Latest News
Capstone Partners, an independent global placement agent, has appointed Tiffany Howard (née Bourgoin-Heskia) as a Principal. Howard will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
“We are delighted to welcome Tiffany to Capstone Partners. She brings five years of fundraising experience in Europe and North America to complement Capstone’s global distribution platform,” says Lucien Cipollone, Associate Partner at Capstone Partners. “Tiffany’s addition deepens our reach in European distribution, ensuring full coverage for our global client base.”
Prior to Capstone, Howard was Vice President at Quest Fund Placement, where she raised capital
Benevity, a specialist in corporate purpose cloud software, has secured an investment from global software investor Hg. Hg’s investment is expected to further accelerate and scale Benevity’s pioneering leadership in this category.
Hg will lead the investment, which will be made from the Hg Saturn 2 Fund, in partnership with Benevity’s current investors, General Atlantic and JMI Equity, who will remain significant investors in the business, alongside the Benevity management team.
This investment comes at a time when ESG (Environment, Social, Governance), corporate purpose and stakeholder capitalism are taking root in companies of all sizes across the globe and as
Glenhawk as agreed to a GBP25 million mezzanine funding line with Balbec Capital, the global private investment firm, which will support the senior funding line Glenhawk secured with JP Morgan in March as it targets growing its UK loan book to GBP200 million by the end of 2021.The agreement represents the first time that Balbec Capital, which has invested over USD6.5 billion in 20 countries and specialises in investments and joint-ventures in alternative credit opportunities, has partnered with a UK bridging lender. The funding line, which was arranged and closed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be used
Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) has held the first close of UBP Private Debt Fund III, at over EUR110 million. The strategy seeks to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in privately sourced debt obligations, expanding UBP’s existing diversified range of private debt solutions.
The Private Debt team originates its transactions from the family office universe, an informal network of multi- and single-family offices and businesses backed by family money. The UBP Private Debt Fund III has a lifespan of 4.5 years and will return capital after a two-year investment period. The target size is up to EUR 300 million,
Public pensions in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada tracked by eVestment continue to favour private equity investments over other private markets investment options, according to the latest eVestment Private Markets Monitor covering October 2020. For October, these pensions reported a total of USD3.62 billion in commitments to private equity funds, with an average commitment size of USD53 million. October 2020’s reported commitments were USD1.26 billion more than was reported in October 2019 (USD2.36 billion), but down significantly from the 110 commitments worth a total of USD12.72 billion these pensions reported in September 2020.
After a year of relative
The latest CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook highlights how the venture capital industry and its underlying technology and innovation across many verticals such as financial services, entertainment, social media and healthcare can stand to benefit from the consequences of the pandemic.
Coadjute – a blockchain network for the UK property market that promises to double the speed of UK property sales by connecting all the parties involved in property transactions – has secured additional funding from a US venture fund, Collab+Currency. The backing will be used to accelerate the launch of the Coadjute Network and strengthen the future product roadmap, and represents another major milestone for the rapid growth of enterprise blockchain, which is becoming an increasingly established technology. With sectors as diverse as banking, shipping and healthcare now embracing enterprise blockchain technology, Coadjute says the time has now come for the
finnCap Group, an adviser and broker to ambitious growth companies both public and private, has appointed Nigel Parson to support the increasing reach of its consumer research. Parson brings over 20 years’ experience in the consumer research industry and has a rare combination of business and City experience, having also worked for 14 years for Grand Metropolitan plc, before it merged with Guinness plc to form Diageo in 1997.
Parson began his analyst career at Charterhouse Tilney Securities where he was an analyst covering the brewing and alcoholic drinks sectors. He then moved to Westlb Panmure to lead the Consumer
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH (SHS), based in Tübingen, is selling its shares in puracon to Klingel medical metal, a portfolio company of IK Investment Partners. With 600 employees, Klingel Group is one of the leading companies in the field of precision machining of high-strength materials such as stainless steel and titanium for the production of medical technology products made of metal. The purchase of puracon allows Klingel to benefit from valuable synergies as contract developer, manufacturer and packer and offer its worldwide medical technology customers a complete range of services based on the “one-stop-shop” principle. This is already the third
Canadian private equity firm Novacap, in partnership with Investissement Québec, has acquired Logibec, a Montreal-based healthcare software company. The transaction brings Logibec back into Canadian ownership.Founded in 1982, Logibec is one of Canada’s largest healthcare technology companies and is entirely dedicated to contributing to the better delivery of patient care and to assisting healthcare managers in their day to day operations through technology.
“We are grateful for the enthusiastic support of Novacap and its partners in this transaction, which not only brings our company back to Canadian ownership, but also positions us for expansion outside of North America,” says Marc
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
