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O’Melveny has represented AutoGrid, a specialist in flexibility management software for the energy industry, in an equity investment from Shell Ventures. The deal closed on 18 January.
This funding is an extension of a Series D investment round announced in September from a consortium of energy companies that includes CLP Group, innogy, National Grid, Ørsted, Tenaska, Energy Impact Partners, Envision Ventures, and Total Energy Ventures. The investment will help drive AutoGrid’s deployment of its energy industry software, AutoGrid’s Energy Internet Platform and AutoGrid Flex.
Based in Redwood City, CA, AutoGrid offers flexibility management applications that allow utilities, electricity retailers,
BGF has expanded its investment team covering the West Midlands with the appointment of Tom Horton, who will be based in the Birmingham office.
Horton joins BGF from Lloyds Banking Group, where he held roles including Head of Midlands Business Services and Relationship Director for Lloyds’ Midlands Mid-Cap Team, specialising in debt finance and M&A. Prior to Lloyds, Tom spent nine years at Barclays Corporate Banking, in roles including Vice President of Debt Finance Origination.
Horton says: “I’m delighted to be joining BGF, which has firmly established itself in the Midlands market having continued to increase its pace of
Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team has advised Growth Intelligence on its successful GBP1.7 million investment round led by private capital investment group 24Haymarket and supported by existing venture capital investment fund MMC Ventures.
As part of the investment Stuart Dawson will join the Board as Chairman, along with Andy Robertson and Martin Brown.
Established in 2013, Growth Intelligence is a technology start-up that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) predictive marketing platform to assist B2B sales and marketing teams in analysing existing sales activity and recommending potential sales targets. Current clients include American Express, FedEx, Western Union, iZettle and Vitality Health.
One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Simplura Health Group (Simplura), a provider of high-quality residential care services for elderly and disabled populations, has completed the acquisition of Personal In-Home Services (Personal In-Home).
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1991, the company provides a wide range of personal assistance to the elderly in West Virginia. Headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, Personal In-Home’s operating subsidiaries, Panhandle Support Services and Select Home Support, provide help with managing activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, eating, grooming and mobility.
“This transaction leverages our strengths to
Due to high demand, the Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA), an investor-based organisation dedicated to professionals who investigate facts concerning investment programs, has extended the global testing period for its first Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) test to 31 March 2019.
The IMDDA also announced the opening of registration for the preparatory course for those planning to pursue the new CDDA exam.
Announced in November 2018, the CDDA is an internationally recognised designation developed to ISO 17024 and ANSI accreditation standards that rigorously tests for aptitude and expertise in due diligence. Each person who passes the exam becomes
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Helena Nathanson and Paul Regan as partners in the firm’s Finance & Restructuring Group in London.
Nathanson and Regan are experienced advisers to corporate trustee houses. Their expertise includes the full range of capital markets and finance transactions, including high yield bonds, exchange traded products, asset backed commercial paper programmes and securitisations. In addition to new financings, the pair also advise on all post-issuance matters ranging from exercises of discretion to defaults and schemes of arrangement. Nathanson has been active in the City for over 15 years and is well known to major corporate
Luxembourg has once again ranked among the top three EU financial centres in 2018, having granted 80 new licences for banks, management companies, alternative asset managers, insurers and investment firms.
This number includes several financial institutions to have publicly announced their decision to relocate some activities because of Brexit.
To date, the Brexit relocation plans of 47 financial institutions involving Luxembourg have been made public. Half of these are asset managers and the other half are a mix of banks, insurers and payment service providers. Meanwhile, a number of firms have chosen to expand their existing Luxembourg operations
Following the successful completion of its merger with alternative asset manager Altegris, Artivest has expanded its suite of services to include product structuring and fund distribution solutions for asset and wealth manager enterprise partners.
These new offerings embody Artivest’s long-term commitment to advising and partnering with its array of clients at every stage along the alternative fund lifecycle.
“Our mission is to optimise investor, advisor, and enterprise access to premier alternative funds. These new consulting offerings play a critical role in this undertaking,” says James Waldinger (pictured), Founder and CEO of Artivest. “We will continue to identify options for
Aberdeen-headquartered SPEX Group Holdings Limited (SPEX Group) has secured a multi-million pound follow-on investment from its management team and BGF, to accelerate growth.
BGF originally invested GBP5 million in February 2014 to support the company’s expansion in international markets.
SPEX Group’s subsidiaries provide specialist explosive products and services to the oil and gas industry, including for downhole cutting, punching and abandonment.
Various SPEX Group subsidiaries have rapidly developed as leading specialist developers of downhole and subsea explosive products, developing a range of technology solutions for the oil and gas industry utilising a variety of engineering capabilities, including
Redpoint China Ventures has completed the closing of two new funds totalling USD400 million in committed capital – the USD300 million China II Fund for early-stage investments and the USD100 million Opportunity Fund for growth investments.
Both funds will focus on consumer, enterprise and emerging frontier tech startups based in China.
With offices in Beijing and Shanghai, Redpoint China Ventures leverages its deep local expertise and access to Redpoint’s global network to help entrepreneurs in China build exceptional companies across borders. Redpoint entered the China market in 2005 to invest in China’s growing class of serial entrepreneurs and was
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