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Sanne, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has made three appointments in its Jersey office across its Real Assets, Private Equity and Business Development divisions.
The appointments come at a time when Sanne assertively targets further growth in the alternative asset and corporate business services market having recently announced growth in underlying operating profit in the company’s half year results.
Archie Irtizaali, joins Sanne as Director, Business Development, Jersey. In his new role, he will be responsible for the coordination of strategic intermediary relationship initiatives working in collaboration with Sanne’s global business development teams. Irtizaali has
International law firm Proskauer has advised One Peak on its USD30 million investment into Danish backup-as-a-service software provider Keepit.
LDC, a UK mid-market private equity investor, has strengthened its team in the Midlands with the appointment of Mark Howden as Investment Director.
Howden brings over 20 years’ experience to the firm and a diverse background spanning strategic roles within industry and corporate finance, where he specialised in both M&A and restructuring. His appointment further strengthens the LDC team in the Midlands.
He joins from Bentley Motors, where he was Chief Strategy Officer responsible for development of their ‘Beyond100’ corporate strategy, their restructuring programme and the business’ response to the COVID-19 crisis.
As well at holding roles at
Just six years after its founding, L Squared Capital Partners (L Squared) has exceeded USD1 billion in assets under management, with the closing of L Squared Capital Partners III at just over USD500 million.
The Firm’s family office friendly structure has hit a chord with large US-based family offices which have supported the Firm and led to an oversubscribed offering for L Squared Capital Partners III. The effort, completed in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, was largely driven by the Firm’s existing investors; however, L Squared was pleased to add several new high-quality limited partners to its investor base.
Austin-based private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), has promoted Jeff Kovick to Managing Director and Michael Smith has to Principal.
Tiffany Kosch, Managing Partner at CenterGate Capital, says: “Jeff and Michael have made exceptional contributions to the firm and these promotions are well deserved. We look forward to their continued value creation for our limited partners, management partners, and firm employees.”
Both these senior leadership team members will continue to focus on evaluating investment opportunities, performing transaction due diligence, and working with portfolio company management teams to implement operational and growth strategies.
RIA in a Box, a provider of compliance and registration solutions for wealth managers and investment organisations, has launched a new platform to address the unique regulatory requirements faced by private fund advisers including venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund managers.
The new private fund platform provides tools to manage and automate their compliance processes and streamline regulatory filings, saving private fund advisers time and money, and providing them reassurance they are meeting all compliance requirements. The new platform is designed for SEC-registered private fund advisers and exempt reporting advisers (ERAs).
The new platform builds upon the expertise
When the Covid-19 crisis hit, Kola Aina, partner at Lagos-based early stage fund Ventures Platform, started comparing notes with partners the company works with around the globe. The end result was the launch of the Nigeria Impact Startup Relief Facility, or NISFR, to bring together early stage investors in African startups that have been hit by the pandemic.
Private equity investing has always been rooted in forging trusted relationships between managers and investors. Relationship building has been central to its success, but the impact of Covid-19 and the move to remote working has arguably put a strain on the GP/LP dynamic this year.
As such, maintaining strong ties has become more important than ever; not only to find value in financial terms, but also in terms of communication, transparency, and a willingness among GPs to evolve with the times, in respect to fee structuring.
Over the past couple of years, the pendulum has swung between an LP-favourable and
RedBird Capital Partners (RedBird) is to sell N3 to Accenture. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, N3 is a tech-enabled sales and demand generation firm with specialised talent across areas such as cloud, software and 5G ecosystems. The company utilises its artificial intelligence-powered platform to generate efficient sales conversion and high-value revenue solutions for its clients.
With over 2,200 employees and locations across five continents, the Company leverages its global reach as a key partner to leading technology firms, including Microsoft, Cisco, and SAP.
“N3 has experienced tremendous growth during its partnership
Point Predictive Inc, a San Diego-based company that provides machine learning solutions to the lending industry, has completed a Series B growth financing led by Napier Park Financial Partners with participation from the company’s existing investor, Mosaik Partners.
The company has also hired Michael Housman as its new Chief Technology Officer and promoted Eric Werab to Chief Revenue Officer to facilitate the rapid growth Point Predictive is experiencing.
Point Predictive has gained wide adoption of its Ai+Ni scoring solutions across the automotive and fintech markets over the last 18 months. The company’s Auto Fraud Manager, IncomePASS™, and Synthetic ID
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