on acquisitions in the UK market
Tikehau Capital is to acquire, on behalf of its clients, a 25 per cent stake in the share capital of MINT, a MADTech company that provides advertisers with a tool that automates the advertising planning and buying process.
Andrea Pezzi, Founder and CEO will retain control of the Company and benefit from Tikehau Capital’s support to accelerate and strengthen its development plan in Europe.
Founded in 2014, MINT is headquartered in Milan with offices in London and São Paulo and a total of 160 employees. The Company has experienced strong growth with a turnover CAGR of 40 per cent
Lyre’s, a non-alcoholic spirits brand, has completed a GBP20 million funding round, valuing the business at GBP270 million (post money), extending its position as the most valuable brand in the no/low alcohol category worldwide.
Verdant Capital has closed four private equity-related transactions in South Africa with important fundraisings for Bridge Taxi Finance and Retail Capital, the sale of Nedan Oil and the sale of Baxi to MFS Africa.
Verdant Capital has successfully raised ZAR300 million (approximately USD 20 million) in debt financing for Bridge Taxi Finance from a small group of leading international impact investors. The funding will be used to grow the institution’s lease portfolio. In addition, Verdant Capital has raised ZAR150 million (approximately USD10 million) in debt funding for Retail Capital, a leading technology-enabled SME-financer. The first tranche of ZAR50 million was
Riveter Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in women- and minority-led companies, has completed the acquisition of Healthy Lunch Box, Inc, a food service provider of meals to children and adults.
Based in Texas and founded in 1996 by Theresa Barajas, Healthy Lunch Box provides cafeteria-style meals to charter schools, private schools, Head Start programs, health clinics, and adult-care centres. The company uses simple, traditional cooking methods to prepare nutritious menu items from scratch and operates out of its licensed commercial kitchen in north Houston.
“The Healthy Lunch Box team is very excited to partner with Riveter Capital
Cyber and advanced technologies investor Paladin Capital Group is pleased to announce that Najwa Aaraj has been appointed to the firm’s Strategic Advisory Group.
With 20 years’ academic and commercial experience in deeptech research and development, Aaraj will help Paladin to assess investments in cybersecurity, cryptographic and quantum technologies, and support Paladin’s portfolio companies in realising their growth plans.
Aaraj is Chief Researcher, Cryptography Research Center and Acting Chief Researcher, Autonomous and Robotics Research Center, for the UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII). The Cryptography Research Center focuses on research and development in cryptography, cloud confidential computing, and machine learning for
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