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ESG criteria are ‘important’ or ‘very important’ for investment decisions for nearly 70 per cent of institutional investors, according to a survey by Empire. Article 8 and Article 9 funds are also attractive.
Bridge Alternatives, a specialist global alternative investment advisor, has launched Bridge Alternative Investment Solutions, an outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) business focused on meeting the institutional needs of investment management firms.
Kyle Fields, formerly of SS&C Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Bridge Alternatives and will lead this new business based in Evansville, Indiana and Lake Forest, Ilinois. He has over 15 years of extensive experience in accounting, finance, and technology, helping clients streamline processes, maximise performance, and increase profitability. At SS&C, he orchestrated and grew the Evansville, Indiana office
Insig AI, a data science and machine learning solutions company serving the asset management industry, is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FDB Systems Limited, a specialist in the collection and structuring of financial market data for investors and other capital markets participants.
Integrating FDB Systems’ data ingestion and structuring technology with Insig AI’s storage, visualisation and machine learning optimisation capabilities will allow the Company to offer a complete end-to-end financial data solution to its customers. For more than 18 months, Insig AI has been a customer of FDB Systems and therefore has a close appreciation of its
Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has raised its USD10 million seed investment round, co-led by technology investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Parkwalk Advisors, and joined by University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC), MINT Venture Partners, and existing investors, including Crista Galli Ventures.
The financing is the largest European seed round in 2021 and the sixth largest globally for healthtech devices, according to Pitchbook.
Charco is a multi-award winning, Imperial College spinout. Its first therapeutic device, CUE1, provides life-changing neuromodulation therapy. Based on more than two years’ research with patients and clinicians,
Trilantic North America, a growth-focused private equity firm, has promoted Dan Siegman to Managing Director.
Siegman has played an integral role in expanding the firm’s business services practice, most recently leading an investment in digital marketing firm WebFX and launching Tercera, an IT services platform. He is currently a director of Asset Living, Outdoor Living Supply, Tercera and WebFX.
“Dan has contributed tremendous value to our business services team over the years, helping to lead recent investments this year in WebFx and Tercera,” says Charlie Ayres, Chairman and Managing Partner of Trilantic North America. “Beyond his involvement in sourcing
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire DiversiTech, a manufacturer and supplier of parts and accessories for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment in the US, from funds advised by global private equity firm Permira.
The investment values DiversiTech at an enterprise value of USD2.2 billion. As part of the transaction, Permira and management will remain minority investors in the Company.
Founded in 1971 and headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia, DiversiTech is North America’s largest manufacturer of equipment pads and a leading manufacturer and supplier of components and related products for
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has raised an additional USD4 billion in commitments over the past twelve months from North American, European and Asian investors.
As a result of recent fundraising across its three core private markets investment programmes, Northleaf has now raised more than USD18 billion in capital commitments and serves approximately 200 institutional investors globally. This growth demonstrates strong investor interest in the firm’s innovative, mid-market private equity, private credit and infrastructure strategies, long-standing responsible investment framework and well-established track record.
“We continue to see strong demand for our mid-market global private markets strategies and are actively working with
Following the success of its groundbreaking online investor training course, the Newton Venture Program is now accepting applications for its first ever in-person course, due to start in April.
British Patient Capital has participated in Ultraleap’s Series D funding round which has closed at GBP60 million.
The deal is one of the first investments from Future Fund: Breakthrough, a GBP375 million programme where British Patient Capital co-invests with private sector investors in later stage R&D-intensive UK companies.
Ultraleap’s hand tracking and mid-air haptic technologies allow users to engage with the digital world without touching surfaces, removing the need for touchscreens, controllers or keypads. The new funding will allow Ultraleap to continue to bring its machine-learning-based hand tracking software, Gemini, to more operating systems, and increase investment in tooling, to
TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, and True Wind Capital, a technology focused private equity firm, has launched a strategic growth investment in e-Emphasys Technologies, a software and solutions provider to dealers and rental companies in the equipment distribution industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
e-Emphasys provides cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and dealer management system (DMS) software to equipment dealerships and rental companies in the construction, mining, forestry, material handling, agriculture, heavy truck, aggregate and sanitation industries. The company’s fully-integrated software platform is designed to improve operational efficiency and customer service, and drive revenue growth
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