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BP is to purchase Chargemaster, a UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company. Chargemaster operates a network of EV charging points, with over 6,500 across the country. It also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV charging units for a wide range of locations, including for home charging.
Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive, BP downstream, says: “Bringing together the UK’s leading fuel retailer and its largest charging company, BP Chargemaster will deliver a truly differentiated offer for the country’s growing number of electric vehicle owners.
“At BP we believe that fast and convenient charging is critical to support the successful adoption of
BP is to purchase Chargemaster, a UK-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company. Chargemaster operates a network of EV charging points, with over 6,500 across the country. It also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV charging units for a wide range of locations, including for home charging.
Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive, BP downstream, says: “Bringing together the UK’s leading fuel retailer and its largest charging company, BP Chargemaster will deliver a truly differentiated offer for the country’s growing number of electric vehicle owners.
“At BP we believe that fast and convenient charging is critical to support the successful adoption of
BitSight, a provider of Security Ratings, has closed USD60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to USD155 million. The financing was led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and Singtel Innov8.
BitSight pioneered the security ratings market in 2011, as the first company to develop a security ratings product. Today, organisations and nations worldwide use the BitSight Security Ratings SaaS platform to help manage third party risk, benchmark performance, underwrite cyber insurance policies and conduct M&A due diligence. With over 1,200 customers collaborating and verifying BitSight Security Ratings on a
ARQIS has advised BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft (BWK) on the acquisition of a majority stake in H & R Industrierohrbau.
H & R Industrierohrbau, based in Goldbach in Bavaria, is specialised in the maintenance and construction of piping in production facilities. In 2017, the company generated a turnover of almost EUR16 million with 80 employees at its three locations – two of which are “on-site locations” at industrial parks in the Rhine-Main area. Among H&R’s customer base are major companies of the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors (eg AkzoNobel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi, and Clariant) as well as other medium-sized industrial customers.
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F2i SGR, acting on behalf of its second fund, is to acquire Enel Group’s entire portfolio of vegetable biomass plants.
The deal includes the purchase of two plants for the production of electric energy from vegetable biomass, for combined power of 47 MW; the plants are located in the Italian regions of Calabria and Emilia-Romagna. The deal also includes, on completion of the period of construction (scheduled for the end of 2018), two more plants, for a combined electrical power of 48 MW. These plants are located in the Italian regions of Sardinia and Emilia-Romagna, and production activities are scheduled
Alternative investment firm Värde Partners has appointed Shannon Gallagher as Head of EMEA Business Development and Investor Relations.
Based in Värde’s London office, Shannon will lead the team responsible for developing and cultivating relationships with Värde’s investors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“We are pleased to welcome Shannon to Värde. Not only will she be a valuable resource to Värde’s investors, her experience and relationships in the region will provide meaningful insight as we continue to engage with and meet the needs of our investors,” says Jon Fox, Partner and Global Head of Business Development and Investor
LGT Capital Partners reports that European alternatives managers’ adoption of ESG principals has increased.
The sixth annual ESG Report assessed some 294 managers globally, grading them on how successfully they have integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment activities.
The report found that the majority, at 58 per cent, of private equity firms are rated as either ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ in terms of ESG integration, compared to just 27 per cent in 2014, indicating that this has been made a priority by private equity managers.
Europe continues to lead the way in ESG integration, particularly
Odysseus Investments, the venture capital and private equity arm of Reech Corporations Group and Seed Founders, a technology investment company established by InsureTech investor Minh QTran, are joining forces to create an new framework which will allow investors to achieve scale exposure to a range of traditional, alternative and tech venture capital assets.
The firm writes that Odysseus Alternative Ventures combines Reech Group’s strengths in real estate, alternative assets and technology with Seed Founders’ expertise in incubating innovative start-ups in insurTech, propTech and disruptive finance generally.
The new firm plans to bring an innovative approach to managing alternative
Global investment bank GCA Altium has strengthened its presence in Asia with the launch of two new offices in Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City.
Open from May 2018, the new offices will give UK clients access to Asia’s burgeoning M&A and investment markets. The firm has identified Taiwan and Vietnam as rapidly emerging trade hotspots due to their close proximity to China.
Vietnam has one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and saw its strongest year for M&A last year, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing at 6.81 per cent, its highest growth rate in a decade.
SimpleNexus has raised USD20 million in growth capital from Insight Venture Partners to accelerate continued growth and expansion.
SimpleNexus provides a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app that connects mortgage lenders with borrowers and real estate agents, allowing all parties to easily exchange data and documents through the lifecycle of a mortgage loan. The online application is custom branded to the lending institution and includes individual pages for each loan officer to share.
“Our unprecedented growth clearly demonstrates the leading role SimpleNexus occupies in the digital mortgage movement and an industry wide embrace of our mobile-first technology that
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