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Berenson Capital, a sector-focused private equity practice investing in Software & Tech-Enabled Services businesses, has appointed Brendyn Grimaldi as a Principal on the investment team.
HS Orka, an Icelandic renewable energy and utility company 50 per cent owned by Ancala Partners, has secured a USD210 million financing package with a group of leading European commercial lenders.HS Orka has also made three senior management appointments, with Tómas Már Sigurdsson joining as Chief Executive Officer, Björk Þórarinsdóttir as Chief Financial Officer and Sunna Björg Helgadóttir as Chief Technology Officer.
The new financing comprises a term loan, capex facility and a revolving credit facility. HS Orka will use the facilities to pursue attractive development projects and strengthen its position as Iceland’s leading privately owned power producer. The company
Palatine Private Equity has made six promotions across its UK business. The new Senior Investment Directors include James Gregson, Kieran Lawton and James Winterbottom. Gregson joined Palatine in 2017 to assist Partners Beth Houghton and Zoe Clements with the deployment of its GBP100 million Impact Fund, which invests in businesses with a positive social and/or environmental impact across the UK. He has played an integral role in numerous transactions, including e-days, an employee absence management tool, and Veincentre, a clinic specialising in treatment for varicose veins.
Lawton has worked at Palatine for four years having previously worked at BDO in
BlackRock Long Term Private Capital will become the new majority shareholder in Creed, the Paris-based multi-century old luxury fragrance company.
Creed executive Javier Ferrán will become chairman of the company’s board of directors and join as an investor. Ferrán, who has experience with niche luxury brands and in working with European family-owned businesses, assumes his responsibilities following the transaction.
He will work closely with founder Olivier Creed, who will continue as the master perfumer of the fragrance house. The partnership with Ferrán and the Creed family, including Creed’s son Erwin, is BlackRock LTPC’s first investment in Europe. Michel Dyens &
With private equity set to further blossom over the next decade and continue its AUM expansion, it will become incumbent upon industry leaders to explore new ways to deliver growth in their firms’ portfolios.
Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has completed ts fifth investment from the Kartesia Senior Opportunities I fund (KSO I), with the financing of PlanetHome Group.PlanetHome is a real estate and financial brokerage company in Germany and Austria. The company follows a unique B2B partnership strategy with leading financial institutions in the region and combines high quality real estate and financing brokerage services under one roof.
The company was founded over 30 years ago as part of HypoVereinsbank (now UniCredit Group) and was carved out in 2015 by a group of investors
Paris-based Apax Partners has added to its team with two new appointments. Joséphine Loréal will work in investor relations, while Raphaël Bazin has been appointed as director at Apax Partners Development, the investment team dedicated to Apax Partners’ investments in companies with a value of EUR10-100 million.
Loréal (above, left), who will be in charge of third party distribution clients, will report to Guillaume Cousseran. She began her career in 2003 at Natixis Asset Management in the external distribution team, in charge of partner relations. Three years later she joined the sales team at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, responsible for
SHE Software, a global health and safety software company headquartered in Scotland, has completed a GBP7 million Series B investment led by Frog Capital from its new growth equity fund with existing investors Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCTs) Funds at Mercia Fund Management Limited also participating.The investment further validates SHE Software’s strong market position and will accelerate the growth of international operations, building on the momentum achieved over the last two years in North America. The company plans to increase headcount, expanding its talent pool by 60, including 15 new jobs announced earlier this year following funding from Scottish Enterprise.
Balance Point Capital (Balance Point), a provider of capital to lower middle market companies, has promoted Nathan Elliott to Managing Director, Adam Sauerteig to Senior Vice President, Grant Groher to Vice President and Dan Freshman to Senior Associate.“We are very pleased to promote these outstanding professionals, each of whom has added meaningful value within our firm and our portfolio,” says Seth Alvord, Managing Partner of Balance Point. “We look forward to their continued contributions in the years to come.”
Partner Justin Kaplan adds: “These individuals have played key roles in advancing our investment strategy of providing flexible capital solutions to
QED Investors, a boutique venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage, disruptive financial services companies, has closed its significantly oversubscribed sixth fund (Fund VI), with capital commitments of USD350 million. Fund VI will allow QED to continue to invest in early and growth-stage fintech companies primarily in North America, South America, and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2007, QED Investors has invested in more than 120 companies and has more than USD1.6 billion under management. Notable investments include Nubank, SoFi, Credit Karma, Klarna, GreenSky, Avant, Flywire, Remitly, QuintoAndar, Creditas, ClearScore, and Konfio.
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