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UK mid-market private equity investor LDC has promoted Dale Alderson to Head of the North West and Dan Smith to Head of Yorkshire. The promotions come as LDC seeks to increase its investment and support for UK mid-market businesses, having delivered 25 new deals and bolt ons so far in 2020.
Since joining LDC in 2012, Alderson has supported the growth of some of the UK’s most ambitious businesses including fleet solutions business Global Autocare, pest control business Pelsis, environmental specialist Adler & Allan as well as global video games label Team17. In his new role, Alderson will be responsible
Law firm RPC has supported a significant insurance transaction advising long duration insurance investor Beat Capital Partners in its strategic partnership with Bain Capital Credit, a global credit specialist.The deal was announced on 1 September and will close once regulatory approvals have been obtained. It will create a dedicated underwriting vehicle, funded by Bain Capital Credit, which will provide capital through Syndicate 4242 to support Beat’s underwriting businesses operating in the Lloyd’s market. Bain Capital Credit will become a significant investor in Beat and will join the board of directors.
This transaction is an important milestone in the progression
Turquoise, a London-based merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its latest investment through Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) in Spark EV Technology. The investment, worth GBP160,000, is part of an ongoing GBP530,000 funding round for Spark EV Technology. This will support the company’s automotive market growth, assist business development efforts into China and expand its reach to European and North American customers. Harnessing live data and machine learning, Spark’s AI-based software produces highly accurate, personalised range predictions for electric vehicles.
With individual predictions typically ten times more accurate than existing OEM solutions, Spark aims to
I Squared Capital has completed the sale of Etenorte and Eteselva to Interconexión Eléctrica – ISA Peru for a USD158.5 million total cash consideration. Etenorte and Eteselva are regulated assets with over 740 kilometres of power transmission lines in Peru and were wholly owned subsidiaries of Inkia Energy, a portfolio company of I Squared Capital’s power generation and distribution facilities in nine countries across Latin America. In 2019, Etenorte and Eteselva generated approximately USD12 million in revenues.
“I Squared Capital continues to be at the forefront of global infrastructure investing through a combination of platform building and large opportunistic transactions,” says
INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund has completed the acquisition of a stake in MBL Group (MBL), a European manufacturer of medical mobility devices, headquartered in Denmark.
Prior to the completion of this transaction, MBL was 70 per cent owned by the Lauritsen family, who founded the company in 1988, with the remaining 30 per cent ownership held by Accession Mezzanine Capital III, a fund advised by Mezzanine Management. As a result of this deal, the Fund has indirectly acquired 48 per cent of MBL while the remaining 52 per cent will continue to be owned by the Lauritsen family.
The
Being at the forefront of ESG today means fully integrating it into the investment process rather than viewing ESG as a ‘parallel process’, according to Elin Ljung, director of sustainability and communication at Nordic Capital, one of the most prominent private equity firms in the Nordic region.
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) environmental services platform Alliance Holdings (Alliance) has acquired the US-based Emissions Monitoring business unit (EM) of Bureau Veritas (BV). The EM business, which will now be known as Alliance Emissions Monitoring, (AEM), provides compliance-driven leak detection and repair (LDAR) services and emissions data management to enable customers throughout North America to meet state and federal regulatory requirements.
The formation of AEM is an important growth investment for Alliance as the Company continues to expand its geographic presence and offer new complementary services to its best-in-class source emissions testing group. “The opportunity to partner with EM’s experienced leadership,
Hamburg-based alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital, has published its ESG report for 2019 “Investing in a brighter future”. As a sustainable real asset investor, Aquila Capital aims to make a significant contribution to the European energy transition through its investments. To achieve this goal, Aquila Capital aligns its actions along the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Aquila Capital has been offsetting its carbon emissions since 2006. Since 2008, the company has been investing in renewable energy projects, which achieved a total capacity of 5 gigawatts by the end of 2019. By the end of last year, the wind, hydropower and
Graycliff Partners has acquired Gerard Daniel Worldwide, a manufacturer and distributor of wire mesh and other wire products used in a variety of applications and end markets, marking its initial investment from its fourth private equity fund.Since its founding in 1952, Gerard Daniel has grown from a domestic reseller of wire mesh into a full-service manufacturer and distributor of more than 5,000 wire mesh and related products to over 3,000 customers worldwide. The company’s products are used for filtration, sound suppression, heat dispersion and electro-chemical applications, and sold into end markets such as automotive, aerospace, energy, pharmaceutical, electronics, food and
Crescent Capital Group’s European Specialty Lending strategy has provided unitranche financing to support the acquisition of Spy Alarms by Phoenix Equity Partners. Crescent has also provided an acquisition facility to support Spy Alarms’ ongoing buy-and-build strategy. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
Spy Alarms is a provider of electronic security and fire alarm services to both domestic and commercial customers. The company supplies, maintains and monitors security and fire alarm systems across London and South East of England, and currently has approximately 30,000 customers. Spy Alarms offers a full suite of security products that include intruder alarms, CCTV, fire safety
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