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Global technology investor, Amadeus Capital Partners, has promoted Amelia Armour and Pierre Socha to Partner in the firm’s Early Stage Fund team.
Armour says: “I’m delighted to be recognised, having been supported by the great team at Amadeus over the past ten years. The most fulfilling part of the role is working with our portfolio companies to build global enterprises. I’m looking forward to working with many more ground-breaking startups across the UK.”
Socha says: “Amadeus has been front and centre of deep technology investment for decades. I’m grateful to be given the opportunity to lead our early stage activities
LGT Capital Partners ESG Report 2020 reveals that 81 per cent of private equity managers already integrate ESG into their investment process, and a large part of the focus is shifting toward climate awareness.
According to Keimpe Keuning, executive director at LGT Capital Partners and one of the authors of LGT’s report, climate issues continue to grow as a priority on the agenda for firms in the financial industry.
In his view, there are two pressing issues in particular to deal with for the private equity industry: working toward standardising data in order to monitor adherence to the Paris Agreement, and
MyHelp, a Manchester based start-up building a digital solution for mental health service providers and patients has secured an investment from Catapult Ventures’ GM&C Life Sciences Fund.The company is founded by Kirren Kaur and Indi Singh, who have many years’ experience with the challenges faced in mental health care provision, and are well connected to health innovation in the North West: Kirren is a licensed cognitive behavioural therapist and Indi is an experienced commercial advisor driving the spread and adoption of innovative technology within the NHS.
MyHelp will use the investment to build and then trial a novel clinical interface
Olde Thompson, a California-based provider of private label and branded spices and seasonings, has acquired Gel Spice, a family-owned New Jersey-based importer and manufacturer of spices, seasoning, and bakery ingredients to both the retail and foodservice channels. The transaction further establishes Olde Thompson as a leader in the spice category with a differentiated bi-coastal manufacturing footprint, unlocking additional channels and expanding the company’s product offering into pouches, extracts and single serve seasonings for meal kits and other applications.
Olde Thompson is a portfolio company of Kainos Capital, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the food and consumer industry. The
NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services Limited is providing depositary services both in the UK and in Luxembourg for Ardian’s eighth-generation secondaries platform ASF VIII, which recently closed on USD19 billion as the world’s largest secondaries market vehicle.Headquartered in Paris, Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of USD96 billion managed or advised in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The firm’s Fund of Funds platform, which covers both primary and secondary fund of funds, now has USD53 billion in assets under management (AUM), with an exposure to more than 10,000 portfolio companies through 1,600 underlying funds.
As partners to
KPS Capital Partners (KPS), through a newly formed affiliate, is to acquire AM General from an affiliate of MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
AM General designs, engineers, manufactures, supplies and supports specialised vehicles for military and commercial customers worldwide, including the iconic High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle colloquially known as the HUMVEE®. The Company is a global leader in ground vehicle systems and its military business is widely recognised for excellence in design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics support of tactical vehicles. AM General has built and maintained over one million vehicles in
Aker Systems has secured a significant minority investment from LDC, a mid-market private equity firm, as it targets further expansion to support the digital transformation of organisations across the UK. Financial details of the investment have not been disclosed.Aker Systems was founded in 2016 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. The business designs, builds and operates ultra-secure public cloud data environments for large private and public sector clients. Its proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping its clients to improve the management
Sestante Capital (Sestante) has launched a new private equity fund, SC Food Innovation Fund.“We’re excited to bring a unique product to the market and to give investors exposure to a transformative category. This category is fueled by consumers that have a continuing and increasing focus on sustainability, health and freshness,” says Giovanni Pennetta, Managing Partner of Sestante. “During the recent global pandemic, with a large number of contagion hotspots identified in food processing centers, we’ve seen a tremendous increase in consumer adoption of alternative proteins, and we believe this is just the beginning as consumer rapidly recognized the benefits being
Evolution Equity Partners has led a Series C round in Quantexa, a decision intelligence software company that enables organisations to make better decisions, raising a further USD64.7 million in funding.
London-based growth investor SFC Capital has led a GBP 500,000 seed round for biotechnology startup Novai, a product of University College London.
Founded by Professor Francesca Cordeiro from UCL and Imperial College London and headquartered in London, Novai was created through Wellcome Trust funding.
The fresh capital will be used to develop Novai’s AI technology that helps standard medical imaging equipment identify eye disease at a cellular level up to 18 months earlier than current gold-standard processes.
Novai appointed Gordon Bethwaite as acting CEO and added three new senior board members in connection with the investment. Bethwaite has worked in
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