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BaltCap Infrastructure Fund (BInF) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Axis Technologies to develop its first infrastructure project – a 48MW biomass plant in Vilnius.
The deal was signed in Vilnius during the Pan-Baltic Infrastructure Summit 2017.
The EPC agreement, worth EUR16 million, states that a 48MW biomass plant near Gariūnai should be built and become operational by the beginning of 2019. According to estimates, this power plant will generate nearly 10 per cent of Vilnius heat demand.
“Advanced pipeline of potential infrastructure investments accumulated over the last few years enabled us to sign the
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VII Fund has reached an agreement with private equity funds managed by Bridgepoint to sell Evac Group, a provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore and building industries.
Evac designs and markets environmentally friendly waste and wastewater collection and treatment systems for the marine, offshore and building industries. The Company has successfully carried out over 20,000 marine, 2,000 offshore and 2,000 building projects for customers around the world. It has employees in Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA, as well as representatives in more
SL Capital Partners (SL Capital), a private markets arm of global asset manager Aberdeen Standard Investments, has agreed to acquire Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV’s (NAM) 18 per cent interest in the Noordgastransport (NGT) Extension system, a pipeline transporting natural gas that is principally produced from the Dutch Continental Shelf.
The system has been operated by Engie since inception.
The NGT system incorporates a 178km 36” pipeline constructed in 1975, a 140km 36” extension constructed in 1999 and a processing plant located onshore at Uithuizen. The system connects approximately 75 platforms of different operators to the processing facility.
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LNC Therapeutics, a company specialising in the research and development of gut microbiota directed drugs for the treatment of obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases, has closed a EUR6.5 million C series funding round.
This new round, co-led by Seventure Partner, brings together a consortium of historic investors and a family office. Since its creation in 2010, LNC Therapeutics has raised a total of EUR16.5 million.
“This funding round of EUR6.5 million establishes LNC Therapeutics as a key player in the treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders through an action on the gut microbiota,” says Jean-Luc Treillou, LNC Therapeutics’ CEO.
Keensight Capital has acquired a stake in I-Tracing (“the company”), an independent specialist in cybersecurity solutions. As a new shareholder in the company, Keensight Capital joins the two founding managers, Théodore-Michel Vrangos and Laurent Charveriat.
Based in Puteaux, France, with more than 100 employees, I-Tracing is a company specializing in the security and traceability of digital information, with a service offering structured around four areas of expertise: audit & forensics: IT systems vulnerability testing and weak points analysis; integration: integration partnerships with specialised publishers; managed services: maintenance and operation of security systems; and SOC (Security Operations Center): incident prevention, detection
McKesson Ventures, the venture capital arm of McKesson Corporation, has appointed Carrie Hurwitz Williams as Principal, and Irem Mertol as Director.
Williams will play a key role in promoting McKesson Ventures as a strategic investment partner for innovative companies focused on retail transformation, consumerism and channel development. Mertol will be responsible for sourcing potential investments, developing investment theses and supporting portfolio management.
“We are pleased to welcome both Carrie and Irem to the McKesson Ventures team,” says Tom Rodgers, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at McKesson Ventures. “Carrie’s lengthy experience throughout the healthcare ecosystem provides us with a diverse
Bruce MacKenzie will be joining UBS as a Managing Director in EMEA LCM. MacKenzie is a high yield capital markets professional who was previously European Head of Leveraged Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, and prior to that spent 10 years at Deutsche Bank.
MacKenzie is very well regarded by a number of our private equity and corporate clients as well as key high yield investors.
At UBS, MacKenzie will sit alongside Abudy Taha and report directly to me. Abudy and Bruce will focus on both loans and high yield bonds, capitalising on their respective
Alternative investment accounting and advisory firm, Arthur Bell, has appointed Audit Director, Rob Kucenski, to its New York office.
Kucenski (pictured), has more than 15 years of experience providing professional services to alternative investment vehicles for a diverse client base which includes hedge funds, private equity, real estate, commodity pools, and funds of funds.
Kucenski is an industry veteran who has more than a decade of audit experience with a Big 4 accounting firm, and another accounting firm focused on the alternative investment industry. He works closely with investment advisers on evaluating their internal controls, along with their business
Sumeru Equity Partners (SEP) has led a USD45 million (USD) equity financing round in Kyriba, a provider of cloud treasury and financial management solutions, alongside existing investors Bpifrance, Iris Capital, Daher Capital and HSBC.
“SEP’s expertise in fast-growth SaaS solution providers, and their impressive track record for investing in successful technology market leaders, makes them the perfect strategic partner for Kyriba,” says Jean-Luc Robert, Chairman and CEO of Kyriba. “We are seeing strong global demand for modernizing treasury and financial operations, and are thrilled to receive the support of SEP and our existing strategic partners to help accelerate our growth.”
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Sapphire Ventures, a venture capital firm with USD2.4 billion under management, has hired Stefanie Gordish as vice president of marketing.
Gordish will lead the firm’s marketing strategy, including brand, communications, events, messaging and thought leadership.
Gordish brings extensive marketing communications experience to Sapphire. Most recently, she led communications at Marketo, a marketing technology provider, where she saw the company through its take-private transaction and a corporate repositioning from a marketing automation application to an engagement platform. Prior to Marketo, Gordish spent more than a decade at global PR agencies Weber Shandwick and Edelman, where she led corporate communications programs
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