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CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and a leading impact investor, has committed USD100 million to Helios Investors IV, the fourth private equity fund raised by Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Investment Partners.The pan-African generalist fund will invest in and build market-leading companies across the continent. With a well-established local presence in Lagos and Nairobi, offices in Europe and strong networks across the continent, Helios has grown significantly since its establishment in 2004 and has invested in businesses that operate in over 30 African countries.
Helios has one of the strongest track records in African private equity across
Alter Domus, a provider of integrated solutions to alternative investment managers, has appointed Paul Woods as Regional Executive North America to expand the Group’s presence in the North American
private capital markets. Based in Boston, Woods will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Doug Hart and assume enterprise-wide leadership responsibilities through his appointment to the Group Executive Board.
Woods brings more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Alter Domus, he was a Senior Vice President at State Street Global Services, where he was responsible for managing the delivery of custody and fund administration services
JEITO, a new independent French private equity firm dedicated to the biotech and biopharma sectors, has appointed Mehdi Ainouche as Principal.With nearly five years experience in the financing of innovation within health and biotechnology, Ainouche’s primary role will be to develop sourcing and to support the selection and final negotiations with companies entering the portfolio.
Subsequently, following the Jeito model, Mehdi will provide support for these future unicorns in order to accelerate their growth towards the commercialisation of major medical innovations, thus promoting patients’ access to cutting-edge treatment.
Ainouche joins the JEITO investment team, which currently comprises nine people.
O’Melveny has advised Platinum Equity on its acquisition of L&R Distributors, a wholesale distributor of consumer products servicing more than 17,000 retail locations throughout the United States.The transaction closed on 30 June, 2020.
L&R operates three distribution centres in Arkansas, California, and New Jersey and specialises in large SKU-count categories such as cosmetics, hair care products, stationery, office supplies, and toys.
Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with approximately USD23 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 40 operating companies that serve customers around the world.
The O’Melveny team advising Platinum Equity was led by corporate
Private equity and special situations institutional investor Sandton Capital Partners (Sandton) has expanded its London and Paris teams with two new recruits, as the firm continues its growth.Jordan Kay joins as an Investment Manager in the London team and will work alongside the Head of Sandton UK, Matt Meehan. Emmanuel Atlan also joins Sandton as an Investment Manager working in both the Paris and London teams alongside the Head of Sandton France, Sébastien Cailliau as well as Matt Meehan.
Kay has over five years M&A and restructuring experience. He previously worked for Lincoln International in the London and Stockholm offices
Income streaming provider, Wagestream, which enables employees to access their earned wages in real time, today announced it has completed a GBP20 million Series B funding round.This latest investment — which takes the total raised to GBP65 million — will be used to consolidate the company’s dominant market share in the UK and to fund its international expansion.
Early-stage venture capital specialist Northzone is leading the funding round with participation from QED Investors, Latitude Ventures and Balderton Capital.
Since 1996, Northzone has raised more than GBP1.4 billion and made over 150 investments in companies including Spotify, Zopa and Trustpilot. QED
ADM Capital Europe, a London-based private equity firm, through its Cibus Enterprise Fund (Cibus) has invested in a predictive analytics and livestock monitoring software company, Connecterra, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Partners in the round include Kersia and impact fund, Pymwymic.
The Cibus Fund team believes that, in Connecterra, they have found a value additive technology that can improve animal welfare and increase returns to farmers by providing some much-needed technological advances and insight into an otherwise archaic farming system.
Connecterra has developed a solution that it has named IDA (Intelligent Dairy Assistant), which can provide farmers with the early detection of
European software investor Hg is to acquire a stake in F24, a pan-European sector leader for emergency notification, crisis & incident management and critical communications, headquartered in Munich, Germany. Hg will invest in a holding currently owned by Armira and co-founder Ralf Meister, and will become the majority shareholder in the business. The Executive Board, Dr Jörg Rahmer (spokesperson), Christian Götz (co-founder and Executive Board member) and Jochen Schütte (Executive Board member) will remain significantly invested in the business, alongside Hg.
F24 partnered with Armira in 2017 and has since then more than doubled its sales by executing a successful growth
Nearly four fifths (79 per cent) of private equity fund managers expect investors to demand more transparency in reporting on portfolio company performance over the next 12 months, reflecting growing concerns over the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.Intertrust, a global leader in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, interviewed around 150 private equity fund managers across Europe, North America and Asia to identify the risks and opportunities facing the industry over the coming year.
As well as portfolio company performance, over half of GPs (59 per cent) expect LPs to call for improved disclosure on fee structures, risk exposures (55
A new survey by State Street Corporation reveals that the Covid-19 crisis has fuelled the appetite of insurers for alternative asset classes, particularly in private credit and private equity. In the short term, 33 per cent plan to increase their allocation to private credit and 28 per cent in private equity. Alternatively, 10 per cent expect to decrease their allocation to private credit and 13 per cent within private equity.
Angela Summonte, head of Asset Owner and Official Institutions, Sector Solutions EMEA, says: “With traditional fixed income strategies generating lower returns, we are observing insurance companies increase allocations into this asset
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