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DOB Equity, a Dutch family office, is investing in Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farm to allow the firm to scale up its production capacity and expand its reach across the Kenyan market.
By investing in Victory Farms, the Private Equity fund with offices in Kenya and the Netherlands will be seeking a slice of the estimated USD500 million Kenyan fish market.
Established in 2015 and based in Homa Bay, Kenya, Victory Farms supplies tilapia for the Nairobi market. Victory Farms aims to become the world’s first carbon neutral fish farm and has ambitious growth plans to provide
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has expanded its team with the appointment of George Gregory as Senior Director.
Gregory has over 30 years of experience in the chemicals and adjacent sectors, leading businesses with sales ranging from USD250 million to nearly USD2.5 billion. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of HMT LLC, a provider of engineered products and services for the above-ground storage tank industry. Prior to HMT LLC, Gregory was the President and CEO of Kraton Polymers LLC, a global supplier of specialised polymers, and KoSa,
The UK-focused Blue Impact Fund, with a pipeline of an estimated value of up to GBP90 million, launched at the Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference today (24 November).
The fund focuses on ocean recovery and resilience and aims to harness the power of seaweed, mussels and oysters in order to counteract the impact of climate change.
Dr Bruce Howard, director of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network – the conference organiser – believes this is the missing piece of the jigsaw in the UK’s commitment to reaching net zero by 2050.
“Nature based finance is a critical asset class which needs to be
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative asset management firm with USD42 billion of equity capital under management, has closed its third European Lower Middle Market Fund, HIG Europe Capital Partners III with aggregate capital commitments of EUR1.1 billion, exceeding its target.
The Fund will continue the successful strategy of its two predecessor funds, by making private equity investments in lower middle market companies, primarily in Western Europe.
Sami Mnaymneh and Tony Tamer, HIG Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, says: “We are delighted with the continued support from our limited partner base, which reflects their confidence in the capability of our European
Electric and solar vehicle charging expert, DRIVECO has raised a significant sum of several million euros from Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment.
Mirova has invested through its Mirova-Eurofideme 4 fund[1], one of Europe’s main investment funds dedicated to renewable energy and energy transition, making it a major shareholder of DRIVECO.
“Raising this capital gives us the means to ensure our long-term development by strengthening our financial footing,” says Ion Leahu-Aluas, Managing Director of DRIVECO. “This partnership with one of the leading players in the financing of energy transition underscores our viable approach to electric
Analysts of the European P2P lending platform Robo.cash forecasts that the market will fully recover by Q4 2021 and hit EUR6.2 bn under a neutral scenario.
IMAN Capital Partners (IMAN), a private investment firm founded by former Apollo Senior Partner Andrés Rubio, has led a Series A preferred equity investment in Blip Billboards (Blip), which operates an online marketplace for 1,500-plus digital billboards across 300 billboard operators catering to 150,000 mostly new-to-OOH advertisers to-date.
Blip also operates a national advertising business under the commercial brand Adkom, which delivers the largest U.S. network of previously fragmented independent OOH inventory to national advertising agencies. Leveraging Blip’s technology, Adkom provides efficiency and scale for national agencies to buy over 40,000 digital and static locations across the United States under
Bad Homburg-based FERI Group is cooperating with Target Global in the management and placement of a new venture capital growth fund. The two companies will work together in the selection of target investments and the placement of this new alternative investment fund for growth capital.
This cooperation between one of the leading investment houses in the German-speaking region and one of the most active European venture capital investment companies is the first of its kind.
The new Target Global Growth Fund offers investment opportunities in selected growth companies to semi-professional and professional investors. The fund will invest in start-ups with
Everwood Capital is to invest the majority of its fifth fund, Everwood Fund V, in up to 1,098 MWs of turnkey Prodiel solar projects at attractive returns and expected COD in 2023.
Most projects connect to the Madrid Region, which makes them attractive due to the proximity to a large electric consumption centre. The rest are in the high solar radiation areas of Seville and Badajoz. Additionally, Everwood has the right to purchase from Prodiel additional projects amounting to 500 MWs.
Jointly with Prodiel, Everwood though its Fund V, will also co-develop new projects in Europe with a focus on
Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has signed Compagnie Marocaine de Goutte à Goutte et de Pompage’s (CMGP) landmark combination with Comptoir Agricole de Souss (CAS) creating a major new player in the Moroccan and African agricultural industry with combined sales of MAD1.6 billion.
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