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Sproutl, a UK gardening tech start-up that aims to open up gardening to a whole new generation of gardeners and get everyone to plant something, has today launched a curated online marketplace that celebrates the best brands and businesses in the gardening industry, having raised USD9 million in a seed funding round led by Index Ventures with participation from Ada Ventures.
Azora, a Madrid-based European private equity manager and one of Spain’s leading real assets investors, is to dispose of a 1.2GW Spanish renewable energy portfolio to Eni, the Italian based global integrated energy company.
The portfolio comprises three operational onshore wind farms, an onshore wind farm under construction (totalling 230MW between them) and five large solar energy projects in advanced stages of development (totalling c.1GW). The assets are located in the regions of Andalucía, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y León, Cataluña, Galicia and La Rioja.
Azora and Eni will work together to ensure the entry into production of the
AuthenticID, a provider of Identity Proofing solutions for large enterprises, has closed a USD100 million minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners, a technology-focused growth equity firm.
The investment will support AuthenticID’s continued expansion within telecommunications, financial services, government, and other consumer segments looking to establish trust and mitigate fraud, as well as enable AuthenticID to support the next generation of digital identity platforms.
AuthenticID provides identity proofing solutions to leading enterprises, including some of the country’s largest telecom carriers and financial institutions. The solution also powers many of the leading digital identity platforms globally. AuthenticID provides document-centric identity verification
Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, has held the first close of its third fund, the Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at USD120 million.
The fund is targeting a final size of USD250 million. Now with more than USD400 million of capital under management, Convergence Partners remains the largest private equity investor dedicated to digital infrastructure in Africa.
Investors in CPDIF are leading institutions that continue to support African growth such as the CDC Group (the UK’s development finance institution), the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the European Investment
European PropTech VC, Pi Labs, has announced two new investors who join as limited partners (LPs) for its third institutional fund, Fund III.
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has promoted five individuals across its investment and value creation teams.
Sandy Gill has been promoted to Managing Director, and Stephen Goodman, Amir Ravandoust, Gabriel Shields-Estrada, and Tom Smith have been promoted to Principal.
Additionally, Vector Capital has appointed private equity veteran Mac Hofeditz, who most recently was a Managing Director at GCA Advisors where he founded and led its Private Funds Group, as Managing Director and Head of Marketing and Investor Relations.
Alex Slusky, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Vector Capital, says: “These promotions
Trilantic Europe, a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, has invested in the Smile Eyes Group, a specialist in the German ophthalmology market headquartered in Munich.
The investment is structured as a partnership between Trilantic Europe, the two co-founders of Smile Eyes Dres. Wiltfang and Bechmann and the management team, with the vision to implement a buy-and-build strategy in the German ophthalmology market. The financial details of this transaction are not disclosed.
Smile Eyes is a leading and highly specialised healthcare operator with a comprehensive service offering in the field of ophthalmology in various metropolitan regions in
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has held the final close of Tikehau Special Opportunities Fund II (TSO II) with total commitments of EUR617 million.
TSO II, which had an initial target of EUR500 million, is the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Special Opportunities strategy and is more than four times larger than its predecessor.
Launched in late 2019, TSO II has a flexible investment mandate, providing corporate and asset-backed capital solutions across primary and secondary credit markets in Europe. The strategy’s opportunistic and multi-sector approach enables it to invest through market cycles and macro-economic environments. It is
European mid-market private equity firm Equistone has acquired a majority stake in Vertbaudet, a European e-commerce platform dedicated to childhood.
Following this transaction, Equistone now holds a majority stake in Vertbaudet, alongside the executive team. Through a robust omnichannel model – which has demonstrated resilience throughout the Covid-19 crisis – the Group expects to achieve a turnover of EUR330 million in 2021.
Since 2015, the executive team’s repositioning strategy has enabled the Group to develop its digital platform, which now accounts for more than 80 per cent of the Group’s sales today, grow internationally and expand its product range. From
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