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Energy Spectrum Capital, a Dallas-based venture capital firm focused on energy infrastructure, has held the final closing of Energy Spectrum Partners VIII (“Fund VIII”) with total capital commitments of USD969 million.With strong support from both new and existing limited partners, Fund VIII will continue to invest primarily in midstream assets within the energy industry. Midstream assets include oil and natural gas gathering and transportation systems, processing and treating plants and storage facilities. A diverse mix of 82 limited partners committed to Fund VIII, including private and public pension funds, insurance companies, university endowments, foundations and family offices.
“The final close
Latitude 27 Capital, a private investment firm that supports small and middle market companies, has acquired the assets of JK Jewelry (JK Findings), a 45-year-old global designer, manufacturer and wholesaler of jewellery components, also known as findings. John Kaupp, the Founder and CEO of JK Findings, will retire as CEO and remain as an equity investor and Board member in the newly formed JK Acquisition, LLC.
Tim Tevens, Managing Director of Latitude 27 Capital, says: “We see clear strategic growth paths in both product and market expansion that will fuel the future growth and success of JK Findings. Given the size
Asterion Industrial Partners, an independent investment management firm focused on European infrastructure in the mid-market, has appointed Silke Scheiber as Head of its Portfolio Management Committee.The Portfolio Management Committee provides dedicated portfolio monitoring, strengthening Asterion’s active asset management and industrial focused strategy. With the growth in the size of the portfolio, which today already includes six investments, the long-term management of the portfolio and its performance is highly relevant, warranting the addition of further senior resource and oversight. In line with Asterion’s approach and focus on value creation, Scheiber will reinforce the firm’s top management with 24 years of investment
Ambienta a sustainability-focused private equity investor, has acquired Namirial, a provider of software that empowers businesses to digitalise their processes securely. Digitalisation is intrinsically linked to sustainability. By enabling businesses to digitalise, Namirial enables efficient remote working and transaction execution, reduces the use of paper and the need for traveling to in-person meetings, and helps businesses make a significant saving in the usage of paper, water, energy, and landfill, as well as reducing their CO2 footprint.
Headquartered in Senigallia, Italy, Namirial provides a wide range of digital transaction management (DTM) solutions – including customer identification, onboarding and authentication, e-signatures, long-term archiving,
SANNE, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has appointed Katy Hodgetts as Director in its Guernsey office. Hodgetts’ appointment comes at a time when SANNE is targeting further growth in the alternative assets market. She has extensive experience gained across investment fund roles and her capabilities and industry knowledge will enable SANNE to continue the development of its Guernsey business, spanning the private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and hedge fund sectors.
Hodgetts joins SANNE from BNP Paribas where she managed a large portfolio of clients from global to boutique investment managers specialising in private equity,
INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, the largest private equity investment fund for the Baltic region, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Eco Baltia, a plastic recycling and waste collection company.
By Clare Flynn Levy, CEO & Founder of Essentia Analytics – There is nothing familiar about the situation we’re in today. So it’s easy – almost automatic, in fact – for us to assume that our familiar modes of behaviour no longer apply. But as investors, we know that uncertain and turbulent times are precisely when it’s most important to observe – and adhere to – our established investment process.
ARQIS has advised Agile Robots on its Series A financing round. The eight-digit investment round was led by C-Ventures, a Hong Kong based venture capitalist for innovative companies founded by cultural entrepreneur Adrian Cheng and further included the existing financial investors such as GL Ventures (Hillhouse), Sequoia Capital China and Linear Venture Capital. ARQIS has been advising Agile Robots and its founders for the last two years and throughout the last four financing rounds. This included the establishment as a stock corporation as well as the set-up of subsidiaries for Agile Robots in Hong Kong and Beijing.
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It is unlikely that the full extent of mark-to-market valuations will be known until 30 June, when Q2’s financial reports are issued. And while this might cause investors to break out into a cold sweat, the advice being offered by investment consultants is, ‘Don’t make any knee-jerk decisions and keep investing’.
“What we learnt from the ’08 financial crisis is that it took time to for valuations to be written down by GPs – and we know that for Q1 2020 valuations, some GPs don’t re-value, they wait until the Q2 valuations so it will take at least a couple
Nick Burgess has joined Pillsbury’s Corporate & Securities practice in London as senior counsel. Burgess, who operates a significant cross-border M&A practice focused on Europe and emerging markets, was previously a partner with Jones Day.Leveraging his two decades of experience, Burgess represents a mix of private and public corporate and private equity sponsors on a wide range of matters—from acquisitions and follow-on investments to disposals, restructurings and equity investments—and spans the energy, metals and mining, financial services, technology, telecoms, pharmaceutical, infrastructure and retail industries. He also has significant experience in emerging markets, managing complicated multi-jurisdictional joint ventures and other transactions
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