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Alternative investment firm Context Capital Partners has appointed Arun Gowda as a Managing Director and Head of Business Development.
In the new role, Gowda will focus on developing and managing new institutional and family office relationships, and drive Context Capital Partners’ business development process.
“Arun is a strong addition to the Context team, bringing an established track record of raising assets and developing long-term relationships with institutions for a wide range of alternative investment strategies,” says Ron Biscardi, CEO of Context Capital Partners. “We welcome him to our team and look forward to leveraging his skills and relationships to
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised SoftBank Group Corporation and its Vision Fund on the USD865 million investment into Katerra, a construction technology startup.
SoftBank Vision Fund LP, which made headlines when it became the world’s largest ever investment fund after raising USD93 billion in committed capital last year, has made several technology-focused investments since it launched.
Michael Marks, chairman and co-founder of Katerra, said the Vision Fund investment now put Katerra’s valuation at more than USD3 billion, while the company also had about USD1.3 billion in bookings for new construction projects. Katerra, a three-year-old Silicon Valley startup,
The second Basalt Fund (Basalt II) has reached its final close with total commitments of USD1.285 billion. Basalt II is an infrastructure equity investment fund focused primarily on investments in utilities, energy and transport infrastructure, in the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
Basalt II represents a continuation of the investment strategy deployed by the first Basalt Fund which has now been fully deployed.
The capital raising for Basalt II generated significant interest from a broad mix of global institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and fund of funds, culminating in demand in excess
DA Davidson & Co, a US full-service investment bank, and MCF Corporate Finance, a European independent M&A advisory firm, are teaming up in a bid to strengthen their capacity and relationships for origination and execution of transatlantic mergers and acquisitions.
The companies say the co-operation will be beneficial to all clients of DA Davidson and MCF, particularly Private Equity sell-side investors and their portfolio companies looking for strong transatlantic deals, expertise and coverage.
The collaboration between the two entities is exclusive and will operate under the common brand of DA Davidson MCF International. DA Davidson and MCF Corporate Finance
Global private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the sale of Pet Food Holdings, the parent company of Pro-Pet LLC, to Cargill, Inc.
Formed in 1996 and headquartered in Kansas City, KS, Pro-Pet specialises in the manufacturing of premium and super-premium, private label dry dog and cat food for distribution domestically and around the world. The Company maintains relationships with several leading retailers that are interested in a high quality, secure source for private label pet food, most often sold under brand names owned by the retailers.
“During the course of our involvement, Pro-Pet has invested significant capital
East Kilbride-based SHE Software has secured a GBP3 million growth capital investment from NVM Private Equity (NVM) as it prepares to enter international markets with its health and safety software and create over 50 new jobs by the end of 2018.
SHE Software will use the funding to open up 15 highly skilled jobs in a new office in the US and has ambitious plans to double the size of its development and support teams at its Scotland HQ, where it currently employs 60 staff.
Led by CEO Matthew Elson, SHE Software is the creator of Assure, a software
Private equity firm Apposite Capital’s domiciliary care and complex provider, MC Care Holdings (owners of MiHomecare and Complete Care), has acquired certain strategic assets from Ark Home Healthcare Limited.
The acquisition will accelerate the growth of MC Care Holdings, expanding its complex home care services to adjacent geographies and further adding to its existing domiciliary care services. Financial details are not disclosed.
MC Care Holdings was created in March 2017 following the acquisition of the healthcare divisions from Mitie Group by Apposite Capital.
Narinder Singh, CEO of MC Care Holdings, said: “We are delighted to have acquired some
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised SoftBank Group Corporation and its Vision Fund on the USD865 million investment into Katerra, the construction technology startup.
With market valuations continuing to rise, in the mid-market as well as large-cap space, it is essential that private equity groups have the required model in place to drive operational excellence in their investments.
This was a topic discussed in detail at last month’s International Private Equity Markets event (https://www.ipem-market.com) in Cannes.
Some PE managers choose to have operating partners, some do not, while others have highly developed networks of external consultants or advisors to help generate value creation. Ultimately, how a PE manager decides to transform a business it acquires depends on many different variables. Etienne Colas,
Copenhagen based Nordic media intelligence company, Infomedia, has acquired Norwegian Opoint Technology from M-brain.
The transfer includes Opoint’s leading global web-crawling technology for online media, the business of web-crawling services for +70 international media monitors and key personnel in Oslo and Chennai.
Over the last couple of years, Infomedia had begun a journey towards becoming a Nordic player. The company invested heavily in new technology, data science, insight products and services and new partnerships.
“We transformed Infomedia from a ‘traditional’ media monitor to becoming a full-scale media intelligence company with strong insights capabilities and leading solutions
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