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Brighter World Energy, a socially conscious energy company launching in the UK, has completed a GBP500,000 seed capital round with the help of ClearlySo, a European impact investment bank.
Brighter World Energy plans to use the funding to ensure consumer power tackles the global energy crisis.
Brighter World Energy’s dual mission is to offer UK customers access to energy at competitive tariffs and high-quality online support, which will contribute directly to help build solar-powered micro-grids in Africa. For every 2,000 customers signed up with Brighter World Energy, a solar powered micro-grid is installed in Africa.
Brighter World Energy’s model
Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused on the healthcare sector, has closed the Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund, which provides private credit to healthcare companies.
The fund and related entities have USD323 million in investor commitments, exceeding the USD300 million target.
The fund's global investor base includes endowments, family offices and institutional investors.
It is focused on providing customised debt financing solutions to healthcare companies across all stages and subsectors, including biopharma, medical devices, diagnostics, life science research and healthcare information technology.
The fund partners with small and medium-sized companies to provide capital ranging from USD10 million
Nexxus Capital has completed an investment in Fondo de Transporte México (FTM), a platform of companies in the logistics, cargo, personnel and student transportation sectors.
The investment will be funded through Nexxus VI and Nexxus VI Trust.
With private equity fund Discovery Americas one of the major shareholders in the company, the investment is one of the first in Mexico to bring together several private equity funds.
FTM operates under several brands, including Egoba, MyM and Lipu, and has more than 4,800 transportation units in 29 Mexican states.
The transportation and logistics sector shows significant consolidation opportunities
JAMP Pharma, a generic pharmaceutical company, has signed a partnership agreement with Quebec development capital organisation Fonds de solidarité FTQ, which includes a major investment representing a minority stake of 31 per cent.
By increasing JAMP Pharma's financial capabilities, the investment by the Fonds de solidarité FTQ will make it possible to significantly increase new product development and, as a result, the company's ability to supply its customers.
JAMP Pharma also intends to accelerate its growth across Canada by focusing on the development of complex generic products, in addition to expanding into select international markets.
The announcement comes
An affiliate of private equity firm Sequoia Capital China is to make a RMB348 million (USD51.7 million) investment in Noah Holdings’ asset management business by acquiring equity interests Noah’s affiliate, Gopher Asset Management.
Gopher was founded in March 2010 and specialises in fund-of-funds management in the private equity, real estate, hedge funds, credit products and family office businesses.
As of 30 June 2016, Gopher's total assets under management reached RMB101.2 billion.
"Sequoia has been an important existing shareholder and business partner of Noah. We are excited about its decision to participate in our fast-growing asset management business. We
Pamlico Capital has made a significant growth equity investment in 10th Magnitude, a Microsoft Azure services firm.
The investment will support the firm’s strategic and geographic expansion initiatives as well as provide resources for potential acquisitions.
Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“The vast Microsoft Azure market opportunity continues to grow exponentially,” says Alex Brown, 10th Magnitude’s founder and CEO. “This investment will enable us to scale to meet increasing demand for transformational cloud-based solutions, and will allow us to quickly expand our capabilities to address rapidly emerging client needs in areas like managed cloud services.
Investec Aviation Finance, a unit of Investec Bank, has sold out of Goshawk Aviation and Goshawk Management Holdings (Manco) to its co-shareholders Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) and NWS.
Co-investors CTFE and NWS each have increased their respective stakes in Goshawk and Manco from 40 per cent to 50 per cent through the sale by Investec.
Goshawk is the third aircraft leasing platform Investec has established, the other two being Investec Global Aircraft Fund and Investec Aircraft Syndicate, both of which are still wholly managed by Investec.
Combined, these three leasing platforms have to date invested in over
UK Green Investment (GIB) is to provide Kent County Council with a GBP10.2 million green loan to help finance the local authority’s GBP40 million streetlight conversion programme.
The project involves the replacement of 120,000 traditional streetlights with energy-saving LED alternatives and the installation of a central management system (CMS), increasing the efficiency of the local authority’s lighting stock while making it easier to manage.
The council estimates that the programme will reduce annual electricity consumption by 60 per cent and cut maintenance costs, resulting in anticipated savings in excess of GBP5 million per year. The new lights are also
Private equity firm CenterOak Partners has hired three new professionals.
Ben Adams has been appointed vice president; Carrie Calhoun as senior associate of business development and investor relations; and Josh Weaver as associate.
With these hires, the staff at CenterOak now totals 22 individuals, including 13 members of the investment team and three operating partners.
“Ben, Carrie and Josh each bring valuable experience and an impressive track record, whether working in an investment capacity, business development, investor relations or developing expertise in a particular industry or sector,” says CenterOak managing partner Randall Fojtasek. “We’re looking forward to working
Private equity firm Campbell Lutyens has expanded its US activities with the appointment of Gerald Cooper as a partner.
Cooper will be based in the firm’s New York office and will be focused on the development of Campbell Lutyens’ US secondary advisory practice.
Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens, Cooper spent 12 years at UBS advising on secondary transactions most recently as global co-head of secondary advisory in the private fund group in New York.
Prior to joining UBS, Cooper worked at Advantage Capital Partners focusing on direct investments in the Midwest and Southeast and before that worked in
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