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As world leaders meet in Glasgow for COP26 to debate how to tackle climate change, Social and Sustainable Capital, a social investor highlights the key role innovative community energy projects are playing in reducing carbon emissions and building more resilient communities. SASC has also announced plans to launch a ‘next generation’ renewable fund to finance further community projects in 2022.
COP26 will prioritise reaching agreement on global net-zero policies. The most critical is the need to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5°C. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in August there is less than two
South African investors are showing a growing appetite for private markets investments, including private equity opportunities, according to local investment advisor, RisCura Solutions.
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York, has sold its portfolio company BECO Holding Company, Inc (BHC0 to an affiliate of HIG Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Jan-Hendrik Buerk, 28, has been becoming the youngest partner at btov. Originally from Hamburg, Buerk has been with btov since 2016.
Winch & Co, the Leeds-based boutique private equity firm have recently acquired GBP4 million haulage and logistics company Eclipse Distribution.
The firm plans to continue its acquisition trail aimed at logistics and distribution businesses based in the UK that compliments its platform.
Shaun Swinburn, Operations Director at Winch & Co, says: “It’s been several months in the making, but we are happy with what we have bought, and succession planning was already in place. The business is very clean and has proven to be the perfect platform for what we plan to build.”
David Ash, the previous owner of Eclipse
Main Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Zig Websoftware, a developer of solutions for housing corporations, student accommodation, commercial property management, and housing allocation.
Today, over 160 real estate organisations and 1.8 million tenants and housing market entrants use Zig’s software.
Zig has been active in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. The core offering of Zig’s solution is an innovative smart platform aimed at efficient housing and rental allocation. In addition, Zig offers solutions that enable tenants to manage their own affairs online or via an app such as payments, reporting complaints, submitting repair
UK-based proptech startup Evo has secured GBP1 million investment Via the GroVentive investment platform.
At the next stage of growth, Evo plans to build partnerships with a variety of providers, including rent payments, utilities, grocery deliveries and transactions with local governments.
Co-founder and CEO Dean Shepherd says: “Renters are screaming for better ways to communicate with landlords and real estate managers. Our site helps a lot to improve the usually slow and frustrating process.“
Co-founder and Head of Services, Mark Iandri, adds: “The landlord wants a lessor who manages his property and pays the rent on time. Every lessor wants
Eurazeo has appointed William Kadouch-Chassaing as the Group’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Strategy to succeed Philippe Audouin when he steps down from the Executive Board in March 2022.
Actis company BTE Renewables (BTE), working in close coordination with Craftskills Limited and global environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy (TNC), have arranged an innovative financing agreement for the Kipeto Wind Power Project (Kipeto), in Kenya, to advance local conservation efforts.
Located 45km from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Kipeto is the second-largest wind power project in Kenya, with the capacity to provide clean energy to 250,000 households. In an initiative that will deepen Kipeto’s ties to the area and its residents, BTE is implementing an ambitious Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) that works in partnership with the local community to safeguard the surrounding
Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch), a middle market private equity firm, has sold Critical Process Systems Group (CPS) to Exyte Group (Exyte), a specialist in the design, engineering, and delivery of high-tech facilities.
Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, CPS is a provider of mission-critical process solutions for highly demanding industries and applications, including the semiconductor, biopharmaceutical, life sciences and wastewater markets.
Brian Crumbaugh, Partner at Wynnchurch, says: “CPS represented an opportunity to invest in a company with a market leading product and service offering. We are very proud and appreciative of the management team’s leadership and accomplishments during our ownership period. Exyte is
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