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BTIG has hired Michael Papazis, an aerospace, defence and government services specialist, as a Director within its Investment Banking division. Papazis will be based in the firm’s New York office, and will report to JT Herman, Managing Director and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, at BTIG.
In his new role at BTIG, Papazis will originate transactions and advise clients focused on the aerospace, defence and government services sectors.
“We are pleased to welcome Michael to BTIG. He has an impressive track record of supporting the aspirations of aerospace, defence and government services clients. Michael’s excellent relationships with many of the largest
The Insights People, a Manchester-based company which specialises in kids, parents and family market intelligence, has secured a GBP500k investment from DSW Angels, a business angel network focused on UK regional scale-up companies.The investment will allow The Insights People to boost its international growth and follows its expansion into Brazil, Mexico and Canada in recent months. The company expects to create around eight new jobs in Manchester in the next six months.
The Insights People surveys 200,000 children and parents a year, providing clients with valuable insights into kids’ attitudes, behaviours, and consumption. Its award-winning market intelligence and portal
LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose investment firm whose companies now reach 200 million people, has appointed Bharat Narotam Doshi to its Global Leadership Council.Doshi’s expertise will guide LeapFrog’s leadership team as it makes further investments in companies across India and other emerging markets. LeapFrog aims for its companies to reach one billion people with essential services by 2030.
Bharat Doshi brings unique capabilities to the role after completing his four-year term on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India. Prior to this, Doshi played a pivotal forty-year role at Mahindra Group where he was
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has acquired American Medical Technologies (AMT), a provider of advanced wound care, ostomy, urology and tracheostomy supplies and services. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1994, Irvine, California-based AMT provides both critical care supplies and clinical support services to skilled nursing facilities and other post-acute care settings across the United States. The Company assists healthcare providers with managing the treatment of more than 250,000 wounds annually.
“AMT has an excellent reputation as a market-leader in advanced wound care and clinical care services that help accelerate
Ogier acted as BVI counsel on the NASDAQ IPO of Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Kismet Acquisition One Corp, which closed on 10 August 2020. Ogier operates a leading SPAC advisory practice in the BVI, and Kismet Acquisition One marked the firm’s second major BVI SPAC IPO for 2020.
Pantheon passed a significant milestone at the end of March 2020 when its assets under management (AUM) topped USD50 billion, more than doubling since the end of 2010.Despite the far-reaching human and economic consequences of the global pandemic, Pantheon has raised approximately USD3.7 billion of capital in the first months of 2020 and would like to take the opportunity to thank its existing and new clients for their partnership and loyalty.
In other developments, Rob Barr, Partner, has assumed the role of Head of Investor Relations for the EMEA, a new position that reflects the expanded range of European and
Copenhagen based digital healthcare platform company Practio ApS has completed its equity funding round, which, together with loan conversion and debt financing, raised EUR8.2 million.Practio has developed and deployed a digital healthcare platform, which enables pharmacies to become central points-of-care. Initial Practio services include vaccinations and Covid-19 antibody testing, but the company is planning to roll out broader platform services over time. Practio has deployed its platform across Denmark since 2015 and started its rollout in the UK in 2019. The latest funding will be used to speed up the deployment in the UK and to enter the German market
HIG Growth Partners (HIG), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has led a USD33 million round of Series D funding for Mode Analytics (Mode), a specialist in advanced analytics and business intelligence.Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Mode serves 52 per cent of Fortune 500 companies, empowering them to make faster, more informed business decisions driven by data science. The company’s cloud-based platform combines personalised analytics, dashboards, interactive visualisation, predictive analytics, advanced analytics and prescriptive analytics in a singular, collaborative workflow. Companies using Mode can quickly connect to data, automate queries, and get results
A Derby company which has developed a new payment system for the games industry has secured a further GBP200k investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, managed by Mercia and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).Transaction Technologies’ new platform will target the multi-billion-dollar market for in-game downloads. PlayerLands, as it is known, allows players to buy virtual goods within games and is one of the few systems that will accept payments in real money rather than cryptocurrencies.
The platform provides a secure payment system that makes it easy to buy and sell virtual
In this webinar Intralinks and industry experts evaluate how PE groups have been adjusting to performing ODD during the lockdown. We explore the technologies that have played a key role in helping PE firms identify and overcome issues and what specific areas of ODD work well ‘virtually’. Could this virtual approach be the new normal going forward?
Other key topics discussed include:
How are PE groups themselves responding to investor ODD requests during this period to ensure they are meeting expectations?
What key questions should COOs/CFOs be asking if they look to embrace virtual ODD?
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