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Consett-based renewable energy company set for expansion after securing investment from Durham County Council Fund.
The Finance Durham fund, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has completed a GBP650,000 investment in Consett-based biomass energy plant, SDS Inc Limited (SDS).
SDS generates heat, gas and electricity from wood chippings, producing solid wood fuel briquettes, a cheaper alternative to the traditional seasoned hardwood used for wood burning fires and stoves. The investment will allow SDS to purchase additional machinery to improve efficiency and sell wood briquettes on a commercial scale for use in log burners.
The investment into SDS is
One year after the final close of its first co-investment vehicle, Essling Capital has secured more than EUR115 million for its second co-investment fund, Essling Co-Invest 2 (ECI 2).
ECI 2 distinguishes itself from its competitors: fund life span is significantly reduced to 5 or 6 years, thanks to a shorter investment period (12 months). The fund targets to invest through 4 to 8 minority acquisitions, with broad diversification across sectors and geographies, and with EUR10 million to EUR30 million invested by deal.
Being raised since September, the fund has already deployed circa 40 per cent of its commitments
Activant Capital Group, a global growth stage venture capital firm investing in commerce infrastructure and IoT companies, has held the final closing of its second fund, Activant Ventures II, with USD129 million in committed capital, 70 per cent larger than its first fund.
Ventures II has already made four investments to date, and the Firm will continue to focus on partnering with world-class entrepreneurs and management teams. Activant Capital Group’s 15-year lock-up on their fund allows the firm to be true long-term partners with entrepreneurs and CEOs. The extended lock-up is a unique attribute, and Activant Capital Group is proud
The Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor forecasts that the number of worldwide announced M&A deals in H1 2018 is expected to increase by up to 10 per cent year-over-year (YOY), compared to H1 2017.
Over the next six months, the strongest growth in worldwide deal announcements is predicted to come from the Consumer & Retail, Industrials and Healthcare sectors.
“Despite recent volatility in financial markets, the dealmaking environment continues to be supported by a strong pickup in global economic growth, low inflation, low interest rates and a plentiful supply of corporate and private equity bidders,” says Philip Whitchelo, Intralinks’ Vice
Property Innovation Labs (Pi Labs), a property tech venture capital firm, has secured a strategic equity investment to accelerate its global growth, led by Värde Partners.
The new capital injection will be used to scale the business as part of Pi Labs’ aim to create a globally diversified portfolio. London-based Pi Labs, which separately closed its second fund of USD10 million in June 2017, will continue to bolster its investment capabilities with larger funds going forward. The VC firm also continues to explore expanding internationally over the next 18 months.
This investment gives Värde, along with the other participants in the
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services to alternative investment managers, has appointed Alexander Traub as the new Regional Executive Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Traub is also a member of the Alter Domus Group Executive Board.
Traub has had a broadly diversified 18 year career in financial services, almost all of which has been spent in Asia with the last 10 years in Singapore. He spent the last four years building the Asian business of a global private equity and real estate fund services group from a 4 person office in Singapore to approximately 300 people across
Artemid, the joint venture between Capzanine and Amiral Gestion, specialised in Small and Mid-Cap Financing, has successfully closed its second senior loan fund (Artemid Senior Loan II).
Supported by its fifteen initial institutional investors, alongside new investors, ASL II reached EUR413 million, well above its target.
As a reminder, Artemid also manages a dedicated EUR70 million mandate on behalf of an insurer. Since its inception in 2014, Artemid has raised EUR750 million.
“Relying on the success of the first fund (ASL I) and on its dynamic deployment over two years, we have suggested to our investors to pursue
Consonance Capital Management, a public equity investor in the healthcare industry, has appointed Kevin Pyun as Partner and Director of Research.
Pyun, who has been with Consonance Capital Management since 2008, is actively involved in every facet of the firm’s core investment process, focusing most heavily on the due diligence surrounding both new and existing portfolio positions across all healthcare subsectors. He is also responsible for managing the analytical efforts of the broader investment team.
The announcement comes after continued growth for Consonance Capital Management and represents a further commitment to providing best-in-class investment opportunities in publicly traded healthcare
eSentire, a managed detection and response (MDR) provider, has appointed Kerry Bailey as CEO, effective immediately. J Paul Haynes, former eSentire CEO, will assume the role of president and COO, and remain responsible for operations and the technical direction of the company.
“Kerry is a seasoned leader with extensive experience delivering high growth and creating value within the information security services industry. We are confident in his ability to take eSentire to the next level at this important time in the company’s growth trajectory,” says Cary J Davis, managing director, Warburg Pincus, eSentire’s lead investor.
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Norwest Venture Partners has closed its largest fund to date, Norwest Venture Partners XIV. The new USD1.5 billion fund targets disruptive and market-leading companies from seed to late-stage across consumer, enterprise and healthcare sectors.
The launch of Norwest Venture Partners XIV, which brings the firm’s total capital commitments to more than USD7.5 billion, closes on the heels of a record two years, as 30 of the firm’s portfolio companies achieved notable liquidity events.
Norwest Venture Partners XIV follows Norwest Venture Partners XIII, a USD1.2 billion fund, which closed in January 2016. Since then, Norwest has made 80 new and
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