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Kingfisher Capital Advisors, operating as Alcedo Group, is launching its flagship Alcedo Master Fund LP (AMFL) in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and domiciling both the Master Fund and its managing vehicles, Alcedo Technology (Abu Dhabi) Ltd and Alcedo Capital Advisors (Abu Dhabi) Ltd, in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The ADGM will become the centre of the company’s global tech investment model, with all of its specialist funds connected to the Alcedo Master Fund LP in the ADGM.
The Alcedo Master Fund LP (AMFL) will deploy capital both in the UAE and globally with a focus
Capstone Partners, a leading independent global placement agent, has completed a survey with global investors to understand how the current virtual underwriting trend impacts their ability to make fund commitments.
Permira, a global private equity firm, has appointed Dr Bruno Strigini as a Senior Adviser, focusing on healthcare.Strigini brings over 30 years of experience in healthcare with a successful track record in international executive leadership as President and CEO of Novartis Oncology from 2014 to 2018. He was previously President of Europe/Canada at Merck & Co, and also worked at Schering-Plough, UCB, and SmithKline Beecham, where his roles have included President of International operations, President of Japan and Asia-Pacific, Head of Global Marketing and Business Development, and Managing Director positions.
Strigini currently serves as Chairman of the board of
Hampleton’s latest Cybersecurity M&A report highlights the importance of cybersecurity vendors as all industries seek protection from cyber-attacks, now that millions more people are working and learning from home using VPN networks and potentially suboptimal computer equipment and inadequate cybersecurity. Henrik Jeberg, director, Hampleton Partners, says: “A spike in phishing attacks, Malspams and ransomware attacks has forced companies digitising their processes to double down on IT and cybersecurity improvements.
“As a result, the IT Security Services segment has seen a rise in M&A activity, as firms continue to outsource their IT and cybersecurity needs. We expect this trend to continue
By Jeffrey Kirk and Simon Gray – Ever innovative and commercially minded, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has recently introduced a new regulatory regime for private equity, venture capital and other closed-ended funds – adding to its already well established, cost effective and popular stable of incubator funds and approved funds.
Hexcite Group, a leading provider of design, communication, brand activation, signage, display and merchandising products and services for major brand owners and retailers, has appointed Simon Langley as a non-executive director.Langley is an experienced executive with a long successful career in the retail store fixture and leisure interiors sectors. With a manufacturing background spanning over 20 years, Langley has delivered successful projects in the UK, across Europe and throughout the world for many well-known and recognised brands, including Whitbread, Travelodge, Vodafone, Samsung, Tesco, Asda, Apple, Sony, Aston Martin and Waitrose.
Langley has worked for several major industry players, notably
Web hosting business, Miss Group, has acquired 100 per cent of UAB “Interneto vizija”, headquartered in Vilnius in Lithuania, including its subsidiary company UAB “Rakrėjus”.Founded in 2003, UAB “Interneto vizija” (IV) is a web hosting business with around 68,000 customers, and with 170,000 registered domains accounting for 60 per cent of all registered domains in Lithuania. Through its subsidiary company, UAB “Rakrėjus” (www.rackray.com), IV also runs a Tier III data centre based in Vilnius.
Alongside its core shared web hosting and data centre offerings, IV provides services including website development, e-mail, domain names, VPS servers and SSL certificates. The
Maven Capital Partners, one of the leading VCT managers, has realised its VCT investment in Edinburgh-based Symphonic Software (Symphonic) through a sale to PING Identity, a NYSE listed company which delivers Intelligent Identity solutions for enterprise. The exit from Symphonic, Maven’s fourth VCT realisation of 2020, has delivered an impressive 2.9x money multiple return and 90 per cent IRR for investors.
A leading player in the fast-growing Identity and Access Management (IAM) market, Symphonic has developed a software solution for organisations looking to share confidential, time-sensitive information securely, meeting the increasing demands of data security, GDPR, and Open Banking regulations.
Early cancer diagnostic specialist, Zilico Ltd, has secured further investment from existing investor, Deepbridge Capital and appointed Martin Frost CBE as its new Chairman.Frost joins Zilico as Non-Executive Chair of the Board after stepping down as CEO of CMR Surgical, a surgical robotics company he co-founded and led to successful commercial launch in the UK, mainland Europe and India. In order to launch and scale CMR Surgical, Cambridge’s most recent unicorn, Martin, as CEO, raised more than GBP200 million, a record for a European private medical device company.
Zilico Chief Executive, Sameer Kothari, says: “I am delighted and look forward
Global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed John P Malfettone as Senior Advisor with the firm’s Global Transaction Advisory Group. Malfettone will work with Global Transaction Advisory leaders to identify solutions to maximise emerging merger and acquisition (M&A) and private equity trends. His appointment boosts the firm’s bench of senior transaction advisors and reflects its commitment to expanding executive leadership talent in support of clients’ increasingly complex demands.
Malfettone brings over 40 years of senior leadership experience spanning public accounting, financial services and asset management covering several industries including manufacturing, distribution, technology, services and retail. Before joining A&M, Malfettone served in
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