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Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business, has raised GBP4.3million from private investors keen to invest in a portfolio of unquoted stocks acquired by investment firm, Hambro Perks, from global fund manager, Invesco.
Campbell Lutyens, a global private capital advisor, has hired Darren O’Brien as a Principal in its Chicago office, further strengthening its secondary advisory team in North America.
The firm’s US based secondaries team was established in 2017 and has advised on USD10.3 billion of transactions over the past four years.
O’Brien has more than 14 years of experience, primarily in private equity and investment banking. He was most recently a Partner at Origami Capital Partners. Previously, he worked at WL Ross & Co, Brookfield Asset Management and Citigroup. He holds an MBA from Yale School of Management.
“We’re delighted
QTS Realty Trust (QTS) and Blackstone, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc and other long-term perpetual capital vehicles managed by Blackstone will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of QTS Realty Trust for USD78.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately USD10 billion, including the assumption of debt.
The purchase price represents a premium of 21 per cent to QTS’ closing share price as of June 4, 2021 and a 24 per cent premium to the volume weighted average share price over the last 90
airfocus, the world’s first modular product management platform, has raised USD5 million in series A funding, led by XAnge with participation from Nauta Capital.
Alantra has reached a first close with more than EUR80 million of commitments for the Klima Energy Transition Fund. The fund, which results from the partnership between Alantra and Enagás, aims to raise EUR150 million.
Commitments have been accepted from an ample and diversified investor base, comprised of institutional investors, energy companies, public institutions, and family offices. Alantra and the investment team have also made a significant commitment to the Fund, reflecting the strong alignment of interests with its investors.
Klima targets innovative, fast-growing companies accelerating the energy transition, operating in the following segments: low carbon gases (such as hydrogen,
Charles Russell Speechlys is strengthening its funds offering in London with the hire of Edyta Brozyniak as Partner. Brozyniak advises on fund formation of private equity and venture capital funds, co-investments, and investor negotiations.
With a focus on family offices and foundations in Europe, specifically Germany and Switzerland, Edyta advises institutional and UHNWs on investments in private equity funds. She has experience in limited partner representation and advising on investment management agreements. Edyta will join Charles Russell Speechlys’ Financial Services and Funds team.
The Financial Services and Funds team work with clients from across the financial services industry, advising
GRANT Thornton UK’s Corporate Finance team has advised Milton Keynes-based software company, Celaton on an investment deal with serial investor and technology entrepreneur, Vin Murria OBE.
Founded in 2004 by Andrew Anderson and Gary Grant, Celaton’s Intelligent Document Processing platform, inSTREAM, delivers consistent and measurable business technologies to processes such as accounts payable, sales order processing, customer correspondence and claims.
The company, which has a team of more than 20, has a number of bluechip customers including e-commerce brand ASOS, retailer Dixons Carphone, telecoms group TalkTalk and consulting firm Capgemini.
Delivered as software as service, inSTREAM comprises multiple
Foresight Group (Foresight), a UK-listed infrastructure and specialist regional private equity investment manager, has agreed the conditional sale of Ixaris Group Holdings Limited (Ixaris), a specialist in travel payment technology, to Nium Pte Limited (Nium), a global B2B payments platform based in Singapore.
Ixaris’ main product is a pre-paid debit card providing flexible funding and payment methods. It was the first to be introduced across Europe in 2003 and revolutionised the travel payments industry. Ixaris has clients in over 50 countries, ranging from the World’s largest travel brands to independent travel agencies. Its products enable clients to manage spend and
Innovative Molecules, a German, Munich-based drug development company focused on developing next-generation treatments for Herpes simplex-induced diseases, has closed a EUR20 million Series A equity financing round led by LSP (Life Sciences Partners).
Muzinich & Co has announced the seeding of its Aviation Senior Secured Strategy, at USD300 million. The Senior Secured Strategy has attracted the interest of European institutional investors who have provided the capital and has an overall target capacity of USD1.5 billion.
The Senior Secured Strategy seeks compelling risk-adjusted returns and attractive income by looking to provide secured aircraft debt financing to global airlines and leasing companies. Muzinich & Co will act as sourcer and portfolio advisor.
Brian Lau, Portfolio Manager, says: “We are pleased institutional investors have identified Muzinich as their investment partner in aviation finance because of
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