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Foresight Group, a leading sustainable infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has appointed technology company Sennen to digitise its entire portfolio of sustainable infrastructure, worth around GBP6.1 billion.
Foresight started the digitalisation process with Sennen 12 months ago, beginning with its sustainable energy assets which are located globally.
Following that success, Sennen’s remit has been expanded to include forestry assets, social projects, and sustainable transport infrastructure, including a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station in Bristol that will be the largest in the UK.
As a sustainability-led investment manager, Foresight focuses on financing projects that support clean
Marketplaces are continuing to benefit from shifts born out of the pandemic and show no signs of slowing down.
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Investors Economic Assurance (IEA), a global provider of technology solutions and services to alternative investment managers. The Manhattan-based firm specialises in capital administration solutions including Limited Partners’ waterfall calculations and General Partners’ carried-interest allocations.
This strategic acquisition represents another milestone in the firm’s growth strategy focused on providing high-quality, vertically integrated solutions to the most demanding private equity, venture capital, real estate, and credit investors. IEA’s proprietary technology platforms, CapAssure and CapAdministration, will complement Alter Domus’ technology
GI Partners has closed the GI Partners Fund VI, with USD3.9 billion in total commitments. The oversubscribed fund includes a broad group of global investors and surpassed its target of USD3.25 billion, as well as exceeded its prior Fund V raise of USD2.8 billion in 2017.
Crestbridge has appointed Ross Thomson as Director, Head of Funds Services Luxembourg.
In his new role, Thomson is responsible for overseeing the full range of fund administration services through Crestbridge’s Luxembourg office as well as utilising his expertise to support the wider group strategy for growth. The appointment comes as Crestbridge recently marked ten years operating in Luxembourg, and where in the last year it has doubled is assets under administration and team size, demonstrating the businesses commitment to the jurisdiction and to expanding its Luxembourg service offering.
Prior to joining Crestbridge, Thomson was the COO for Carne Global Fund
Milton Keynes-based adam HTT, which facilitates the delivery of public sector contracts, has secured a GBP5 million investment from alternative lender BOOST&Co.
The business plans to use the GBP5 million term loan to accelerate the roll-out of its in-house “early payment” facility, which will support the 2,000 suppliers already on the adam HTT platform, by giving them easier access to working capital.
Primarily active in the health and social care sectors, adam HTT helps its public sector customers automate their supply chain management processes, centralise supplier payment functions and ensure a smoother supply process. With chief executive Chris Wilson
An affiliate of Sun European Partners is to sell Sharps, a specialist in fitted bedroom and home office storage solutions, to funds advised by Epiris LLP.
Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Bilston, West Midlands, Sharps operates a strong omnichannel model, reaching its customers primarily through its robust digital channels with a complementary and supporting showroom footprint across the UK.
Kevin Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Sharps, says: “Our partnership with the Sun European team has been a great success. We are extremely proud that, today, Sharps is the number one market player in the bespoke fitted bedroom furniture
Palatine Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Routes Healthcare, one of the North’s leading providers of specialist person-centred health and homecare services. Headquartered in the North-West, the business operates from 14 service centres, employing 120 operational and management staff, along with 1,000 carers.
The business provides specialist complex care packages for people with long-term health conditions, clinically led enhanced homecare packages and end of life care, enabling people to spend their final days at home.
Routes’ fully integrated offering has become prized by its customers, as the health and social care space evolves to enable people to receive
Private Equity company Yellow Brick Capital has appointed Johan van Zyl as CEO of I-Feeder Technologies (UK), a company which is now part of the YB AgTech Ecosystem.
The appointment comes after I-Feeder Technologies, a plant nutrition hardware and technology company, relocated the company headquarters to the UK from South Africa in 2020. van Zyl was appointed as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Yellow Brick Capital at the end of last year.
Born in South Africa, van Zyl gained a degree in Management Accountancy from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2000 he took over as Managing Director of I-Feeder
Tesseract, an institutional digital asset lending company in Europe and emerging markets which provides digital asset lending solutions to institutional clients, such as hedge funds and retail trading platforms, globally, has raised USD25 million in its Series A funding round.
The first funding round in Europe focusing on the sector is led by Augmentum Fintech, a London-based leader in FinTech investments. Other participants in the round include global venture capital firms BlackFin Capital Partners, Concentric, DN Capital, Jabre Capital Partners Family Office, LeadBlock Partners, and Sapphire Ventures. Industry participants Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute, and Woorton also subscribed to the round along
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