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FastForward Innovations has officially rebranded as SEED Innovations Limited, a move approved by shareholders which reflects increasing investor appetite for the cannabinoid wellness and medical cannabis arenas.
As the only AIM quoted investor with direct exposure to pharmaceutical and medical cannabis, SEED will continue to demonstrate its expertise in the sector, notably following two of its portfolio assets selling for a combined value of over USD1 billion.
SEED are focused on investing in a balance of early-stage opportunities that have an upcoming investment catalyst, and more mature investments that offer liquidity in the near term. With many high growth
Sanne Group plc (Sanne) has entered into an agreement to acquire STRAIT, a Dallas-based fund solutions company for alternative investment firms.
Founded by John Relton in 2006, STRAIT specialises in providing fund administration, financial oversight and regulatory compliance services for private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, fund of funds, SPVs and other investment vehicles. The business is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with more than 50 highly skilled professionals, servicing USD20 billion of assets under administration.
STRAIT is a strategically important acquisition which will further expand Sanne’s US footprint into the world’s largest alternatives market. The acquisition will also help
RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, has co-led a GBP1.1 million funding round, together with the Cass Enterprise Fund, in Bamboo Auctions (Bamboo), a provider of online auction technology to estate agents and auction houses.
The round was supported by follow on capital from existing investors and new angel investors.
Launched in 2015, Bamboo Auctions’ technology allows properties to be sold with immediate and legally binding contracts. Its marketplace makes transactions faster, more certain, and more transparent. The business has continued to grow quickly since inception with over 1,000 properties, representing a total value of over GBP200
Permira, a global private equity firm focused on growth at scale, has made a strategic investment in Adevinta ASA (Adevinta).
Funds advised by Permira have agreed to acquire approximately 125 million shares in Adevinta from eBay Inc (eBay), representing a 10.2 per cent ownership. Upon closing of the transaction, Permira Partner and Head of Consumer, Dipan Patel, will join the Board of Directors of Adevinta.
Adevinta represents a unique platform in online classifieds. Its global portfolio includes leading marketplaces such as Leboncoin in France, mobile.de and eBay Kleinanzeigen in Germany, Marktplaats in the Netherlands and OLX in Brazil. The Company
Mammoth Scientific, a health science and technology venture capital firm, has launched a new USD100 million venture capital fund.
Co-founders Dr Jay Yadav, Tommy Martin, Kim Mackrill, Dr Matthew McGirt and Jud Mackrill provide venture capital for health science and technology companies who are maturing beyond seed rounds. The Mammoth team includes seasoned physician entrepreneurs and highly successful operational managers, representing a twenty-year track record of creating and investing in multiple successful startups with large exits to major global companies (eg, Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson) or to the public markets.
Mammoth’s competitive edge comes from its creation
Middle market private companies in the Golub Capital Altman Index experienced EBITDA growth of 31 per cent and revenue growth of 21 per cent in April and May 2021 compared to their April and May 2019 earnings and revenue.
That’s according to a special edition of the Golub Capital Middle Market Report for Q2 2021, intended to provide greater insight into economic conditions than the report’s typical year-over-year comparisons, which reflect the impact of Covid-related lockdowns in April and May 2020. The year-over-year data is provided in the appendix for continuity purposes.
The data in this special edition report
Blackstone has appointed Courtney della Cava as Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Talent & Leadership for its Portfolio Operations Group, effective 1 August.
In this role, della Cava will be responsible for building and enhancing executive leadership teams and boards for Blackstone’s more than 200 portfolio companies. She joins the firm from Bain & Company, where she was a Partner in its Leadership and Talent Practice based in San Francisco.
Jennifer Morgan, Global Head of Portfolio Operations, says: “Making sure our portfolio companies have best-in-class talent is one of the most important ways we can help them accelerate
The Edinburgh-based business investment group, Archangels, has led investment of GBP12.4 million in innovative Scottish tech and life sciences companies in the first half of 2021 (H1 2020: GBP9.5 million).
Archangels’ H1 2021 deals data, released today (14th July 2021), reveals that Archangels itself invested GBP7.3 million during the first six months of 2021, with co-investment of GBP3.1 million from Scottish Enterprise and GBP2.0 million from a range of other co-investors. Archangels’ investment of GBP7.3 million is a record for any six month period.
During the period, Archangels invested in one new business and provided follow on growth capital
Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm that was spun out of Carlyle in 2020, is being joined by Bryce Fort and Paul Maasdorp, Partners at Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), to launch a new African investment vehicle.
The Alterra leadership team will be: Bryce Fort, Eric Kump, Paul Maasdorp, Genevieve Sangudi and Bruce Steen.
Over the last ten years, the combined team has invested cUSD2 billion across a variety of sectors in Africa including telecoms, technology, healthcare, consumer & retail, infrastructure, financial services, logistics and business services. The Partners of Alterra have an average of 12 years of Africa
Envestnet and iCapital Network1 (iCapital) have announced a strategic relationship to deliver access to curated UBS and iCapital alternative investment products through Envestnet’s platform. To power the initiative, Envestnet will launch the Alternatives Exchange, a new solution designed to provide these products to the firm’s clients, leveraging iCapital’s turnkey technology through single-sign-on access.
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