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Legrand, a global specialist in electrical, digital building, and data centre infrastructures, has acquired from A&M Capital Opportunities the Champion ONE (C1) family of brands, providers of optical networking components and solutions for the telecommunication, content provider, data centre, and enterprise markets.
The news marks the latest move by Legrand to support data centre and mission-critical IT’s ever-growing need for reliable, highly available and scalable power and connectivity solutions.
With lab, office and warehouse locations in both Lake Forest, CA and Independence, OH, the C1 family of brands, which include Champion ONE, Approved Networks, and US Critical, will join
China’s private capital funds must invest to meet investors’ increasing demands for transparency, Intertrust Group says
Intertrust Group, a world leader in providing specialised administration services to clients in over 30 jurisdictions, estimates that around USD5.5 billion will need to be spent by the world’s private capital funds industry to meet these increasing demands over the next five years.
A new report, entitled The future private capital CFO: Evolving in a digital age and created in partnership with Global Custodian, shows that CFOs at private capital funds in China expect their limited partners (LPs), many of which include sovereign
Gulf Capital, a leading growth markets alternative investment firm, has successfully completed the sale of its 70 per cent stake in Turknet Iletisim Hizmetleri (Turknet), an internet service provider in Turkey, to a consortium of buyers including the incumbent Celebiler Family and Re-Pie Portfoy Yonetimi (Re-pie).
The sale generated a significant return for Gulf Capital Credit Opportunities Fund which focused on providing growth capital to companies in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. The investment in Turknet builds on Gulf Capital’s strong track record in investing in technology companies and in those that provide next-generation digital connectivity.
Turknet, led
ECI Partners, a UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has opened an office in New York to support the international growth of its investment portfolio.
As part of its expansion, ECI has appointed Brett Pentz as Vice President in their Commercial Team, to lead a newly opened office on Madison Avenue.
Brett brings more than a decade of hands-on experience leading and executing growth strategies for corporates in the US across a range of sectors, particularly in tech and business services. Prior to joining ECI, he held consulting roles at Bain and Teneo, having started his career in industry, at
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has supported the closing of Basalt III, which raised USD2.75 billion to invest in infrastructure equity opportunities.
Aztec Group, which has been a trusted partner of Basalt Infrastructure Partners since 2016, supported with the closing of Basalt III and will continue to provide ongoing administration and accounting services to the Fund from its Guernsey, Luxembourg and UK offices. Specialising in alternative investments, the Group employs more than 1,000 people globally and administers over EUR370 billion of assets for more than 240 clients.
Chris McErlane, Aztec Group Head of Real Assets –
RM Funds, a specialist asset manager focusing on alternative investments, is to launch the new RM Impact Credit Fund (RM ICF).
3i Group (3i Group) is to acquire USD120 million of equity in Wilson Human Capital Group (WilsonHCG), a specialist in talent solutions.
Market engagement platform for virtual and in-person events, Grip, has announced USD13 million (USD) in series A funding, taking its total amount raised to USD14.5 million.
CVC Credit has supported Pollen Street Capital and Qatar Insurance Corporation’s investment in UK insurance company, Markerstudy Group, with GBP85 million in senior debt facilities.
The business will use the investment to fund an organic and acquisition-led expansion programme to build on its rapid development over recent years, following its evolution into a Managing General Agent.
Founded in 2001, Markerstudy is the fifth largest motor insurance provider in the UK, one of the largest privately owned insurance groups, and the largest Managing General Agent in the UK. With over 1.8 million policyholders, it is known for its investment in
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has raised USD9.5 million in Series A funding. The investment was co-led by IQ Capital, Parkwalk Advisors and BGF, and includes investment from Foresight Williams, Cambridge Enterprise, Martlet Capital, Cambridge Angels and Cambridge Capital Group.
The funding will be used by CGD to expand its product portfolio of energy-efficient power devices and to double the size of its team.
CGD was spun out of the renowned power device group at the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge in 2016 to exploit a revolutionary technology in power devices, a market worth in excess of $30 billion.The
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