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Belfast-based health tech company, Neurovalens, has secured one of the largest ever Series A investments generated by a Northern Irish technology company.
The company specialises in using neuroscience to solve everyday health issues.
The GBP4.6 million raise was led by London-based Wharton Asset Management along with Cambridge based IQ Capital. The round was also supported by Techstart Ventures, through its Invest NI-backed fund, The UU Fund, Co-Fund NI managed by Clarendon Fund Management, Beltrae Partners and the Angel CoFund.
Led by Dr Jason McKeown, Neurovalens is renowned for the development of Modius, an innovative headset which non-invasively stimulates the area
Hampleton Partners, an international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised 2getthere Holding, a manufacturer of driverless electric shuttles, on its majority acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen.
This is the second autonomous vehicle technology transaction closed by Hampleton within the space of nine months.
“Hampleton led a great process from start to finish, introducing us to an outstanding partner in ZF that will unlock the next dynamic growth phase of our company. Hampleton’s level of experience and, above all, profound understanding of the automotive market, led us to the best possible transaction,” says Carel van
Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for private equity (PE) and real estate (RE) investments, has made a senior hire to its leadership team.
J-P Durandeau has been appointed as Head of Product to focus on product development and delivering the best service to Framework’s clients. J-P is the latest of several key senior hires in recent months, underscoring Framework’s ongoing commitment to meet the demand for improved investment data and service management in the PERE sector.
J-P brings 20+ years’ experience in implementing and developing sophisticated financial software services working within leading financial institutions. J-P has previously held senior
Themis, an Africa-focussed power company backed by Denham Capital, is partnering with Kingline Development Nigeria Limited (Kingline) to develop a 550MW natural gas-fired power plant in Ondo State, Nigeria.
The Kingline Power Project is currently in its development stage with a target to proceed to financial close by Q2 2020, becoming fully operational in 2022. It will be located on 111 hectares of land in the Ondo State Industrial Park, adjacent to the existing Omotosho Power Plant.
At a Project cost of approximately USD600 million, the Project will be one of the lowest cost gas-to-power facilities in the international
OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of OSF HealthCare, is joining other health care systems and strategic investors from within the healthcare industry as a limited partner in Boston-based LRVHealth.
As part of LRVHealth’s collaborative innovation platform, which represents a network that delivers care to 50 million Americans across 25 states, OSF will help identify, create and invest in early-stage companies spanning healthcare IT, tech-enabled health services, medical devices, and diagnostics.
As a strategic investor in LRVHealth’s fourth fund, OSF HealthCare will benefit from access to early-stage companies that have been identified and vetted through a vast network that reaches
Omnes has announced a 15 per cent investor net IRR on its EUR134 million Capenergie 2 fund, which is focused on renewable energy and launched in 2010.
The value-add infrastructure fund ranks among the top performers in the sector in Europe; generating an investor net multiple of 2x.
Omnes is a pioneer in the energy transition sector, with the launch of its first fund in 2006 and EUR1.3 billion in assets under management in this field.
The purpose of the Capenergie funds is to invest in independent power producers across Europe, providing them with private equity growth capital.
Navy Capital, a New York-based asset manager focused on the global cannabis sector, has hired Chetan Gulati as a Partner and Head of Research.
Gulati brings nearly 20 years of experience to Navy’s team, having begun his career practicing law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz where he focused on corporate restructurings and finance. He then joined Perry Capital in 2007, and was ultimately appointed to run Perry’s London operations from 2010-2016. Most recently, Gulati was a Partner at Smith Cove Capital. He holds a BA from the University of Rochester and a JD from Yale Law School.
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Debevoise & Plimpton has appointed finance lawyer Sunil W Savkar as as partner and member of the firm’s Finance Group and Private Equity Group. Savkar’s practice will focus on complex acquisition and leveraged financings. He will be resident in the firm’s New York office.
“We are thrilled to welcome Sunil to Debevoise,” says Michael W Blair, the firm’s Presiding Partner. “Sunil’s nearly 20 years of broad-gauged finance experience aligns perfectly with our leveraged finance practice. Sunil brings a valuable perspective on complex finance issues that will make him particularly attractive to our clients, and further enhance our finance team.”
Aquila Capital has acquired a portfolio of project rights for renewable energy projects in Spain with a total capacity of more than 700 MW.
It consists of over 400 MW of onshore wind projects and around 300 MW of solar projects, construction of which is expected to commence by the end of 2019 with grid connection expected by 2021. Based on the very favourable local conditions and the strong decrease of technology costs over recent years, renewable energies in Spain can be operated profitably independent of state subsidies. In order to secure project revenues, Aquila Capital intends to contract long-term
Oak Trust Group, Consortia and Kreston IOM, which between them have offices in Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta and Mauritius – have come together to form Oak, a new private client, corporate services and fund administration group.
The new business, which is headquartered in Guernsey, employs 160 people across the five jurisdictions.
Stuart Platt-Ransom has been appointed the chief executive officer of Oak. Previously chief executive officer of the Legis Group, he has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector.
Oak is backed by the Financial Services Opportunities Investment Fund, a Guernsey-based, International Stock Exchange
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