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New investment company Impel Healthcare Catalysts (Impel) has completed its first deal by acquiring a majority stake in pioneering ostomy company Trio Healthcare (Trio).
This is the first major deal for Knutsford-based Impel, which was launched earlier this month by entrepreneurs Richard Anderson and Spencer Kerry – previously part of the management team behind Crawford Healthcare – to be a catalyst for innovation and growth in the healthcare sector.
Founded by Lloyd Pearce in 2006, Trio has bases in Buckinghamshire and Skipton where it manufactures a range of novel ostomy products, which have consistently delivered year-on-year growth for the
VONQ, a European smart recruitment technology specialist, has sold a majority stake to capital D, a private equity fund investing in disruptive mid-market companies across Europe.
VONQ’s recruitment marketing technology aims to enable companies to bypass the expensive, slower recruitment agency model and market to potential recruits with pinpoint accuracy.
VONQ’s commercial objective is to apply its technology to enable corporate recruiters to attract the right talent themselves without administrative burden. By integrating with more than 2,000 job boards, VONQ’s recruitment marketing platform addresses the major challenges of the traditional recruitment agency model – cost and speed to hire
Investcorp Group (Investcorp) has signed a structured secondary transaction with HarbourVest to provide liquidity for Investcorp’s existing USD866 million MENA private equity investment portfolio with up to an additional USD70 million of new capital for follow-ons and up to a further USD60 million for new investments.
This transaction is subject to the receipt of requisite investor elections, and relevant regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Investcorp will maintain an interest in the Portfolio and Investcorp’s MENA Private Equity team will continue to manage the Portfolio.
Hazem Ben-Gacem, Investcorp’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, says: “This milestone deal is a
Pardigm Governance Partners Limited (Paradigm Governance), an independent provider of director services, distressed fund and value recovery services and outsourced accounting services, has hired fund professional Jessica Lopez to its fiduciary team.
Lopez joins Paradigm from KPMG Cayman Islands where she worked as an Assistant Accountant with the insurance and enterprise audit practice. Prior to her work at KPMG, Lopez worked for Greenlight Re, a NASDAQ listed company who provides risk management product to the insurance and reinsurance marketplace.
Geoff Ruddick, Partner at Paradigm Governance Partners, says: “We are pleased that our service model and approach to corporate governance
Engineering design consultancy, Hydrock, has acquired Yorkshire-based MRB Consulting Engineers, as the company expands its footprint across the UK.
Hydrock has been backed by BGF since 2018. Since BGF’s investment, Hydrock has seen significant growth, opening a new office in Birmingham and expanding its teams in Manchester, Cardiff and Southampton. BGF has provide follow-on funding to support the acquisition of MRB and to enhance Hydrock’s ongoing strategic development plans.
MRB was founded in 2007 and delivers building services design and environmental engineering consultancy services on a wide range of property schemes both in northern England and across the UK.
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has reached an agreement with Siemens AG to acquire an additional 10 per cent stake in Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (Gwynt y Môr) in the UK.
Gwynt y Môr is a 576 MW offshore wind farm positioned 13 kilometres off the coast of North Wales. Operational since 2015, Gwynt y Môr comprises of 160 3.6 MW wind turbines spread across 80 square kilometres. Each year, the wind farm provides enough clean electricity to power approximately 430,000 UK homes.
Leigh Harrison, Head of MIRA EMEA, says: “We are delighted to announce an
IQ-EQ, an investor services group, has appointed Tedrick Green as Client Director to support its growing offering in Cayman.
Cayman is widely recognised as a leading funds domicile, which now houses nearly half of the alternative fund industry’s estimated assets under management. As the regulatory environment in the Cayman Islands develops and compliance requirements evolve, access to on-the-ground expertise in this jurisdiction has become increasingly important.
Working alongside IQ-EQ Cayman’s Country Delivery Director, Selma Lee Arch, Tedrick’s appointment will not only meet the growing demand for regional expertise but strengthen the senior management team as the office continues to grow
Schwab Advisor Services has laucnhed the Schwab Alternative Investment Marketplace platform, which gives Schwab’s independent advisor clients access to third-party platform sponsors that offer menus of private funds.
The new platform delivers a number of benefits for independent advisors, including removal of custodial fees, streamlined capital call processing, and access to third-party alternative investment funds.
“We continually listen to what advisors tell us they need, and based on their feedback, we’re pleased to provide access for their clients to a growing list of alternative investment funds,” says Jalina Kerr, senior vice president, Client Experience, Schwab Advisor Services. “By working
Ally, a leading goal-setting and business performance management software provider, raised USD15 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management, a New York based investment firm known for investing in strategic, innovative companies such as Facebook, Flipkart, Slack, and Stripe.
Previous investors Accel, Vulcan Capital, and Founders Co-op also participated in this round.
Ally helps startups and large enterprises to accelerate business performance through alignment, agility, and transparency to match the fast-paced needs of their evolving markets. Its product is based on the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework, the operating model for running agile
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Vance Street Capital has recapitalised Eirtech Aviation Services (EAS), a provider of specialist aviation services for the largest airlines and aircraft leasing companies globally. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Shannon, Ireland with offices in Dublin and Singapore, EAS provides design-engineering, manufacturing and product solutions, as well as asset management and CAMO services, that ensure regulatory compliance with FAA, EASA and other local jurisdiction mandates. EAS’s turnkey services provide full support to airlines, aircraft leasing companies, private operators and OEMs for all their fleet transition and modification requirements. EAS was founded
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