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Grupo Axo, a leading Latin American multi-brand retail platform and partner to global fashion brands, has secured an equity investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
Grupo Axo will leverage the new funds to continue its expansion across Latin America as a premier brand steward and operator, with a particular focus on continuing the expansion of its digital channels. The funds and accounts managed by BlackRock join Grupo Axo’s global investor base, including existing shareholder General Atlantic.
Grupo Axo’s differentiated platform encompasses a diversified brand ecosystem underpinned by nearly three decades of experience as a multichannel operator and
Growth capital investor BGF has completed a GBP5.2 million investment in Odro, a Scottish-headquartered tech business that provides video interviewing and engagement software to the recruitment industry.
BGF has acquired a minority stake in the business in order to help fund a global expansion plan that will see the company opening offices in Australia and North America, as well as adding more than 20 staff within the next two years.
Alongside the fresh capital, Rob Crossland has joined as chairman in connection with the deal. Former founder of the Optionis Group, Crossland is an award-winning entrepreneur turned advisor who has
ARQIS has advised SkyFive AG on its Series A investment round led by Safran Corporate Ventures together with STAR Capital, a European private equity fund manager with a track record of developing emerging infrastructure businesses.
This is the first equity interest acquired in Germany by Safran Corporate Ventures, the venture capital arm of Safran which is one of the largest suppliers of aircraft systems globally.
SkyFive with its seat on the AIRBUS Campus in Taufkirchen close to Munich provides true broadband connectivity services and technology to airlines and other aircraft operators in key aviation markets worldwide, based on its
Q-Energy, a global platform investing in renewable energy, has closed a non-recourse debt refinancing of three solar thermal plants in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 120 MW, for a total amount of EUR732 million.
Located in Andalusia, the three solar thermal plants have been operating since 2011 and have a salt storage system that allows them to produce electricity throughout the day, even at times when there is no solar resource (at night or on cloudy days), guaranteeing the supply of programmable and manageable renewable energy. Two of them are parabolic solar thermal power plants (Valle 1 &
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has appointed Peter Maher as Head of Venture Capital (VC) Investing, supporting the growth of its SME Growth Equity platform.
Within its VC platform, LGC now has 20 active funds under management, worth GBP230 million, having added five new funds to its portfolio over the last 12 months.
Through its SME Growth Equity platform, LGC has continued to invest in the real economy via start-up businesses in the UK and Europe. During a challenging time for smaller scale companies and newly formed businesses, LGC has remained committed to providing funding for over 300 companies,
Blackstar Capital, a specialist structured capital solutions provider, has appointed James Paul as Head of Sport.
Blackstar Capital has leading expertise in origination, structuring, placement, and management of transactions globally. With Blackstar successfully making inroads into the sporting world in the past twelve months, Paul’s new role will see him lead the expansion of that sporting portfolio.
The pandemic has had a profound impact upon global sport, creating unique needs for clubs and franchises, and new opportunities for lenders. For specialist financiers, this depressed market is presenting both challenges and opportunities that Blackstar Capital is well-placed to take advantage
Polaris is expanding its activities with investments in subordinated loan capital (junior capital etc) and minority shareholdings, with the launch of Polaris Flexible Capital.
Polaris expects to raise DKK1 billion for the new fund, which will support attractive Nordic medium-sized companies with flexible capital for growth, investments, ownership changes and optimisation of capital structure. The addition widens Polaris’ reach and sharpens the offering to medium-sized companies looking for capital and to investors who may diversify their portfolios with new attractive investments.
Polaris Flexible Capital is an addition to Polaris’ existing activities and is established with its own investment team, an
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, has launched a private equity European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) making the firm’s global private equity offering more accessible to eligible retail and non-professional investors and their advisers.
Unlike most traditional private equity funds with high minimum investment thresholds, both professional and eligible retail investors across Europe will have access to the fund with a minimum investment of EUR50,000. The fund’s expected life has also been shortened to eight years from the more traditional length of 10-12 years.
José Luis González Pastor, managing director at Neuberger Berman, explains: “The Neuberger Berman
Manulife Investment Management (Ireland) Limited, has been authorised as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM), enabling it to provide management company services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) in accordance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
The authorisation enables the passporting and sale of private markets funds to professional investors across the European Economic Area, and is a major milestone in driving the expansion and offering of Manulife Investment Management’s private markets investment capabilities within Europe.
With more than EUR98 billion in private markets assets globally, Manulife Investment Management’s capabilities are offered across private equity and credit, real
LGT Capital Partners has raised USD6 billion to capture investment opportunities in private equity secondaries across the whole spectrum of investment situations including single assets solutions, private equity fund solutions and diversified portfolios of Limited Partnership interests.
LGT Capital Partners’ second programme focusing on single asset solutions and concentrated fund solutions, Crown Secondaries Special Opportunities II (CSSO II), is closing on 31 May 2021 at its hard cap of USD1.5 billion. As early as 2015, LGT Capital Partners launched its predecessor program to access this newly identified set of opportunities in private equity secondaries.
Ivan Vercoutere, Managing Partner at LGT
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