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Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialised in scaling software and digitally driven businesses in the healthcare, consumer and services sectors – has expanded its specialist team with the recruitment of experienced private equity investor Rupesh Patel.
Patel joins as investment director across Gresham House Ventures’ portfolio companies, which he will actively support to accelerate growth and build shareholder value. Patel brings an impressive track record of investing in entrepreneurial businesses, a vast network, and expertise in value creation through bolt-on acquisitions, product expansion, and recruiting senior management teams.
Most recently, Patel worked at Praesidian Capital, a transatlantic private equity
Grafton Capital, a growth investor in Europe’s leading technology companies, has appointed Tom Morrell as its Chief Financial Officer.
Morrell, who joins Grafton Capital from Brookfield Asset Management, will lead on financing, reporting and accounting for Grafton Capital and its investments.
With over a decade’s experience in finance, the appointment strengthens Grafton Capital’s leadership team. During his time at Brookfield, Tom was responsible for financial and operational oversight of its European private equity investments. Tom has significant experience of working with founder-led management teams and entrepreneurs, having previously worked in corporate finance roles at Akur Capital and BDO.
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Despite the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and slow economic recovery, global venture capital (VC) investments during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 remained robust and were nearly at pre-pandemic levels.
Albeit, the number of VC deals witnessed a continuous decline for the seventh straight quarter, there was an increase in the number of megadeals that helped to drive the overall investment value to nearly USD120 billion in Q4, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Venkata Naveen, Senior Disruptive Tech Analyst at GlobalData, says: “The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the game of how companies across industries operate,
Robin Eric Haak, co-Founder of Jobspotting and former global SVP at SmartRecruiters, has joined responsible growth-equity fund Gaia Capital Partners, where he will be responsible for heading the fund’s new Berlin office and establishing the firm in the DACH and Nordics markets.
Gaia Capital Partners has offices in Berlin and Paris, two powerhouses of the European technology ecosystem, along with operating partners in Toronto and New York.
Haak is joining the team of former private equity and growth investors and operators. He will lead Gaia Capital Partners’ expansion in the DACH and Nordics regions. He brings his international experience, both
Enhanced Healthcare Partners (EHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has exited its platform investment in SCA Pharmaceuticals (SCA Pharma) through the sale of the business to The Vistria Group and Excellere Capital Management.
An FDA 503(B) outsourcing facility, SCA Pharma delivers sterile admixtures and pre-filled syringes to hospitals and health systems nationwide. SCA alleviates common problems health care facilities face such as wasted product, drug shortages, time-consuming processes, compliance issues, staffing costs, and patient safety concerns. Over the past five years, the Company has deeply invested in facility expansion, infrastructure, automation and quality to support the Company’s growth.
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DC Capital Partners, a middle market, private equity firm focused on the Government and Engineering markets, has appointed David O Page as Partner.
Page brings both operating and investment acumen to the DC Capital team. His unique background and experience will add value and insight to DC Capital.
Thomas J Campbell, Founder and Managing Partner, says: “We have been fortunate to work with David for close to 20 years. He has led or been part of the senior leadership of two of our most successful investments. He appreciates and understands our ’strategic process’ and will be accretive to our
CDC Group, a UK-based impact investor and development finance institution (DFI), has announced a commitment to invest over USD1 billion again in African businesses in 2021.
The commitment will enable CDC to invest in many more promising African entrepreneurs and SMEs, and continue to drive inclusive growth and job creation across the continent, where over half of the institution’s portfolio is now invested. The funds will be invested in financial institutions, infrastructure and climate, services, manufacturing, agriculture, real estate and technology.
In 2020, CDC committed over USD1 billion into Africa with a focus was the economic recovery from
Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are partnering with current owners and management of S&S Activewear to acquire the North American distributor of imprintable apparel and accessories. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
With approximately four million square feet of warehouse space and more than 2,000 employees, S&S specialises in distributing blank sportswear, corporate apparel, and accessories, including t-shirts, fleece & sweatshirts, headwear, athletics and outerwear from over 100 leading brands such as adidas, Champion, Columbia, Bella+Canvas, Next Level Apparel and Gildan. The company stocks more than 80,000 products and serves a broad range of customers,
Carey Olsen’s Jersey funds team has advised the Swiss investment advisor Montana Capital Partners AG on the launch of its fifth secondary fund, mcp Opportunity Secondary Programme V (mcp OSP V), which recently held its final closing at a hard cap of EUR1.3 billion in committed capital.
Significant support from existing and new investors led to substantial oversubscription during a brief fundraising period. Investors include sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and foundations from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States.
mcp OSP V takes advantage of the Island’s tried and tested Jersey Expert
Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue, and the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) within the Blavatnik School of Government, have release the ‘Exploring Social Investment – An Indigo Technical & Learning Report’ detailing their collaboration towards data sharing in the social outcomes contract sector.
The report showcases how Big Issue Invest (BII) and GO Lab worked together to publish the contract, finance and impact data for the investments made within Big Issue Invests’ Outcomes Investment Fund (OIF).
The report launch coincides with GO Lab’s launch of the ‘International Network for Data on
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