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A new report by M&A and strategic advisory firm, Aquaa Partners, has found that the value-led investment approach in non-tech companies common among many institutional investors is undervaluing the significant role tech companies play in delivering investor returns.The new report, titled, ‘The death of value investing and the dawn of a new investment paradigm’, highlights the changing nature of tech stocks and their increasing capacity to confound traditional investment expectations by delivering significant value compared to traditional stocks coupled with lower volatility.
The report compares compounded total shareholder returns (TSR) of the key tech and non-tech indices over time.
- 24/08/2020
Wol Kolade (pictured), managing partner of London-based private equity firm Livingbridge, is one of the brains behind the #100blackinternscampaign. Over 100 firms in the City of London have signed up to the program so far, offering internships in finance to people of colour, in only six to eight weeks. Private Equity Wire sat down with Kolade to learn more.
- 24/08/2020
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made the second investment by Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP), into two operational wind farms located in the Castile and León region of Spain.
- 24/08/2020
Consolidated Healthcare Agencies Limited, a portfolio company of Lierston Capital I, has acquired Trinity Homecare Group Limited. Trinity Homecare is a CQC ‘Outstanding’ and award-winning home care provider with a mission to enrich quality of life by providing heartfelt home care and support through life’s journeys.
Based in Worcester Park, Trinity Homecare delivers in excess of 16,000 hours of home based care and support each week, enabling over 320 clients to remain living independently within the comfort of their own homes. Trinity Homecare’s services range from visiting care at home to round the clock live-in care.
João Rosa and Martim Avillez,
- 24/08/2020
European software investor Hg’s Saturn team and its investors have agreed to a further majority investment in software company Visma, valued at USD12.2 billion in the world’s largest ever software buyout.
The Hg Saturn 2 Fund will purchase the stake from Montagu, a European private equity firm which has been an investor in the business since 2010, and other investors including Hg’s Genesis 7 Fund which will reduce its holding in Visma.
Warburg Pincus and TPG will invest in the company for the first time, acquiring minority stakes. Existing investor CPPIB will increase its stake, alongside other current co-investors in
- 21/08/2020
Berlin-based deep tech company Apheris has raised EUR2.5 million to enable companies to analyse data without compromising privacy.
- 21/08/2020
Cuatrecasas has advised Ventient Energy, the second-largest non-utility generator of onshore wind energy in Europe, on the acquisition of Iberwind and its subsidiaries, a leading player in the renewables energy sector in Portugal, with a portfolio comprising 31 wind farms with a total installed capacity of 726 MW.This deal bolsters Ventient Energy’s position as a leading player in Europe’s renewable energy market by adding these wind farms to the 103 units it already owns and operates across Europe with an installed capacity of 1.9 GW.
Iberwind, with more than 300 wind turbine generators, produces roughly 15 per cent of
- 21/08/2020
Propeller Industries (Propeller), a provider of financial and accounting services for venture-stage companies, has secured an investment from affiliates of Newlight Partners (Newlight), a private investment firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2008, Propeller’s core services include CFO-level financial guidance, comprehensive financial reporting and cost-effective accounting, as well as specialised services such as transaction advisory, trade promotions management, and human resources. Propeller’s teams bring deep, industry pattern-recognition and a cloud-based operating platform that equips founders with real-time reporting and analytics. Today, Propeller employs nearly 200 full-time people across six US and two international offices to
- 21/08/2020
Funding for UK cybersecurity start-ups has increased by a staggering 940 per cent since the beginning of lockdown – with GBP496 million being raised in the first half of 2020, almost outstripping the 2019 total of GBP521 million.
- 21/08/2020
Private equity group Innova Capital is to sell its 100 per stake in Trimo, a leading European producer of high quality façade and building envelope solutions, to Kingspan Group.
The parties have not disclosed the terms of the transaction.
Completion remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of 2020.
“Not only were we able to achieve a very good return, but we have successfully transformed the company from a local champion into a truly international player,” says Andrzej Bartos, Senior Partner, who led the transaction for Innova.
- 20/08/2020
- 20/08/2020
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