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Governance is perhaps the least talked about component of ‘ESG’, but is based on concepts of fairness, transparency and accountability that form the basis of good corporate governance.
Pappas Capital’s portfolio company, VelosBio Inc (VelosBio), is to be acquired by a subsidiary of Merck for USD2.75 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The exit is amongst Pappas Capital’s most successful in its 25-plus-year history.
VelosBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing first-in-class cancer therapies targeting receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1). Pappas Capital first invested in VelosBio in 2018 as part of the Company’s USD58 million Series A financing. Encouraged by the strong potential of VelosBio’s novel therapies for difficult-to-treat cancers, Pappas Capital subsequently participated in the Company’s USD137 million Series B financing in
Nordic Capital is to acquire BearingPoint’s Regulatory Technology business, RegTech, a provider of software solutions for regulatory reporting. BearingPoint will continue to serve as a strategic consulting partner and will retain a minority stake in the Company.Founded over 25 years ago, RegTech is today firmly established as a leading European provider and market leader in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. RegTech’s flagship products are used by more than 6,000 reporting firms including banks, insurance companies, supervisory authorities and financial services providers. RegTech is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and has 17 offices across 10 countries with a total workforce of
This latest PEWire podcast features a conversation between Private Equity Wire editor Karin Wasteson and Mike Bego, founder and managing partner of US-based secondary private equity investment firm Kline Hill Partners.
The interview centres around the current rise in credit defaults in the US as well as globally, key takeaways from 2020, some red flags in the current climate, and the fact that a contested outcome in the US election is nothing new.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest stock exchange, has struck a deal with Globacap, a specialist in automating private capital markets, to launch a private placement platform for billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects across Africa.
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse) or “the Group”), a group of innovative technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, has acquired The Swan Group (Swan), a provider of retail management software. Swan becomes the 21st company to join ClearCourse, adding to the Group’s EPOS, CRM, and eCommerce capabilities.
Founded in 2003, Swan has built a reputation as one of the UK’s leading software providers for businesses operating in the retail and hospitality sectors. The Swan Group has several brands, including Swan Retail, which cater to retailers such as furniture stores, garden centres, department stores and sports stadiums. Some of the large UK
Galgus, a startup which specialises in research and development of wireless network technologies, has successfully completed a, investment round led by GED Capital (through its fund Conexo Ventures) and Mundi Ventures, with the additional participation of GoHub Ventures, Global Omnium’s corporate venturing arm, and Wayra, Telefónica’s open innovation hub.
IFM Investors’ new private equity Growth Fund has made its first transaction, taking a significant minority interest in Zuuse, a global provider of construction payment management Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions to the USD1 trillion global construction and building operations sector. Zuuse is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and operates under the Payapps brand in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and GCPay in North America.
Co-founded by Lincoln Easton and Geoff Tarrant, the company commercially launched Payapps in Australia in 2016. Zuuse now has more than 70 employees and over 21,000 clients around the world.
The company has grown
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is to acquire a majority stake in GWD Concept (Displate) from the founders, Credo Ventures and Miton Capital. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2020.
Displate is an online metal prints marketplace that connects more than 40,000 visual creators and more than 30 licensed brands to a customer base of enthusiasts in more than 50 countries. The Company is active in a number of verticals including gaming, movies, anime, music, travel and sport. The platform has over 1.4 million artist-generated designs which it prints on
Experienced investment funds and corporate lawyer Dilmun Leach has joined Walkers’ Jersey team as a Group Partner.Dilmun, who joins as a lateral partner hire from another Jersey firm, becomes the fourth partner in the growing investment funds and corporate team alongside Jonathan Heaney, Christopher Reed and Leanne Wallser.
Dilmun advises clients in London, the US and the Channel Islands on the establishment and restructuring of investment funds, and on complex corporate, private equity and capital markets transactions, as well as on complex financial services regulatory issues
He is recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000 and is
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