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KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Siderforgerossi Group, SpA (Siderforgerossi), a global manufacturer of large diameter forged products.
Upon completion of the transaction, Siderforgerossi will become the fifth acquisition completed by KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund (the “Mid-Cap Fund”) and KPS’ second Mid-Cap Fund acquisition in Italy in 2021.
Siderforgerossi is a vertically integrated manufacturer of rolled and forged products with capabilities across the manufacturing spectrum, including ring-rolled, open die and closed die forging capabilities. The Company is specialised in large diameter forged products and primarily serves the Wind Power, Oil & Gas,
Global alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has expanded its European WhiteHorse team with the addition of Sebastian Lorenz as Principal and Head of the DACH region.
Lorenz has 11 years of experience in direct lending and corporate finance. He was previously a Director in the Private Finance division of Barings. Prior to that, he worked for Ares Management.
Pascal Meysson, Head of HIG WhiteHorse Europe, says: “The DACH region is a key focus of our direct lending activities in Europe, and recruiting such a talented professional is another milestone in our ambitious path in this asset class”.
Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) has opened a London office and hired of Oli Bevan as Managing Director as part of its strategy to deploy more capital and deepen its presence across the UK.
The London office is Waterland’s 11th and follows the opening of the firm’s first UK office in the North West in early 2017. Over the last four years, Waterland UK has made six platform investments and 37 bolt-on acquisitions, with a market-led origination strategy focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs and family businesses operating in fragmented markets. The portfolio spans the UK, from the Textile Recycling International operations
Terraformation, a global forest restoration company, has held the first closing of USD30 million in funding to support its mission to help solve climate change by restoring thriving ecosystems to capture carbon across billions of acres of degraded land.
The round was led by Sam & Max Altman at Apollo Projects, and included several high-profile institutional investors and nearly 100 angel investors, such as Sundeep Ahuja, Lachy Groom, Sahil Lavingia, Joe Lonsdale, Susan Wu, and OVN Cap.
The funding will be used to accelerate global forest restoration projects, support R&D, and expand hiring.
Terraformation combines world-leading forestry expertise
Shamrock Capital (Shamrock) has held the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund V, (SCGF V), a USD1 billion fund focused on buyout and later-stage growth equity investments within Shamrock’s core industries of media, entertainment, and communications.
Shamrock’s private equity funds target companies seeking USD25-200 million of equity capital in both control and non-control transactions. SCGF V is managed by the Partners of Shamrock and other investment professionals in Los Angeles, California. Shamrock has approximately USD3.5 billion of total assets under management.
“We are grateful for the continued support of our longstanding investors and welcome our new investors as
Scalable Capital, a fast growing neo-broker and one of Europe’s largest digital wealth managers, has raised more than USD180 million (EUR150 million) in a Series E funding round led by by China’s leading technology company Tencent.
This purely primary investment round brings the total capital raised to over USD320 million (EUR260 million). Existing shareholders participated as well. The funding will be used to accelerate Scalable Capital’s European growth and to continue building an integrated digital wealth management and brokerage experience. Five years after go-live in February 2016, the company has over a quarter of a million clients and over USD5
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Kumsal Bayazit — CEO of world leading science and health information and analytics provider Elsevier — to the company’s Board of Directors.
Bayazit joined Elsevier as CEO in 2019 from its parent company RELX, an R&D-driven FTSE 20 company. She has played an active role in Elsevier’s partnerships to support a sustainable and equitable future and is a lifelong champion of diversity and equality in science, health and the workplace.
Since 2004, Bayazit has held multiple management positions, including Chief Strategy Officer at RELX, and chairs RELX’s
Curam, a UK-wide carer platform that has set out to use technology to positively disrupt the UK’s GBP38 billion social care sector, has launched of its Series A round of fundraising.
Since its launch in 2018, Curam has raised GBP3.6 million from high net worth and angel investors, and has rolled out its Curamcare platform and app across all the UK’s 124 postcode areas. The software behind the platform and app was designed and developed in-house in order to suit precisely the needs of care workers and their clients. With Curamcare, carers receive on average 25 per cent higher earnings
Singapore-based fintech BondEvalue has raised USD6 million in its Series A round of fund raising, with MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia and Citigroup among the new investors. Both institutions are expected to be represented on the board.
The latest round brings the total raised by the company to USD10 million and affirms investor confidence as its digital exchange for trading fractionalised bonds continues to gain momentum.
Other investors included existing shareholders Potato Productions, a company helmed by entrepreneur Lee Han Shih, and Octava, a Singapore-based family office.
BondEvalue was established in 2016 to provide electronic bond trading and to make bond
VTB Capital has entered the growing Russian carsharing market, acquiring a USD75 million minority equity stake in Delimobil Holding , which controls the Russian entities owning the Delimobil, Anytime and Anytime.Prime brands.
The funds raised in this transaction by Delimobil Holding will be used by Delimobil for further development and to strengthen the Group’s position in the Russian carsharing market.
A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum by Yuri Soloviev, First Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board, and Vincenzo Trani, founder and president of Delimobil and MIKRO KAPITAL.
Vincenzo Trani, founder
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