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EQT is pleased to announce that EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire First Student and First Transit, two North American subsidiaries of the UK publicly listed company, FirstGroup plc for USD4.6 billion.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, First Student and First Transit are market leading providers of essential transportation services to schools and communities in North America.
First Student is the largest student transportation service provider in North America, providing over 900 million student journeys a year to approximately 1,000 school districts. Student transportation is a critical component of the educational ecosystem, with student success metrics and funding directly correlated to
By Steve Phillips, CFO, and Somil Goyal, Investment Lead, at GovGrant – The UK has a rich history of scientific discovery and research. Of the top 100 prescription medicines used around the world today, about 25 per cent were discovered in the UK. The country also has recognised expertise in sectors like AI and machine learning developing around leading universities.
But despite the UK’s strengths, Research & Development (R&D) spending lags many peers and draws attention to the opportunity to invest smarter and benefit from the economic recovery. Government support, eg, through R&D tax credits, is a timely lever to help
The month of March proved to be an extremely successful one for Newable Ventures, the UK’s leading early stage investment network, which deployed circa GBP2 million in six companies to round off a busy financial year, which also saw the group secure GBP10 million from British Business Investment’s Regional Angel Programme.
Closing these six deals in March saw a “record level” of angel participation according to Newable Ventures Director Sanjeev Gordhan who comments: “such strong levels of participation in the early stage investment market bodes well for the Fund and angel network moving forward”.
Among the investments is QLM.
Deep Instinct, the first company to apply end-to-end deep learning, based on the only purpose-built deep learning framework for cybersecurity, has raised USD100 million in Series D funding.
The Deep Instinct platform can predict, prevent, and analyse cyberattacks at any touchpoint of the organisation from the endpoint through to the network. This round was led by funds and accounts managed from BlackRock, with participation from Untitled Investments, The Tudor Group, an investment by Anne Wojcicki, and existing investors, including Millennium, Unbound, and Coatue Management, among others. This new capital doubles the investment to date, bringing the total funding to
Canadian Hospital Specialties Ltd (CHS), a specialty distributor and manufacturer of medical and surgical products, has received a strategic investment from Flexpoint Ford (Flexpoint), a private equity investment firm specialising in the healthcare and financial services industries. Previously majority-owned by affiliates of Cortec Group, CHS will continue operating as an independent company led by CEO Mike Canzoneri and the company’s current management team, who will continue to be owners in the business. The company will remain headquartered in Oakville, Ontario.
Founded in 1967, CHS is one of the most well-respected providers of innovative medical products and customised patient care solutions
Jensen Partners, a women-owned executive search and corporate advisory firm for the alternative investment management industry, has appointed Nicholas Koehler s Head of Private Credit and Private Equity.
InXpress Holdings, a software-enabled global franchisor of transportation and logistics services, has named four senior executives to its Board of Directors: Omar Simmons, Executive Chairman of one of the largest Planet Fitness franchise and Managing Director at Exaltare Capital Partners; Arnold Goldberg, former Senior Vice President and Senior Product Technologist at PayPal; Brendan Mulryan, Vice President at Etsy; and Jan Uhrich, former VP Services at Dell.
The new directors add complementary skills to reinforce InXpress’s long-term commitment to provide world-class transportation and logistics solutions to small and medium sized businesses.
Last year Hudson Hill Capital (HHC) acquired InXpress. Eric
EQT has held the final close of EQT IX at EUR15.6 billion in fee-generating assets under management, marking EQT’s first key fund closing since EQT AB’s public listing in 2019.
EQT IX was launched in January 2020, made its first investment in July, and is currently 40-45 per cent invested.
The Fund size is significantly larger than its predecessor fund, EQT VIII, as a result of a strong and undiminished demand from both existing and new investors. It further solidifies the continued support for EQT’s active ownership approach and strategy to invest with the megatrends and themes that have been
Satellite Vu has raised a GBP3.6 million (USD5 million) seed round led by Seraphim Capital to launch the world’s first satellite constellation capable of imaging the thermal footprint of any building on the planet every one-two hours.
Rock Mountain Capital (RMC) has made a significant minority investment in Spark Orthodontics (Spark), a specialty orthodontics platform with 10 locations in rural/suburban Pennsylvania.
The investment will support the company’s growth strategy focused on acquiring additional practices and locations in Pennsylvania and in new markets. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Spark was founded in 2010 by Dr Jason Hartman, DMD, MS, and the practice has served tens of thousands of patients since opening its doors. Spark is widely recognised as a leader in orthodontics. The company has grown to 10 locations through a mix of acquisitions and
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