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Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s leading SME finance providers, has added to its team with the appointment of James Rosthorn and Dean Cox as Investment Managers.
Chartered Accountant, Rosthorn, joins Maven as an Investment Manager based in the Manchester and Lancashire offices and will be responsible for new investments across the North of England. Prior to joining Maven, he was a Corporate Finance Advisor at Top 10 Accounting firm, Mazars, where he advised owner managed businesses on sales, acquisitions, fundraising and MBOs.
Qualified Solicitor and Corporate Finance Masters, Cox, is Maven’s second appointment to the investment
UK mid-market private equity investor Livingbridge has closed the Livingbridge Enterprise 3 fund with total capital commitments of GBP334 million, an increase of 50 per cent on its predecessor fund, Livingbridge Enterprise 2, a 2015 vintage fund.
Enterprise 3, which will leverage Livingbridge’s experience, international network and growth acceleration capabilities, will invest in fast growth SMEs primarily in the UK, with an enterprise value of up to GBP50 million across the firm’s sectors: TMT; services; consumer markets; and healthcare and education.
The fund has attracted a globally diversified range of high-quality investors including corporate and public pension funds, endowments, fund
iM Global Partner, an investment and development platform focused on acquiring strategic investments in traditional and alternative investment firms in the US, Europe and Asia, has created a new Client Servicing Department dedicated to international distribution.
Clément Labouret (pictured) has been appointed as Client Services Manager to lead the new department.
iM Global Partner has grown from from three people and USD1.5 billion of assets under management in December 2015 to 22 people and USD10.7 billion of assets under management today.
Based in Paris, Labouret will support the International Distribution team and coordinate with the Partners of iM Global
Ingenious’ Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has invested in Winnow, the technology company behind Winnow Vision, an artificial intelligence tool helping chefs cut food waste in half, as it completes its series B round of funding at USD12 million.
Other co-investors in this fund raising round include Ingka Investments, Mustard Seed, Circularity Capital, D-Ax in addition to Ingenious. This follows a recent loan from The European Investment Bank (EIB) and in total means the firm has raised USD20 million in the last month, allowing it to focus on global markets.
Launched in a single staff restaurant in 2013, Winnow has been
KKR has made new leadership appointments in its flagship private equity businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Henry Kravis and George Roberts, Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Founders of KKR, say: “While our firm has evolved over the years, private equity is where it all began. Today, this asset class remains as important as ever as it continues to support companies and communities and meet the critical needs of our fund investors. We believe these promotions will enable us to maintain our leadership in private equity for decades to come.”
KKR currently has USD75 billion in private equity assets
Idinvest Partners, aa investor in SMEs across Europe, has anheldnounced the final closing of its third digital fund at EUR350 million, having surpassed its initial fundraising target of EUR300 million.
The fund, managed by a team of nine investors, has attracted many new LPs from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America. It has also been highly successful among investors who, following their participation in the previous fund, extended their commitment.
The final close of the Idinvest Digital Fund III has surpassed that of its predecessor, the Idinvest Digital Fund II, which secured EUR154 million.
Benoist Grossmann,
European venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest early-stage healthcare fund Sofinnova Capital IX, oversubscribed at EUR333 million.
The firm now has more than EUR2 billion under management with more than EUR1 billion raised in the last four years across its platform of life sciences funds.
Pursuing the strategy it has consistently applied over the years for its flagship early-stage Capital funds, Sofinnova Capital IX will invest in the healthcare industry and more specifically in the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Sofinnova Partners will seek to invest as a founding and lead investor in start-ups and corporate
Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services to corporate, institutional and private investors has appointed Pamela Valasuo as Head of Sales for Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Valasuo brings over 20 years’ experience of professional and financial services experience to Ocorian and will lead the business development strategy for the region.
A native English and Finnish speaker, Valasuo has previously held various senior management roles with several established service providers in Luxembourg. She holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Buckingham and Stellenbosch University respectively and has also completed INSEAD’s International
Nu Quantum, a quantum photonics company, has completed a GBP650,000 pre-seed investment round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, with participation from IQ Capital, Ahren Capital, Cambridge Enterprise and Martlet Capital, the investment arm of Marshall of Cambridge Group.
The raise follows eight years of research at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Nu Quantum is building high-performance single-photon sources and detectors that work at room temperature. These devices are the building blocks that will enable a range of quantum technologies, the most near-term being Quantum Key Distribution (QKD): communication links which are completely secure as end users are
MSIF, a Liverpool-based SME fund which this week celebrates 25 years in business, is to merge the team of investment company SPARK Impact Limited with its regulated fund management subsidiary Alliance Fund Managers (AFM).
The agreement will see SPARK Impact Director Mark Borzomato appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AFM, and an experienced equity investment team of Marc d’Abbadie, Jerry Mobbs and Lynsey Barnes join the existing AFM business.
Borzomato, who has over 24 years’ corporate advisory and investment experience and who has worked for MSIF twice before, says: “I am delighted to be back and incredibly excited
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