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Growth private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) has appointed Philippe Arbour as a Partner, and Aqib Kadar as Director of Tax and Structured Finance. In addition, Antony Barker has been promoted to Managing Director of Investor Relations.
Arbour joined Palamon in 2013 from Lloyds Banking Group where he spent ten years working across a variety of roles spanning trade finance, specialist credit and leveraged finance. In 2006 Philippe was a founding member of Lloyds’ large-cap sponsor coverage and LBO execution team. In 2010 he was seconded to London-listed 3i, as a director in its Banking team. Arbour holds the Chartered Financial
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP1.25 million growth capital investment into Fertility Focus Limited (FFL), a fertility monitoring technology company that has developed OvuSense, a registered medical device that enables women to predict ovulation.
The investment was led by Foresight on behalf of Foresight VCT plc and Foresight 4 VCT plc as part of a larger GBP2 million funding round, supported by new and existing investors including private High Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI’s).
Based in Warwick, FFL was established in 2005 to commercialise the intellectual property developed by a team from Bristol University that identified the ability to determine
Admo.tv, a TV and radio analytics platform, has raised a Series B funding round of EUR6 million led by Runa Capital, Entrepreneur Venture and Cap Décisif. The new round is in addition to a EUR1.5 million round completed in 2016 with Entrepreneur Venture and Kerala Ventures, bringing total investment in the company to EUR7.5 million to date.
Admo.tv will use the funds to accelerate its international expansion and continue to develop its market-leading platform. During 2019, the company intends to significantly grow headcount at its London office, and will open new offices in Spain and Germany.
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Horizon Capital, a US private-equity firm investing in high growth and export-driven companies in Ukraine and the near region, has closed its third fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III (EEGF III) at its USD200 million hard cap, surpassing the fund’s USD150 million target.
In what marks the largest private equity fund raised for Ukraine in a decade, Horizon’s EEGF III received strong backing from existing and new investors, attracted by the excellent value, fast growth and abundance of opportunities that Ukraine offers.
Led by Founding Partners Lenna Koszarny and Jeffrey C Neal and Senior Partner Denis Tafintsev, Horizon manages
Colony Capital is teaming with the existing management team to acquire the Abraaj Group’s private equity platform in Latin America.
The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter, subject to certain approvals. The Company will rebrand as Colony Latam Partners.
The company currently manages over USD500 million and has deployed over USD700 million across 22 investments since its establishment in Latin America in 2006. The Company’s core strategy is focused on growth equity investments in middle-market companies throughout the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc consisting of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. Together, these four countries have a
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
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