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Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) is opening an office in Melbourne, Australia as the firm continues to expand its USD10 billion global private markets investment management platform.
The announcement coincides with Northleaf reaching financial close on its third Australian infrastructure investment – a 40 per cent equity interest in Lal Lal Wind Farms, two wind generation projects located near Ballarat, Victoria.
“A formal presence in Australia extends Northleaf’s worldwide network, enhancing our capabilities to provide investors with access to highly differentiated mid-market infrastructure, private equity and private credit investments globally,” says Stuart Waugh, Managing Partner of Northleaf. “Establishing the Melbourne
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire KPMG Sweden’s (KPMG) division for accounting, payroll and related advisory services (Business Accounting Services).
Business Accounting Services is a leading provider of accounting, payroll and related advisory services with approximately 300 employees across Sweden. The transaction represents an attractive opportunity for both employees in accounting and payroll administration and for KPMG as a whole.
In February 2018, IK announced the acquisition of Aspia, which operated as a separate division within PwC, supporting over 27,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Aspia is one of the leading companies in accounting,
Gunderson Dettmer has appointed Malcolm B Nicholls III as a partner in the firm’s fund formation practice in Boston.
Nicholls brings over 20 years of experience representing venture capital, private equity fund managers and investment advisors globally on a wide range of issues, including formations, secondary transactions, internal governance, and divestments and distributions. A significant portion of Malcolm’s practice focuses on representing general partners in the formation and maintenance of venture capital and private equity investment funds and funds of funds.
“We are delighted to welcome Malcolm to the firm,” says Robert V Gunderson, Jr, Chairman of the firm.
A blockchain software startup that has been working with one of the UK’s biggest aerospace and defence manufacturers to develop a proof of concept to improve record keeping for its supply chain has raised GBP1.4 million in seed funding from investors led by LocalGlobe.
Marylebone-based Gospel has developed a way of securely distributing data across modern decentralised infrastructures. It offers companies like this major aerospace and defence company the potential to automate records for complex products that currently require significant manual management. With Gospel Technology the manufacturer can share only the information it needs to, securely, with other partners in its supply
Cressey & Company, a healthcare-focused private investment firm, has closed Cressey & Company Fund VI (Fund VI) at USD995 million and a related co-investment vehicle on USD105 million, bringing total new capital commitments to USD1.1 billion.
The new funds will continue Cressey & Company’s focus on investing in and building leading healthcare services and information technology businesses in the North American healthcare industry.
“We thank our investors for the trust they have placed in us and we are excited to capitalise on the attractive investment and value-creation opportunities we see in the services and information technology sectors of the
For real estate investment managers, the German market has long been an alluring proposition from a market valuation perspective, thanks in part to the shadow cast by London’s property market, which for years has become a trophy asset magnet, pushing core property prices into the stratosphere.
But there are some signs that London might be cooling, with some UK value-oriented fund managers, like AEW UK Investment Management, remaining underweight on London, at least for the next couple of years, as it doesn’t presently offer good value. Commercial rents are softening and while there is new stock coming on line, take-up
Hawksford has acquired People & Projects Ltd (P&P), an acquisition which will significantly strengthen its current presence in Hong Kong and Singapore, and provide it with an extensive footprint across major cities in China.
The transaction demonstrates Hawksford’s commitment to the Asian market and takes the corporate, private client and fund administration company’s global headcount to over 400, with 200 now based in Asia.
P&P is a dynamic, full service corporate services business with a strong track record in supporting international corporates to expand their operations, including manufacturing and sales, into and across Asia. P&P provides flexible accounting, tax
Luxembourg special fund FP Lux Investments is expanding its wind power portfolio with the purchase of the Ratiperä wind farm in southwestern Finland.
The portfolio of the Wind Infrastructure I sub-fund now totals 19 wind farms with 94 turbines and an installed capacity of 269 megawatts. Of this, a volume of 194 megawatts was acquired in Germany, 31 megawatts in France and 44 megawatts in Finland.
The deal was advised by the internationally active M&A advisors and asset manager re:cap global investors ag, which manages the entire evaluation and acquisition process of the special fund.
Thomas Seibel, CEO
Tessian, a UK-based machine intelligence start-up, has raised USD13 million (GBP9 million) in a Series A round led by Balderton Capital and existing investor, Accel.
Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe, Winton Ventures and Walking Ventures also participated in the round.
Against a backdrop where enterprises are creating a growing share of the world’s data – in 2015 businesses created 30 per cent of all data globally, but this is expected to soar to almost 60 per cent by 2025 – Tessian’s mission is to automatically protect individuals and enterprises from cybersecurity threats in order to keep the world’s most
Cyber security software company Panaseer has secured USD10 million in a Series A funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from existing investors including Notion Capital, Albion Capital, Winton Ventures and Paladin Capital Group, as well as new investor Cisco Investments.
The Panaseer platform uses proprietary algorithms to perform ‘entity resolution’ to create an accurate view of an organisation’s assets, such as devices, applications and people. The platform continuously measures the security of these assets by automatically analysing data from the myriad of security technologies deployed. This gives key stakeholders a live view of risk to those assets, described
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