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Waterland Private Equity Investments (Waterland) has closed ts eighth institutional fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII (WPEF VIII) at EUR2.5 billion. The fund closed at its hard cap three months after its initial launch.
WPEF VIII was considerably oversubscribed with demand significantly exceeding the fundraising target, attributable to continued strong support from existing investors combined with significant interest from new investors.
The fundraise attracted commitments from world class institutional investors with over half headquartered in Europe, over a third in the United States, and select investors from the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Public pension plans represent the largest proportion of
Managers should be looking to shore up their internal processes and security, focusing on improved end-point protection and appropriate training for staff to recognise anomalies. This is critical as cybersecurity develops further to keep ahead of the hackers.
ECI Partners has completed the sale of IoT connectivity provider Arkessa to Wireless Logic. Arkessa offers world-wide, world-class cellular connectivity services that make it easy to design, deploy and manage IoT devices securely, efficiently, and at scale, regardless of application or business model.
ECI first invested in Arkessa in July 2018 to help support its already strong growth in the IoT market. Since that time Arkessa has continued to demonstrate high resilience and consistent double-digit growth in subscription revenues.
During ECI’s involvement, Arkessa acquired Netherlands-based Sim Services in August 2020 to further support the firm’s international growth ambitions and cemented Arkessa’s
Investment group RD Capital Partners (RDCP) continues on its buy-and-build strategy in the construction sector with the acquisition of hydro-demolition firm Buxton Water.The deal marks RDCP’s second acquisition this month following its recent purchase of Su-Fix Precast and its fifth this year following earlier acquisitions of Killingley, Macair and Chilango. Established in 2015 by Sameer Rizvi and Iryna Dubylovska, RDCP is headquartered in London and is one of the fastest growing private companies in the UK. This recent deal increases RDCP’s group run rate revenue to over GBP55 million.
Headquartered in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, Buxton Water is one of the
American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, together with Northstar Capital, has partnered with a team led by veteran software CEO Stephen Woodard to acquire Fresche Solutions (Fresche), a provider of digital transformation and application modernisation solutions.Fresche, a Montreal-based company, provides a suite of software and service solutions that help modernise and transform IT applications and systems. Founded in 1976, and further established through a series of acquisitions, Fresche has developed leading technology and transformation processes. Fresche has served over 22,000 clients globally across financial services, manufacturing, retail, technology, consulting, among other industries.
Stephen Woodard, incoming
HVD Partners is to sell Solifos to NBG GmbH. Carved out of Brugg Cables in 2018 and based in Windisch, Switzerland, Solifos is the leading supplier of high performance, specialty fiber optic cables for distributed sensing and mission-critical defence applications.Solifos supplies essential components for remote and distributed sensing systems monitoring structural integrity of bridges, dams, pipelines and other critical infrastructure. The firm also supplies specialty fibre optic cables for high-reliability defense communications applications.
Private equity specialist adviser Humatica supported HVD Partners and the Solifos AG management with the successful carve-out and transformation of the company.
Jouni Heinonen, Managing Partner of
Pop Mart’s listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has become the eleventh IPO in private equity firm Loyal Valley Capital’s investment portfolio in 2020. Loyal Valley Capital has invested a total of USD87.5 million in Pop Mart and led its most recent funding round in early 2020, alongside other investors such as Sequoia Capital, which saw the company raise over USD100 million.
The tally of 11 IPOs represents a significant achievement for Loyal Valley Capital, which was founded in 2015 by Andy Lin, previously CEO and Founder of China Universal Asset Management. Of the 63 companies in the
Cleo, a financial assistant designed for Gen-Z, has raised USD44 million in a Series B funding round led by EQT Ventures with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital, LocalGlobe and SBI. They join an existing roster of world class angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus, Matt Robinson, Errol Damelin, Niklas Zennstrom, Alex Chesterman and Ian Hogarth.
“We’re building Cleo to become the financial advisor that a billion people need. One that talks to you like a real person, able to build trust and relationships like a bank never could,” says Cleo CEO, Barney Hussey-Yeo. “The work we do at Cleo has
Smart addressing startup, OkHi is launching in Africa’s largest market, Nigeria, with its strategic partner, Interswitch Group. The Nairobi based company tackles a problem that costs Nigerian businesses an estimated USD2 billion a year – the lack of postal addressing infrastructure. The announcement stems from a new investment round that will accelerate the company’s growth following its success in Kenya.
The investment from one of Africa’s largest fintech & digital commerce companies, Interswitch, provides OkHi with a key strategic partner for its Nigerian expansion. The USD1.5 million Seed-plus round was also led by Founders Factory Africa and Asian VC, Betatron.
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has teamed with Kurt Reisenberg to form Datos Acquisitions, a new platform to invest in information services companies, with a focus on long-term equity value creation. Pamlico has committed up to USD150 million of equity to help Datos Acquisitions pursue investments in companies that provide data, insights and advisory services, including those that serve key corporate functions (eg, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, or Legal & Compliance).
Reisenberg says: “In an increasingly data-driven world, firms that provide analysis, benchmarks, and insights – along with the advice and decision support tools to make them actionable – will become even more
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