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Private-equity backed Access Partnership has secured an undisclosed investment from Shawbrook Bank.
The international firm, also backed by Mobeus Equity Partners, specialises in shaping international public policy for the global technology sector.
The Group has witnessed rapid growth in recent years, driven by market dynamics around increasing regulatory pressures in data security, communications and artificial intelligence.
Supported by Mobeus, the Access Partnership management team are pursuing a period of organic and acquisitive growth, further funded by an undisclosed commercial facility from Shawbrook Bank, a specialist lender to UK SMEs.
“Governments and their citizen-stakeholders want technology on terms that are fair
Alteri Investors, a specialist investor in the European retail sector, has appointed Charlie Edwards as UK Investment Director.
Edwards joins from Caledonia Investments where he led multiple investments over the last 10 years with a focus on UK MBOs. Prior to Caledonia, he spent eight years at KPMG, principally in Restructuring and Transaction Services. Edwards will lead the generation, execution and management of Alteri’s UK deals.
Edwards’ appointment follows a number of other new hires, as Alteri further develops its operational expertise, extends its analytical capabilities and enhances its organisational effectiveness. Namely, Raul Portela (eg Helly Hansen, Triumph and
The Gresham House British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) made a GBP10.5 million investment into Borderlink Broadband Limited (Borderlink).
Borderlink is a Fixed Wireless Access and Fibre broadband operator serving business and residential customers across Scotland, Cumbria and Northumberland. Borderlink is headquartered in the Scottish borders with depots and offices based at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Kelso, and Carlisle respectively. Borderlink’s current network focuses on rolling out high speed fibre broadband connectivity across five counties today, with the intention to grow more widely across Scotland and Northern England.
Borderlink will use the BSIF investment, in conjunction with the various Government schemes available to support
Hospitality technology platform LOKE has raised GBP2.85 million in a funding round led by Guinness Asset Management.
LOKE provides hospitality and retail businesses a sales and marketing platform designed to create new revenue channels, increase the average order value, frequency of transactions and reduce labour costs. This is achieved via a suite of digital sales and marketing tools powered by a bespoke rewards and promotion engine.
LOKE’s platform ‘democratises’ technology previously only available to the world’s biggest brands to any hospitality or retail business. With eight years of experience developing solutions, its expertise has helped support SMEs thrive during
Zeigo’s renewable energy procurement platform has completed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) on behalf of Gresham House, a market leading specialised alternative asset management group dedicated to sustainable investments. The site is a 4.3MW Solar Farm located in Leicestershire, England.
By partnering with the Zeigo platform, which uses the very latest technology to simplify the PPA procurement process, Gresham House accessed a wide variety of supplier offtakers which enabled them to complete the PPA swiftly and at a favourable price.
JP Cerda, CEO of Zeigo, says: “We are happy to partner with Gresham House to provide them with the end-to-end
Private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight) has completed an equity investment into Beckett Investment Management Group Limited (Becketts), a Chartered Financial Planner and regional provider of financial, wealth management and employee benefits advice to private clients and companies, primarily in East Anglia.
This is the third investment from the Foresight East of England Fund, which targets investments in established, profitable SMEs in the East of England.
Founded in 1988, Becketts helps private clients and companies make the right financial choices by providing top quality independent financial and employee benefits advice. Headquartered in Bury St Edmunds and
Eurazeo has appointed Antonio Weiss as a member of its Advisory Council.
Antonio Weiss served as Counsellor to the Secretary at the US Department of the Treasury during the Obama administration, following a nearly 20-year career at Lazard, where he worked in various leadership roles, including as Global Head of Investment Banking.
As an expert in global economic matters and financial regulation, Weiss will enable Eurazeo to benefit from his vision of major economic issues, expertise in financial markets, understanding of high-growth investment areas and the international business world.
Born in the US and having lived for many
Multi-strategy private equity firm TZP Group’s TZP Small Cap Partners II has acquired a majority stake in Akerson Enterprises (d/b/a Kindred Bravely), a provider of maternity and nursing basics apparel.
Launched in 2015 by Deeanne Akerson and Garret Akerson, Kindred Bravely is a digitally-native, direct-to-consumer brand focused on basics apparel for pregnant and nursing mothers. The Company’s products span multiple categories, including bras, loungewear, underwear, and sleepwear, amongst others. Built on the solid foundation of providing comfort and functionality that supports and encourages “her” on her motherhood journey, Kindred Bravely has developed a devoted customer base and has rapidly
StepStone Group, a global private markets investment firm, has appointed Valerie G Brown to the company’s Board of Directors, effective 12 April, 2021.
This newly created directorship expands the Board to 11 members. Brown will be the Board’s third independent director and will serve on the Audit Committee.
Brown joins StepStone’s Board following a distinguished career in the financial services and wealth management industries. From 2016 to 2019, Brown served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advisor Group, Inc, one of the largest wealth management firms supporting independent financial advisers in the United States, and was Chief
Global law firm Ropes & Gray today has appointed private equity fund formation lawyer Bryan Hunkele as a partner in the firm’s asset management practice in New York.
Hunkele guides clients on their most complex fund sponsor matters in this dynamic and evolving market. He is a strong addition to Ropes & Gray’s asset management practice, which is known for its market leadership on cutting-edge, novel and complex work. He was named a Law360 2020 Rising Star of Fund Formation, and is known for advising private equity sponsors in the structuring, formation, offering and ongoing operation of closed-end funds and
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