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Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and small cap private equity investment manager, has launched its fifth regional private equity fund, which will focus on companies in the thriving SME sector in the East of England.
Cornerstoned by the Cambridgeshire Pension Fund, the Fund will target long term value growth for investors and provide a permanent pool of capital to fund businesses in the region and beyond. The Fund breaks new ground as an evergreen pool of patient capital targeted at the small company private equity sector in the UK.
The Fund will typically invest up to GBP5 million into
DC Advisory (DC) has expanded its international presence, with the opening of DC Advisory Italy, led by newly appointed CEO, Alberto Vigo.
Vigo has been hired to spearhead the Milan-based office, bringing with him over 20 years’ experience in Italian M&A, most recently at Mediobanca leading deals such as the disposal of Yoox to Richemont, the disposal of Laminam to Alpha and the disposal of LF to Riverside.
The new DC Advisory, Italy, will further connect DC’s international sector teams and relationships with the Italian mid-market, whilst being a major springboard to build on DC’s recent successful transactions in the region,
Arctic Shores, a Manchester-based psychometric assessment provider, has secured a USD5.5 million Series A investment to accelerate its international expansion.
Beringea, the transatlantic venture capital investor, led the transaction with participation from existing shareholders including Candy Ventures.
Arctic Shores was founded in Manchester by Robert Newry and Safe Hammad, two serial entrepreneurs with substantial experience building technology businesses. The business provides a platform for psychometric assessments based on artificial intelligence and neuroscience – the science of which was developed and led by Lara Montefiori, Chief Scientist at Arctic Shores and an academic at University College London.
Since foundation,
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has appointed Richard Staveley as Managing Director in its Strategic Public Equity team, effective immediately.
With over two decades of fund management experience, Staveley joins Gresham House from Majedie Asset Management, where he spent six years running small companies’ investments within the Group’s flagship UK equity offering.
Prior to this, he was a Founding Partner of River and Mercantile Asset Management, responsible for the top quartile-performing UK Small Company and UK Income Funds and helped to grow assets under management to over GBP2 billion. He has also served as Head of UK Small Companies
Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, and T&D Insurance Group, a major Japanese insurance company, have agreed to enter into a business and capital alliance.
T&D Insurance Group is one of the largest life insurance groups in Japan in terms of market shares and operates three life insurance companies each deploying a unique business model with distinct target markets, sales channels and products. T&D Insurance Group also operates an asset management subsidiary, T&D Asset Management, focused on investment trust and investment advisory activities.
This agreement enables Tikehau Capital to enhance its presence in Japan, following the opening
Alternative investment marketplace iCapital Network has added of four senior leaders to is executive team: Michael Kushner, Chief Financial Officer; Jennifer Ashley, Chief People Officer; Diane Frankenfield, Chief Marketing Officer; and Stephen Jacobs, General Counsel.
iCapital, which offers advisors and their clients’ access to a curated menu of private equity and hedge funds. has experienced substantial growth in the last 12 months as it has significantly increased the number of advisors on its network, and expanded the scope of wealth management firms and general partners that leverage its technology to drive their growth. Alongside organic expansion, iCapital acquired the alternative investment
MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of anti-infectives to address antibiotic resistance, has completed its latest funding round. which was supported by new and existing investors, led by Archangel Investors and including Scottish Investment Bank (the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s national economic development agency), Barwell and TriCapital Investors.
The new funding will allow the company to complete all activities around its ongoing Phase IIa clinical trial with its lead antibiotic MGB-BP-3 and prepare for the next stages of its development and to progress other programmes through to H2 2020.
MGB-BP-3 is a potent bactericidal
Ropes & Gray has represented Dallas-based Ambridge Hospitality, an independent hotel management firm and a portfolio company of Advent International, in its entry into a definitive merger agreement with Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a leading independent multinational hotel operator.
The combined company will create a global leader in third-party hotel management services, and will together manage a portfolio of more than 1,400 branded and independent properties in 49 states and 20 countries. The combined company will serve some of the world’s most respected hotel brands and will be the premier employer in the hospitality industry, with more than 60,000 employees worldwide.
O’Melveny has represented Honeywell International Inc in its equity investment in Theatro Labs, an in-store, mobile workforce communication and management solutions company.
Texas-based Theatro brings IoT, AI and workforce-optimised apps together in a “hardware-enabled” SaaS offering to provide companies in gaming, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing mobile solutions for hourly employees.
Theatro complements Honeywell’s efforts to provide deskless workers IoT-generated data and insights, and through its relationship with Honeywell’s Safety and Productivity Solutions business, equips every hourly employee with more mobile, hands-free information.
Based in North Carolina, Honeywell Ventures invests in early stage, high-growth companies around the world with disruptive technologies.
HGGC, a middle market private equity firm, is making four promotions and expanding its team with twelve new hires across the operations and investment functions.
These additions – all of whom come to HGGC from blue-chip financial and business brands – will help ensure that HGGC has the talent and bandwidth to execute its successful investment strategy and foster portfolio company value creation as it continues its growth trajectory.
“As we continue to grow our portfolio and build value in our companies, we’re very excited that we have been able to continue to recruit and retain some of the
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