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Crystal Capital Partners has rolled out a new proprietary e-commerce portfolio construction platform that aims to make building institutional private equity and hedge fund portfolios as simple as adding items to an online shopping cart.
Advisors can select from a diverse list of vetted institutional private equity and hedge fund exposures across various strategies, add them to their cart and, within seconds, generate an institutional-quality portfolio proposal for client presentations.
“With 25 years at the forefront of alternative investing, it is our ongoing commitment to remove the complexities and barriers to entry associated with the asset class and to smoothly pave
Level, an independent boutique which specialises in family litigation finance, has appointed Neil Purslow as Non-Executive Director.
Launched in September 2017 and backed by investment firm Quilam Capital with additional backing from Shawbrook bank, Level has continued to enjoy success.
The funder now works with over 75 law firms and has provided in excess of £15,000,000 of legal fee facilities, helping their customers to reach fairer financial settlements. Level aims to create a level playing field in litigation by providing the financially weaker party with the means to appoint the most appropriate legal team, thus ensuring equality of arms.
Splio has closed an additional EUR10 million funding round led by Ring Capital, a fund specialised in financing French tech scale-ups, with the participation of Swen Capital Partners and Splio’s historic investors, BPI France and Amundi PEF.
The company, which has offices in Europe and in China, presently offers a SaaS New Loyalty marketing platform, used by over 500 brands in eight different industries, including the brands The Kooples, FNAC, Le Slip Français, Big Fernand, GiFi, Maty, and Longchamp.
Splio raised EUR10 million to accelerate its product development and international growth. Building upon this fundraising and the investors’
UK-based technology company Everledger has completed its USD20 million Series A funding led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, a Chinese internet-based services provider.
Graphene Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Rakuten, Fidelity and Vickers Venture Partners have also participated.
Leanne Kemp, founder and CEO of Everledger, says: “Today’s announcement amplifies our commitment to global markets, whilst fuelling our industry momentum as we continue to build Everledger. Having this strong investor cohort join us at this stage in our development is both validation of the innovation we’ve displayed to date, and a statement of future intent. They will support us in bringing more visibility
Enhanced Healthcare Partners (EHP), a New York-based private equity firm focused on investing in middle-market healthcare businesses, has closed Enhanced Healthcare Partners with USD300 million of committed capital with access to USD600 million in total equity to invest.
The Fund will invest in founder and entrepreneur-led lower middle-market healthcare businesses in North America, targeting platforms between USD50 and USD250 million in enterprise value in the physician services, pharma services, payor services and healthcare technology sectors. The EHP team will partner with management teams to grow healthcare platforms, leveraging their industry expertise, network and unique investment approach. The Fund represents the
Ducatus Partners, the global executive search and leadership consulting firm serving the energy, private equity and infrastructure industries, has added to its North American team with the appointment of a new Partner, Jason Miller.
Miller has more than 23 years’ of international oil and gas experience with 16 years’ working in the offshore energy sector. Until recently he was Vice President Americas with Ampelmann Operations following his time as President and Chief Executive Officer of X-Subsea Precision Dredging and Excavation. During his career, Miller has also held senior positions at Advanced Maritime Transports, Deep Ocean and Trico Marine Group.
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African focused private equity firm, has invested USD54 million in Channel VAS, a fintech provider of mobile financial and airtime credit services operating in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Channel VAS provides Mobile Financial Services, Big Data Analytics and Airtime Credit Services to mobile operators and financial institutions in more than 30 countries, enabling access to micro and nano loans including cash, handsets, airtime and data. Since the business began in 2012, it has helped clients serve hundreds of millions of customers in the region.
The company has a track record of delivery
CI Capital portfolio company Maroon Group has acquired Cambrian Solutions, a distributor of specialty ingredients and chemicals based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
This marks Maroon Group’s tenth add-on acquisition and significantly extends the company’s North American footprint, providing Maroon with leading distribution capabilities across key end markets in Canada.
Established in 1995, Cambrian Solutions offers a broad portfolio of specialty ingredients and chemicals to customers in the natural and organic; food; household, industrial, and institutional (HI&I); health ingredients; personal care; and industrial markets. This acquisition broadens Maroon Group’s North American network of customers, suppliers, and facilities and reinforces Maroon’s
Capricorn Capital Partners HK Limited, the Hong Kong arm of the family-owned global direct private investment business Capricorn Capital Group, has made its first acquisition in Asia, taking a majority stake in Asia-Pacific Accounting & Secretarial Services Limited (A-Pass) in Hong Kong.
A-Pass was founded in 2006 by Andrew Burgin, a UK national born in Hong Kong, and since then the firm has grown into a well-respected provider of corporate formation, secretarial, accounting, taxation reporting, trade and payroll services. Capricorn Capital acquired 67 per cent and the firm has already made a number of key strategic hires to bolster the
Orbital Education has received a minority investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support the group’s global growth ambitions.
Headquartered in Manchester, Orbital Education operates premium international schools for local and expat families looking to educate their children within an English-speaking, high-quality school environment. The group was started by serial entrepreneur Kevin McNeany, best known as the founder of Nord Anglia Education, which he led to an IPO in 1997 and is now the world’s largest private education business.
Orbital Education schools specialise in the delivery of English national curriculum for children
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