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NextGen Growth Partners (NGP), a private equity firm that partners with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and management teams to invest in sustainable, growing companies, has appointed Jim Bland as a partner, with a specific focused on the firm’s new investment and portfolio company efforts.
“Jim brings an immediate positive impact to our team and business,” says Brian O’Connor, NGP Founder and Managing Partner. “His extensive investing and operating experience, ability to lead others and care for the legacy of the businesses we invest in are evident in everything he does. We are thrilled to welcome Jim as a Partner at NGP and are
KKR, a leading global investment firm, has appointed Michaela Wood as a Director, with immediate effect.
Based in London, Wood will join the EMEA private equity team to work on UK coverage as well as supporting investments in the Business Services sector across Europe.
Wood joins KKR after six years at CVC Capital Partners where she worked on a range of transactions including the RAC, QA, Neptune Energy, PRO14 Rugby and Six Nations Rugby. She joined CVC from BC Partners, where she supported UK companies including Sabre Insurance and CarTrawler. Prior to BC Partners, Michaela worked for the Boston Consulting
DigitalEd has secured a growth investment from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies.
DigitalEd provides a SaaS-based digital learning platform called Möbius, focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. PSG is DigitalEd’s sole outside investor. Financial terms were not disclosed.
DigitalEd was founded in 2018 with a simple and resonant mission – to shape the world through digital learning. DigitalEd provides individual learning, in a shared world, allowing students to acquire knowledge at a guided, self-defined pace. DigitalEd currently supports over 300 educational institutions worldwide, administering over 20 million tests and
Lakemore Partners, a private credit investment firm primarily investing in control CLO equity, has named as Dan Norman Managing Director and Head of its US business operations.
Norman will focus on growing Lakemore’s investment platform globally from its recently established US office in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Norman joins Lakemore following his retirement last year from Voya Investment Management (Voya) where he most recently served as Group Head and Senior Managing Director. While at Voya, he founded the firm’s Senior Loan Group in 1995 and co-managed the Group’s global loan platform including its global CLO business, which by the end of
Coller Capital and Ping An Overseas Holdings has closed one of the world’s largest private credit secondaries transactions for a credit portfolio managed by Ping An, together with its subsidiaries – the main offshore investment and asset management platform of Ping An Insurance Company of China.
The deal will close on 30th July 2021. Following the closure of the transaction Ping An will continue to manage the portfolio, which consists of four flagship credit funds managed by blue-chip North American and European managers.
The portfolio is highly diversified, covering 400 positions in more than 250 companies and spread across a
Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has completed the sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital LLP and Company Management, creating a significant return for Lonsdale, the founding shareholders and management.
This comes in the same week that Lonsdale announced the sale of Charles Cameron & Associates, bringing its total number of exits this year to four.
CRS is a 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
Elysian Capital III has, in conjunction with the existing management team, acquired Healthfull Holdings Group Limited (parent of Wholebake Limited) from Bridges Fund Management.
This represents the second investment in the last month from the Elysian Capital III LP Fund which closed in September 2020 at GBP325 million.
Founded in 1984, Wholebake is the UK’s leading manufacturer of healthy gluten-free snacking products. Based in Chester, with two BRC AA-accredited production facilities situated in North Wales, Wholebake’s current portfolio includes a variety of product types including weight management, sports nutrition, toddler snacking, healthy indulgence, vegan-friendly, digestive health and mainstream better-for-you
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, has completed its acquisition of EFG Fund Management, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group (EFG).
The transaction was agreed in February 2021 and has now been completed after receiving regulatory clearance.
KBA specialises in the provision of management company, governance and compliance services to investment funds and asset managers. Founded in 2003, Dublin-headquartered KBA also has offices in London, Cayman Islands, Malta and now Luxembourg. KBA has over 80 consultants and works with over 250 asset management
Hanover Investors, the special situations specialist, is announcing today that it has appointed Serena Menaguale as its Director of Fundraising.
Alongside fundraising, Menaquale will also be responsible for relationships with the firm’s existing clients, as well as expanding its investor base.
Menaquale has more than 15 years’ experience in business development for hedge funds and private equity. She was a Director in Capital Introductions at Citigroup in London and a Managing Director at Perella Weinberg where she was responsible for marketing global private equity, hedge fund, real estate and UCITS strategies in Europe.
More recently she has been raising capital
Options, a provider of Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) connectivity to the financial services (FS) markets, has been selected as Managed Services Provider for a global top-tier bank as it expands its foreign exchange (FX) footprint into Singapore, via Equinix’s SG1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre.
Following the news of Options’ 2020 expansion into Singapore, and in collaboration with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Equinix, FS clients can now leverage Options’ services to expand their own FX trading footprint in this market.
By leveraging Platform Equinix, Options can provide a leading investment bank with an interconnection-rich environment for low
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