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Waterland Private Equity Investments has moved to a new permanent UK office and unveiled a new UK team that is looking to partner with entrepreneurial companies in the UK and Ireland.
The European-wide private equity fund manager recently closed its seventh fund (WPEF VII), at EUR2 billion, after less than two months of fundraising, and attracted investment from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia.
Waterland UK focuses on sourcing buy-and-build opportunities across the UK and Ireland, typically concerning companies with EBITDA of between GBP3 million and GBP10 million. Waterland is an active shareholder across its portfolio, playing
Tesi, in co-operation with Finnish institutional investors Ilmarinen, Keva, VER, Elo, LähiTapiola and Fennia, has established a new fund-of-funds KRR III.
Similar to its predecessors, KRR III invests in Finnish venture capital and small buyout funds. Its total capital is EUR150 million.
”KRR is a great example of collaboration between Tesi and Finnish pension and insurance companies to ensure that Finnish companies are able to raise capital to grow on international markets. KRR plays a significant role in accelerating the growth of these companies,” says Mika Lintilä, Minister of Economic Affairs.
In 2009-2017, KRR I and KRR II invested
NewAlpha has teamed with Societe Generale, Crédit Municipal de Paris and Exton Consulting to launch of Swave, the first physical incubator, entirely dedicated to fintech firms and managed by Paris&Co with the support of the French government.
This new platform, fostering “innovation”, will offer 2,500 sq m of office space in the Grande Arche, in the heart of La Défense. The objective is not only to create an innovation-friendly business environment but to attract European FinTech firms to La Défense which is Paris’ main financial district.
Swave will work closely with the research and higher education bodies (Institut Louis
Keensight Capital is to reinvest in Menix, a French leader in hip prosthesis and a major player in dental implants solutions; alongside the Company’s management team, led by Patrick Rondot, Jean-Luc Aurelle and Christophe Marrone, Five Arrows Principal Investments and Turenne Capital.
Based in Lyon, Menix is a specialist in dual mobility hip prosthesis, in France and internationally. The concept of dual mobility cup, which was invented and developed by the company, reduces significantly the dislocation risk linked to hip replacement surgery. Menix has also developed a reputation as a leader in dental implants and Cranio-Maxillo-Facial surgery in France.
Kewsong Lee and Glenn A Youngkin are to become Co-Chief Executive Officers of The Carlyle Group, while Peter J Clare will become Co-Chief Investment Officer alongside current CIO William E Conway, Jr.
Carlyle’s current Chairman Daniel A D’Aniello will become Chairman Emeritus and continue to serve on the Carlyle Board and Executive Group, while current Co-CEOs David M. Rubenstein and William E. Conway, Jr. will become Co-Executive Chairmen of the Board and continue to serve on the Carlyle Executive Group.
Youngkin, Lee and Clare are all joining the Carlyle Board of Directors
Conway, D’Aniello and Rubenstein, say: “These promotions ensure
By George Ralph, RFA – Risk is part of everyday life for firms in the private equity sector and goes way beyond volatile markets and unpredictable cash flows. Firms must deal with the risks associated with the use of technology, in both the private equity firm and its portfolio companies.
If the infrastructure or systems fail to meet expectations, if they cost more to operate, are unreliable and do not work well, they bring uncertainties and pose significant technology risk. There is also risk associated with the use of third party suppliers, as many firms routinely engage third parties to
Global Infrastructure Partners’ (GIP) Global Infrastructure Partners III fund – in conjunction with the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and a group of its other Limited Partner Co-Investors – is to acquire 100 per cent of the equity interests in the wind and solar renewable energy portfolio of Equis Funds Group (Equis Energy) for USD3.7 billion.
Equis Energy is one of the largest renewable energy independent power producers in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC). The company is headquartered in Singapore and operates in several of the largest and fastest-growing renewable markets in APAC, including Japan, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines,
Skybox Security, a specialist in cybersecurity management, has secured a USD150 million growth equity investment led by CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund (CVC Growth) (USD100 million), with participation from Pantheon (USD50 million).
Based in Silicon Valley, Skybox has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 per cent and positive cash flow (2014 – 2016). This round of funding will enable an accelerated investment in sales and marketing, customer care and R&D. It will also be used for potential M&A activity, to capitalise on the approximately USD10 billion market opportunity in cybersecurity management.
Skybox builds best–in–class cybersecurity management software
Charlesbank Capital Partners has held the closing of Charlesbank Equity Fund IX at its hard cap of USD2.75 billion in limited partner commitments, concluding a fundraising process that launched in June.
Investors in the fund include leading public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth vehicles and financial institutions.
Founded in 1998, Charlesbank is a middle-market private equity firm with offices in Boston and New York. The firm expects to deploy between USD50 million and USD250 million in each Fund IX portfolio investment, and will also make opportunistic credit investments. Additionally, an overage allocation program established
Middle market private equity fund Calera Capital has held the final close of its fifth fund, Calera Capital Partners V. The Fund closed well above its original USD500 million target, with USD555 million of total capital commitments.
“Calera Capital appreciates the continued strong support of its existing institutional partners and welcomes a select group of new high-quality investors,” says Jim Farrell, Managing Partner at Calera. “The strength of this close is a validation of our 26-year strategy of investing alongside and partnering with strong, existing management teams and founders in the business services, industrial sectors and other related industries.”
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