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Liverpool-based funding provider MSIF is looking to further support and expand its offering to SMEs across the North West impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. As an accredited lender of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), MSIF has, through its Merseyside Loan & Equity Fund (MLEF), made GBP1million of its own capital available to support businesses under the scheme with loans of up to GBP250,000. Having recently completed its first investments, further applications are now being welcomed with such support being in addition to MSIF’s flexible funding options for debt, equity and start-up finance.
In addition to this, MSIF and GC Business Finance can
Omnes has appointed an Analyst, an Associate, a Principal, an Asset Management Director and a Financial Controller, and also promoted an Associate and two Principals.
Aubrey Stewart-Quinquis has joined the Mid Cap team as Analyst under the management of Stéphane Roussilhe, Partner.
The Mid Cap team supports companies (with an enterprise value between EUR40 and EUR200 million) with tangible prospects for internal and/ or external growth to increase their market share in France and abroad. The team works with high quality managers, committed to companies’ capital. It incorporates a strong ESG component into its strategy in order to place
WIT Fitness, a London-based sportswear retailer, has secured an additional GBP1.5 million in follow-on funding from growth capital investor VGC Partners after growing revenues by 56 per cent in the last year.Activated by ecommerce, WIT Fitness sells high-quality branded training footwear and activewear apparel in the UK, US and Europe. It also operates a store in London St Paul’s, which houses a state-of-the-art gym. The company was founded in 2014 by former athlete Dan Williams and sports retail expert Sam Kitching.
In the last year, WIT Fitness has launched two exclusive sneaker collaborations with Adidas and Reebok; the Adipower II x WIT and WIT x Nano 9, respectively. It has also launched
Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners have agreed to acquire and grow Solvias, a contract research, development and manufacturing company based in Switzerland.
Zürich-based private equity firm Evoco has held a first close of its third fund, Evoco TSE III SCSp at EUR93 million, representing more than 50 per cent of the target size of its third institutional fund.
Domiciled in Luxembourg, Evoco TSE III SCSp has a target size of EUR150 million. Investments into the fund came in from several European investors, including existing LPs as well as new investors. The Evoco team also committed more than EUR6 million alongside the other parties.
Evoco acquires controlling stakes in European mid-sized companies and supports them to drive profitability through innovation, governance, and scaling
IQ-EQ has acquired Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US-based provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers. The acquisition of Blue River marks the Group’s latest strategic acquisition, the first in the US private equity and hedge fund services space.
The newly combined IQ-EQ US operation brings together a highly experienced team of 200 funds professionals servicing more than 500 clients across the US from its seven office locations: Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, New York City, Chicago and San Francisco.
The transaction significantly strengthens IQ-EQ’s existing presence in the US, the largest and fastest growing fund administration and regulatory
Global Upside has appointed Andrew Wilson, formerly Vice President of Strategic Accounts, as head of its Private Equity and M&A practice, which provides specialised solutions for private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and global companies with M&A needs.Global Upside addresses challenges across the investment lifecycle, especially with regards to establishing the optimal legal infrastructure, managing complex human resources transitions, and establishing the back-office support processes and infrastructure.
Wilson specialises in mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs with strong expertise in international employment law, human resources, payroll/benefits, finance, and operations support. At Global Upside he has worked extensively in the electronics, manufacturing,
Investor and software professional Jon Cholak has joined Adit Ventures, a family-office owned, venture capital investment firm, as Managing Director, Portfolio Manager. Cholak will work with Adit in launching a new early stage venture platform, to complement existing Adit offerings. Cholak will be based out of Austin, Texas. Please visit www.aditventures.com for further information.
“Adit Ventures is pleased to have a professional of Jon’s calibre, intelligence, and professionalism join our firm. He brings in-depth experience at Intel, management consulting experience plus a top-decile performance record to Adit’s team of 8 professionals,” says Eric Munson, Founder & CIO of Adit Ventures. “Jon’s
Spanish biotech VC firm Ysios Capital has held a first close of its third fund, Ysios BioFund III, at EUR155 million.
The fund has a final target size of EUR200 million. Ysios Capital is the largest venture capital firm in Spain specialised in biotechnology with EUR346 million under management through three funds; Ysios BioFund I, Ysios BioFund II Innvierte and Ysios BioFund III. The firm expects to close four new investments shortly.
“For this third fund, we have a pipeline of very promising projects at advanced stage, both in Spain and in the rest of Europe, and we aim to
Alinda Capital Partners, an independent fund manager focused on mid-market core-plus infrastructure investments in North America and Europe, has sold Alinda Infrastructure Fund III’s interest in Energy Assets Group Limited in the United Kingdom to a consortium comprising European institutional investors and an infrastructure fund. This is the first exit for Fund III.
As part of the sale, an Alinda-managed co-investment vehicle also exited the company, as did a minority shareholder which was a vehicle of Hermes Infrastructure, so that the buyers acquired 100 per cent of Energy Assets.
Headquartered in Livingston, Scotland, Energy Assets is the largest independent provider of
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