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Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has closed its fifth fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners V, with USD2.277 billion of committed capital.
Pantheon has agreed an exclusive introducer relationship in France with Kermony Capital. Paris-based Kermony Capital is led by Michael Sfez, a French national with multi-year experience of working across financial markets, including private markets. Sfez worked for Russell Investments for 19 years and served as managing director for Russell Investments France between 2011 and 2019 before founding Kermony Capital to facilitate access to marque providers of private and alternative assets.
From today, Kermony Capital will act in an exclusive capacity to introduce global private markets firm Pantheon, active in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Assets and Private Debt over four decades, to
Octopus Group has appointed Deniz Sevincer and Mark Williams as Co-Heads of Institutional Funds.Sevincer and Williams will be jointly responsible for managing Octopus’ institutional strategy to help assist institutions with their allocations to alternatives worldwide.
As investors increasingly turn their attention to the long-term benefits of real assets, Octopus has successfully created attractive solutions for institutions across several of its key investment sectors. This includes renewables, healthcare infrastructure, commercial and residential real estate debt, and venture capital.
Octopus’ institutional strategy currently manages GBP2 billion on behalf of institutional investors, representing a core and growing business within the Group.
Sevincer joined
Private investment house Ardian has raised EUR3 billion from investors for its fourth generation private debt platform to provide financing to mid-market companies across Europe. Established in 2005, the Ardian Private Debt team now has USD7 billion in assets under management with over 120 deals completed since inception.
The latest platform, which closed above its EUR2.5 billion target, builds on the success of Ardian’s third generation platform, which raised EUR2 billion in 2015, and will continue to provide flexible and tailor-made financing to companies across Europe. The platform’s offering has been broadened to include stretched senior debt to capture more
LumApps, a Software as a Service provider of cloud-based enterprise communication solutions, has completed a USD70 million Series C funding round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to around USD100 million. New investor Goldman Sachs Growth led the round with participation from Bpifrance, through its Growth Fund Large Venture, alongside Idinvest Partners, Iris Capital, and Famille C*.
LumApps is a social and collaborative intranet platform designed to connect, inform and engage employees. This innovative digital workplace equips organisations to break down silos and streamline internal communication. Built upon its Social Intranet, LumApps Employee Social Advocacy enables quick and easy social
Sixpoint Partners has closed Incline Equity Partners V, and Incline Equity Partners V-A, with USD1.165 billion of capital commitments.
Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano (FAI) has successfully completed its first exit with the sale of its stake in Sfoglia Torino.FAI’s 2017 investment in the company, alongside CEO Enzo Perrino and his family, enabled Sfoglia Torino to carry out an external growth strategy with the aim of consolidating the Italian frozen puff pastry sector and becoming an Italian market leader.
The successive acquisitions of Righi and Idea Quick reinforced Sfoglia Torino’s product range and distribution channels and tripled the group’s sales to nearly EUR30 million. The Group’s operational profile was also enhanced with a strengthened management team and investments to expand
US-based Private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has completed its controversial GBP4 billion takeover of UK defence and aerospace company Cobham plc. Founded by Sir Alan Cobham in 1934, Cobham has approximately 10,000 employees around the world, and operations in North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
The Cobham investment is made by Advent’s USD17.5 billion private equity fund raised in 2019. Advent is a global firm, with a track record of more than 350 investments across 41 countries. Since the firm opened its London office in 1989, it has invested almost GBP4.6 billion in 40 British businesses. Cobham is the firm’s third
Demica, a working capital fintechs, has successfully closed a USD30 million Series C financing round led by Simcah Management LLC.Over the past five years, Demica has built a rapidly growing Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to manage working capital for over 500 large corporate multinationals financed by 50 global financial institutions. During this time the company has grown funded programmes from USD3 billion to USD16 billion, established a commercial presence across Europe and North America and expanded its development centres in UK, India and Poland.
Uniquely in the market, Demica’s vision is to give treasurers access to the
Evallon Global Investment, a New York and Hong Kong-based asset manager and alternative investment solutions provider, is making its alternative investment offering available for qualified investors from January 2020 onwards. Initially reserved for institutional investors, Evallon’s alternative platform is focused on a number of strategies ranging from secondary market transactions to private equity and to the delivery of hedge fund access.
Seeking alternative forms of investment for the diversification of portfolios is a rapidly growing trend amongst institutional investors as prevailing market conditions force capital into taking on excessive equity risk, in order to accommodate rising equity valuations throughout the major
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