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Plimsoll Productions (Plimsoll) has partnered with mid-market private equity firm LDC in a deal valuing the company at around GBP80 million.
LDC has invested for a minority equity stake in Plimsoll which will continue to be led by CEO and Founder Grant Mansfield.
Headquartered in Bristol, the international centre of the natural history television industry, Plimsoll is one of the largest independent television production companies in the UK. Its BAFTA, EMMY and Academy Award-winning team specialises in wildlife, documentary, live and factual entertainment shows and it is a global leader in natural history programmes.
Since the business was founded in 2013, Plimsoll
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP2 million in high-growth FinTech provider Delio Limited (Delio).
The funding will support the business scale its international sales team across key global financial locations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.
The initial GBP2 million investment in Delio, a white-label software platform which helps global financial institutions manages its private asset offerings, will also support further product innovation, including “add-on’s” to its existing innovative SaaS solution. This funding adds to the overall investment round totalling GBP3.3 million, which includes further funding from existing investor the Development
Blackstone has appointed Limin Wang as a Managing Director on the Quantitative Research team in Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM).
Limin joins from Laurion Capital Management, where he spent four years as a Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, he spent over ten years with Credit Suisse as a director on their proprietary trading desk. He also has held roles at Lehman Brothers and at Columbia University, where he served as a research scientist in theoretical physics. He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, an MPhil/MA in Physics from Columbia University, and a BA in Physics
Pacific Private Fund Advisors (PPFA) recently surpassed the USD1 billion milestone for invested assets under management (AUM), bringing total invested and committed AUM to over USD2.7 billion.
PPFA, a subsidiary of Pacific Global Asset Management LLC, manages private equity investment portfolios for Pacific Life’s general account and third-party institutional clients.
Specialising in alternative investments, PPFA has launched 11 private equity funds over the past five years.
“Our team has worked hard to build the investment program at PPFA,” says James Burritt, managing director of PPFA. “I am proud of our investment performance and our growth, which makes me excited about
Flare Capital Partners, a healthcare technology venture capital firm, has appointed healthcare technology executive and entrepreneur Ian Chiang as a Principal.
Chiang has focused on the transformation of healthcare throughout his career. He joins Flare Capital after having served as a Senior Vice President and a founding member of CareAllies, Cigna’s family of multi-payer provider services, population health management, and home-based care businesses
“Given Ian’s extensive experience in the healthcare technology sector, we are thrilled to welcome him to the investment team. In addition to his work with Cigna’s CareAllies, Ian has been a healthcare entrepreneur and has spent five
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Lauren King as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds practice in New York.
King focuses on the organisation and operation of private investment funds. She represents a wide variety of funds with extensive cross-border components, including secondary, buyout, real estate, special-opportunity, hybrid, credit and venture capital funds. King also advises private asset managers on the full spectrum of corporate matters, including governance, upper-tier structuring, succession planning, marketing and limited-partner transfers. Additionally, she represents secondary investors in connection with general partner-led restructurings and other secondary transactions. King has significant private equity and joint
Corporate and funds lawyer Andrew Tually has rejoined Carey Olsen’s its Singapore office.
Tually began working in the firm’s Guernsey office in 2007 before relocating to Carey Olsen in Singapore in 2017. Following a year with one of the leading commercial law firms in Australia, Tually returns as counsel in Carey Olsen’s Singapore corporate and funds practice to provide specialist Cayman Islands and Guernsey legal advice to the firm’s growing Asia client base.
Tually has over 12 years’ experience in connection with the structuring, formation and provision of ongoing advice to open-ended and closed-ended collective investment schemes, including private
A business which is transforming healthcare through the use of digital technology has secured a GBP650,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
The funding will allow Advanced Digital Innovation (UK) Limited (ADI) to boost uptake of its flagship product, MyPathway. The system, which is already in use by a number of NHS trusts, seamlessly connects patients to their healthcare provider through a web browser or a mobile app.
MyPathway removes the need for appointment letters and calls and allows patients to negotiate care plans
An affiliate of private equity firm Harbor Beach Capital (Harbor Beach) has made an investment in Atlantic Southern Paving (ASP). The transaction was completed in partnership with ASP’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Curry, as well Aldine Capital Partners.
Based in Broward County, Florida, ASP has been a leading provider of pavement maintenance and construction services in Florida, and nationally, for over 25 years. The business, founded by Mickey Curry in 1992, has evolved into a key partner to commercial and municipal customers by providing outsourced pavement maintenance planning, as well as repair, maintenance and construction services to customers including retailers,
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Ali Ramadan as a partner in the firm’s Technology practice based in London.
Ramadan has broad technology experience spanning the corporate life cycle. In particular, he focuses on venture capital, cross-border M&A and private equity transactions for technology businesses. He is ranked as an “Up and Coming” and as a recommended individual for venture capital in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories. His clients include start-ups, high-growth companies and investors (both institutional and corporate) operating in the technology, fintech, proptech and digital media industries.
“London remains the largest destination for capital invested in Europe,” says
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