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G.Network, the next-generation communications service provider exclusively focused on Central London, has received investment totalling GBP4.675 million from Albion Capital.
Based in Mayfair, London, G.Network provides affordable ultra-fast broadband connectivity to businesses across Central London, bridging the gap between constrained copper-based broadband and expensive leased lines which have long lead times.
A fast, reliable broadband connection is an increasingly critical requirement for Central London’s circa 100,000 SMEs, who are driving a rapidly rising demand for data, recorded at 30 per cent growth annually. However, London’s broadband falls significantly behind equivalent cities, with average speeds ranked 26th out of 33
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Corporate team with the appointment of new partner Jonathan Polin.
Polin joined the firm on 12 June from Dentons, where he was a partner in its London office focusing on large, complex and international M&A deals. He trained at Berwin Leighton and was previously a partner with Salans from 2002 until it combined with SNR Denton to create Dentons in 2013.
He brings to the firm a long and strong track record in complex and international M&A and disposals of both private and public companies, listings on AIM and the London Stock
Sunnova Energy Corporation, a residential solar service provider in the US, has raised aggregate capital of nearly USD1 billion in the past three months after closing a USD140 million round of debt funding with CIT Group and other investors this past week, with CohnReznick Capital advising Sunnova on both the tax equity and debt raise.
The amount raised in such a short amount of time, all while increasing customers’ and investors’ faith in the business, is further proof that Sunnova’s innovative approach is driving solar industry leadership and powering the company’s record-setting growth in distributed generation. It is also a
Modern Energy Management (MEM), a specialist in delivering project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors has announced is to provide project management services during construction of the 50MW Hawa wind farm in the Sindh Valley, Pakistan.
With a wind energy development pipeline of over 1GW scheduled for installation by 2018, Pakistan’s wind ambitions will require strong technical and project expertise in order to continue to secure the foreign investment that has been allocated to the market to date.
MEM’s initial involvement in the Hawa project came when advising Canadian renewable energy IPP, JCM Power, on investing
Livingstone has added Krishan Raval, Joe Austin and Dustin Stevens, to the team in its London office.
Raval joins Livingstone’s Debt Advisory team. Raval trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with EY working in the Capital & Debt Advisory team for almost three years. While there he gained experience with a number of high profile clients raising finance through a variety of debt market instruments.
Stevens qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte working in South Africa and Chicago where he gained experience with clients across a variety of sectors. In 2015 Stevens moved to KPMG’s Deal Advisory
Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe.
Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to the dynamic and fast-paced markets where tech and media are currently converging, all to the benefit of both new and existing clients. Stella EOC will employ over 40 experienced bankers and will be one of the largest media and tech teams in Europe whilst keeping a boutique culture that ensures
Audax Private Equity has partnered with management to acquire Altasciences Company, an early phase contract research organisation (CRO) in North America.
Audax acquired Altasciences from Kilmer Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Toronto, Canada. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Altasciences, headquartered in Laval, Quebec, encompasses Algorithme Pharma, Vince & Associates Clinical Research, and Algorithme Pharma USA. Altasciences offers expertise in the execution of a wide range of New Drug Application (NDA) enabling clinical trials and support services including data management, biostatistics, medical writing, and bioanalysis.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Audax Group,
Ledgex Systems, a provider of portfolio and research management solutions for the alternative and institutional investment industries, is partnering with Allocator to provide clients streamlined and standardised access to fund information.
With Allocator, data is gathered from more than 3,700 funds and standardised so investors have a defined process to access real time information in a relevant format.
Through this partnership, Ledgex clients can directly pipe Allocator’s data, collected directly from hedge fund and private equity fund managers, into the Ledgex platform. The value of Allocator’s data is magnified by the powerful research management and portfolio management capabilities of the
Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has promoted 12 lawyers to the role of Counsel across its global network of offices, bringing the total number of Counsel across the firm to 31.
Six have been promoted in the firm’s Guernsey office, four in Jersey, one in the Cayman Islands and one in Hong Kong. Seven of those appointed work within the firm’s corporate practice, and five within the firm’s litigation practice.
Mourant Ozannes Global Managing Partner, Jonathan Rigby, said: “We are committed to developing and recruiting the best lawyers in their fields, and believe that providing our people with a
Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of GBP1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans.
The funding was led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank and the Optoscribe management team.
Optoscribe’s innovative technology produces optical components at a wafer level, primarily aimed at high volume optical transceiver manufacturers supplying the rapidly growing data centre market. The company’s solution enables simple and precise coupling of optical fibres to arrays of laser emitters and/or photodetectors
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