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Sol Systems has added three veteran energy executives, Patty Rollin, Mary Beth Mandanas, and Hans Dyke, to its expanding team.
Collectively, Rollin, Mandanas, and Dyke bring significant executive and energy industry experience to the Sol Systems team.
“Sol enables and empowers its partners to drive a more sustainable future and invest in communities,” says Yuri Horwitz, Sol Systems’ Chief Executive Officer. “Hans, Mary Beth and Patty are a key part of expanding our business to meet the needs of corporate, institutional and municipal partners executing on this vision. I’m both grateful and proud to welcome them.”
Rollin has
Private investment firm SkyKnight Capital (SkyKnight) has held the final closing of SkyKnight Capital Fund III (Fund III), with USD600 million in commitments from family offices, foundations, endowments, pensions, and institutional investors.
With an initial target of USD500 million, Fund III exceeded its target and was oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap of USD600 million in five months. SkyKnight now manages over USD2 billion of capital across its funds and co-investment vehicles.
“At SkyKnight, we are executing on a long-term, genuine approach to private equity partnership. SkyKnight brings both financial investment and strategic human capital to exceptional management teams to drive
Silverfleet Capital, a European private equity firm, has appointed Robert Knight and Ricardo Sommer as partners.
These appointments underline Silverfleet’s continued commitment to building robust investment teams across its European office network and promoting from within.
Knight is based in London and joined Silverfleet in 2011. Since then, Robert has been involved in a number of successful investments, including Phase One, Cimbria, Ipes, Lifetime Training, Riviera Travel and Collectia. He served as non-executive director on the board of Phase One, an investment that generated a 4.6x return, and is currently on the Board of Collectia, which has recently made its
Imaweb, an independent developer and provider of automotive and dealership software solutions in Europe, has acquired Stieger, a dealership software solutions provider in Switzerland and Austria.
Imaweb is backed by PSG, a growth equity firm that focuses on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies.
Headquartered in Staad, Switzerland, Stieger simplifies client processes and improves efficiency for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and dealerships through its innovative software solutions. Founded in 1982, the company currently employs around 60 people across six locations in Switzerland, Austria and Slovakia. Stieger clients include Swiss and Austrian franchise dealers across a number of
Pole Star Space Applications Limited (Pole Star), a provider of cloud-based compliance software solutions to the maritime sector, has secured a significant growth investment from Wavecrest Growth Partners and Abry Partners.
The capital will be used to accelerate hiring, scale sales, and expand product development to meet substantive and increasing demand for its related trade & commodity finance, maritime surveillance, and ESG sustainability solutions and to accelerate innovation into disruptive AI, ML, and distributed ledger technologies. Pole Star was represented by Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc in the transaction.
“All components of the maritime sector are now entering a significant
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited Kee Safety Group Ltd to its management team in a deal supported by Intermediate Capital Group.
The deal marks the end of a successful 10-year partnership during which LDC supported the management team to increase revenues to more than GBP100 million, an increase of more than 350 per cent since the start of the partnership, as well as helping Kee Safety to increase headcount to 780 people across 10 countries, an increase of more than 400 per cent over the same period.
The transaction also provides an exit for majority shareholder Investcorp.
Private Equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has completed a significant investment into a specialist provider of cutting-edge integrated fire safety and security solutions, Total Integrated Solutions (TIS), to support its continued growth and expansion.
Mansfield-based TIS is a design led fire, security and communications integrator which installs, maintains and services systems, with leading credentials across a broad range of sectors including retirement villages, open space CCTV and Smart City installations, the Ministry of Defence and further education. Over the past nine years, the current owner and CEO James Twigg, has successfully expanded the technical capability of the business and
Same-day grocery delivery startup Grocemania has raised more than GBP170,000 on the crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
The London-based business has exceeded its funding target of GBP100,000 at a valuation of GBP2.4 million. In this latest funding round, which concluded on 29 March 2021, more than 340 investors invested a combined GBP173,000 in Grocemania.
Launched in February 2019, Grocemania is an on-demand delivery platform, which allows customers to shop from local grocery stores and get deliveries in minutes for a fee of only GBP2.50.
The company’s monthly revenue has more than doubled since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and it now
Deloitte’s Midlands M&A team has completed two deals in the automotive sector.
The firm provided lead advisory services to Belron International on the sale of its subsidiary, AutoRestore Limited, to German investment group AURELIUS.
AutoRestore is a provider of mobile accident repair services across the UK, operating a fleet of over 130 mobile repair vans and providing over 30,000 repairs a year to both B2B and B2C customers.
Currently providing same-day mobile accident body repair services through a virtual garage network, AutoRestore will benefit from operating alongside AURELIUS portfolio companies Rivus and Pullman, which provide a full suite
Artist Capital, a strategic capital partner to hedge funds, private equity firms and real estate investment managers, has appointed Ramesh Parameswar as Managing Director and Patrick Neuman as Director.
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