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EQT’s Infrastructure III fund is to sell Segra’s Commercial Services Business to Cox Communications (Cox). EQT Infrastructure will retain Segra’s residential and SMB business, which operates under the Lumos Networks and NorthState brands.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Segra employs more than 1,200 people and provides broadband data services across a 26,000-mile fibre network to a variety of customers including wireless carriers, healthcare providers, local government agencies, financial institutions, education institutions, and residential customers. Ongoing digitalisation and outsourcing trends are driving demand for broadband services, particularly in rapidly growing US metro markets such as the ones Segra serves. Together with
eSalesHub, a Yorkshire tech firm analysing big data using AI to optimise clients marketing spend, has secured a GBP1.65 million funding round from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven).
The NPIF – Maven Equity Fund invested GBP1.35 million, alongside the GBP300,000 from the Maven VCTs.
eSalesHub will invest the new funds, alongside internally generated cash, to scale the business and further develop its proprietary A.I technology solutions. Expansion is expected to create 25 new jobs across technology, data science, business development and sales & marketing at
‘Smart antenna’ designer Sofant Technologies has completed a follow-on fundraise of GBP740,000 in an oversubscribed funding round led by venture capital investor EMV Capital. The fundraise builds on last year’s GBP2.3 million pre-series A round for the Edinburgh-based 5G and satellite communications antenna developer.
Partners Capital, a global Outsourced Investment Office, has appointed Emmanuel Pitsilis as a Managing Director based in Singapore.
Pitsilis will serve as co-head for the Asia Pacific region alongside Managing Director Adam Watson and report to CEO Arjun Raghavan.
Pitsilis will work closely with Watson and Dominik Burckgard, Head of the firm’s Hong Kong office, to deepen the firm’s capabilities in offering blue-chip regional and global investment solutions for its world-wide client base.
“We are thrilled to welcome Emmanuel to Partners Capital at a time when the client demand for investment services and solutions across Asia has never
In this week’s podcast, Anu Balasubramanian, partner at international law firm Paul Hastings, shares her views on whether US/European cross border M&A deal making will continue its upward trajectory, her outlook on the US economic recovery and what that will mean for European PE.
Freya Capital a venture capital fund that aims to provide investment support to early-stage companies has been added to the latest edition of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) Starter programme. The total capitalisation of Freya Capital is PLN64 million.
Freya Capital intends to invest in seed/early-stage companies operating in Europe, with high growth potential and plans to expand into international markets. In the course of its cooperation the fund will support enterprises on the merits and business-wise, benefiting from the knowledge of its partners.
Freya Capital was established by a team of experienced entrepreneurs – Hubert Anyżewski, Zbigniew Barwicz, Jan
The UK wireless telecommunications services business WHP Telecoms (WHP), backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has completed the acquisition of Intelligent Communications Solutions Limited (ICS Group), a telecoms rigging installations and design company, marking the group’s third acquisition in the space of a month.
AURELIUS Group has appointed wo new members to its investment team in London. Simon Jobson joins as Principal and Shivani Sheth as Investment Associate, bringing the total investment team in London to 12.
Jobson and Sheth will work with Tristan Nagler, Partner, AURELIUS European Opportunities IV, who with the London-based investment team has led several of AURELIUS’ most recently announced investments with the complex carve-out of SSE Contracting, AutoRestore, Pullman Fleet Solutions and GKN Wheels & Structures. The new hires mark continued growth for AURELIUS in the UK, which has expanded year-on-year since inception in 2014.
The announcement of new
Andera Partners is strengthening its presence in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, German speaking Switzerland) by opening an office in Munich.
The management company has already been active in this region for several years, notably through its Andera Life Sciences activity. It has invested in companies such as Jenavalve, Noxxon, Probiodrug, and Allecra and, more recently, in T-Knife, Exciva and Tricares. Andera Partners will continue to focus on the biotech and medtech sectors in these markets, while preparing the ground for its SME, Mezzanine and Renewable Energy and Infrastructure funds.
“The German, Austrian and German speaking Swiss markets have traditionally
Boston-based NorthBridge Partners (NorthBridge) and New York-based Park Madison Partners have announced the final close of NB Partners Fund III, LP (Fund III), which was oversusbcribed at its USD500 million hard cap.
Investors in the fund included a mix of public and private pensions, foundations, asset managers, family offices, and high net worth individuals.
NorthBridge launched its logistics strategy in 2014 with the goal of acquiring, modernising, and developing small-to-mid sized final-mile logistics assets on the US East Coast. Fund III’s strategy is a continuation of the prior two vehicles, targeting strategically located US East Coast industrial assets that are
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