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Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its third secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners III, at its hard cap of USD675 million.
The fund was oversubscribed and had strong participation from existing limited partners as well a number of new investors; limited partners include foundations, endowments, family offices, insurance companies and sophisticated clients of the registered investment advisor and consultant community.
Commonfund Capital has invested in private capital since 1988 and has included secondary investments as an increasingly important allocation within their portfolios since 1993. They offered their first dedicated secondaries fund in 2015.
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Blue Bear Capital, a venture and growth equity firm focused on AI-powered solutions for the world’s energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges, has held the oversubscribed final close of its second venture capital fund at its hard cap of USD150 million.
Like Blue Bear’s first fund, the new fund will focus on digital technologies making an outsized impact in markets including wind, solar, the electric grid, EV infrastructure, transportation, and energy-intensive industries.
“Trillions of dollars will be spent to scale renewable energy, modernize infrastructure, and secure sustainable supply chains,” says Blue Bear partner Ernst Sack. “Meanwhile artificial intelligence is redefining how
Private investment house Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Florida Food Products (FFP) through its US Buyout team from MidOcean Partners (MidOcean) for an enterprise value in excess of USD1 billion.
MidOcean initially invested in the business in 2018 and will retain a significant stake in FFP alongside Ardian. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
FFP is the leading innovator, formulator and producer of vegetable and fruit-based clean label ingredients. The Company’s products replace traditional, synthetic ingredients with natural, plant-based alternatives, which improve texture and flavor, extend shelf life, and ultimately provide consumers with clean label and
London-based Angel Investment Network, the world’s largest online angel investment platform, has announced the launch of its Private Equity and Venture Capital division, AIV Capital.
Led by experienced investment manager Ethan Khatri, AIV Capital will invest between USD10 -USD75Mn+ into established businesses ranging from Growth/Series B to pre-IPO and has a flexible approach utilising both primary and secondary capital. Its sector agnostic focus will be on strong management teams with a demonstrated edge in the space they operate in.
AIV Capital Managing Director, Ethan Khatri brings 16 years of investment experience across the European and Asian venture markets. Over
Finverity, a mid-market supply chain finance platform focused on emerging markets, has launched fund manager functionality, an industry first for the supply chain finance (SCF) sector.
This makes Finverity the first SCF platform to connect both institutional-level funders and fund/asset managers operating their allocations via segregated accounts, providing complete visibility and control over investments. The launch of this functionality addresses a key gap in the market and is expected to lead to an increase in investor flows and liquidity in supply chain finance.
Investor allocations to SCF are often routed through multiple fund managers or intermediaries. This has led to
Ostmodern’s Skylark has announced an expansion of its commercial team. Taylor Riese, formerly of Verizon Media Platform has been named the new Chief Revenue Officer and Lasharna Turner, formerly Adobe is the new Head of Marketing.
The news comes after Ostmodern recently secured GBP2 million in investment from Puma Private Equity. The investment in Skylark will contribute towards growth plans, including the development of the platform and the expansion of the commercial arm of the business. This will look like a larger global sales team and strategy. Skylark will be developing robust brand positioning and in depth marketing strategy to
Affiliates of Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire) are to acquire the assets of Spectra Premium Industries (Spectra).
Headquartered in Boucherville, Quebec, Spectra is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of thermal and fluid management metal-formed products for the automotive, heavy-duty truck and industrial markets. With over 700 employees, Spectra operates manufacturing facilities in Boucherville and Quebec City, as well as a network of distribution centers throughout the United States and Canada to serve its premier aftermarket and OEM customers.
The Company has filed sale motions to approve the sale to Turnspire pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) Proceedings with
Polaris is to acquire a majority stake in G&O Maritime Group, a supplier to the global maritime industry manufacturing a range of niche products for leading shipping companies, shipyards and engine manufacturers, from Erhvervsinvest.
Erhvervsinvest acquired Gertsen & Olufsen in 2014 and established G&O Maritime Group as a maritime conglomerate through the acquisitions of Atlas Incinerators, Pres-Vac Engineering and Heco International. G&O Maritime Group currently employs around 150 people and is headquartered in Allerød with manufacturing in Denmark and China as well as licensed production in Korea. The group manufactures a range of niche products involved in critical functions or
Nordic Capital Advisors has expanded its Evolution investment advisory team with the appointment of Alfa Chan as a Partner.
Chan joins as Nordic Capital continues to put its proven model to work in the mid-market, investing in innovative growth companies in its focus sectors to accelerate sustainable growth and expansion. Nordic Capital successfully closed Nordic Capital Evolution at the hard-cap of EUR1.2 billion in June 2021, which has since made three investments.
Nordic Capital’s distinctive Evolution strategy addresses the most compelling segment in the Northern European mid-market. With a large and dedicated team operating within a well-constructed organisation and
Motive Partners (Motive), a specialist private equity firm focused on control-oriented growth equity and buyout investments in software and information services companies that serve the financial services industry (financial technology), has appointed Jeffery W Yabuki as Chairman and Founding Partner.
Yabuki joins Motive having been Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv, Inc (Fiserv), a global payments and financial services technology company, enabling banking, commerce and the movement of money among financial institutions, businesses and consumers, from December 2005 to July 2020, and also served as Chairman from July 2019 to December 2020. Jeff led the company through a strategic transformation including
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