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Venture and growth investor Beringea has strengthened its UK investment team with three new hires including investment director, Eyal Malinger.
These appointments continue the growth in the investment team over the last 18 months, linked to an increase in funds under management.
Malinger joins Beringea from Countrywide where he oversaw investments in property technology. Having also held positions at Oaktree Capital and McKinsey & Company, he has a proven track record of identifying and managing investments, working with entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
At Beringea, he will be leveraging his expertise in a number of technology verticals to help
The Brexit vote is already leading to actions that are “silently killing” the UK’s technology sector, according to M&A advisory firm Magister Advisors.
A poll of the fastest-growing UK technology companies suggests that half the key talent on average is British, 30 per cent from other EU countries and 20 per cent from further afield.
The uncertainty generated by Brexit raises an immediate question mark over the future of half of the technology talent currently deployed in the UK’s hitherto thriving technology industry.
Magister Advisors also sees the impact of uncertainty immediately manifesting itself with fast
A EUR20 million loan to help finance the construction of Senergy 2, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Bokhol, northern Senegal, has been agreed by intermediate capital and mezzanine finance facility Green Africa Power (GAP).
Construction has already started on site and the plant, which will provide enough renewable electricity for some 160,000 people, is expected to be fully operational this year.
Senergy 2 will create an estimated 150 jobs during construction and 25 local jobs once the plant is operational, as well as reduce the country’s CO2 emissions by 22,320 tonnes per year.
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European venture capital company Truffle Capital has appointed Olga Koulechova as partner and head of business development.
Koulechova is taking over the business development and will manage institutional fund raising campaigns in life sciences and fintech – Truffle Capital's main areas of expertise.
Prior to joining Truffle Capital, Koulechova had been head of business development and partner at Idinvest Partners since 2011.
As VP senior sales international, head of Nordics at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management since 2007, Koulechova had previously participated in the marketing and promotion of the group in the Nordic area. She also held the
IK Investment Partners and Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) have acquired I@D Holding, a services platform dedicated to the first network of independent real estate agents in France.
The founders Malik Benrejdal, Jade Benrejdal and Jerome Chabin as well as NAXICAP Partners, shareholder since 2012, are reinvesting 37 per cent alongside IK and FAPI.
Founded in 2008 with the ambition to offer an alternative way of buying and selling residential property, I@D is a fast-growing digital platform offering a large range of value-added support services to independent real estate agents. The company has grown to become the largest network
New York-based alternative investment firm Angelo Gordon has appointed Damien Loveday as managing director, investor relations.
Loveday will be responsible for enhancing and expanding the firm’s institutional relationships in the EMEA region.
Previously, he was global head of diversifying strategies for Willis Towers Watson.
Loveday will be based in London and report to Gareth Henry, managing director and global head of investor relations.
“Damien is a highly accomplished executive and we look forward to leveraging his deep relationships and alternative investment expertise as we further strengthen and expand Angelo Gordon’s global investor base,” says Henry. “We are
The Riverside Company has completed fundraising for Riverside Micro-Cap Fund IV (RMCF IV).
The international investment firm’s latest buyout fund closed at its hard cap with USD650 million in capital commitments.
RMCF IV invests in fast-growing North American companies with up to USD7 million of EBITDA.
RMCF fund manager Loren Schlachet says his team uses a time-tested approach.
“We work hard to harness the potential in companies by improving their systems, processes and leadership, with the goal of significant growth during the investment period,” says Schlachet.
The RMCF team has invested in over 50 platforms since
Law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Robert Goldstein as partner and head of private equity for the firm’s New York office.
Goldstein joins McDermott after leading the private equity group of another Am Law 100 firm, and he will be accompanied by partner Frank Steinherr.
“McDermott’s global platform and broad industry expertise will be a great advantage for Frank and me as we continue to expand and cultivate our longstanding client relationships in the private equity arena,” says Goldstein. “I expect our years of experience in middle market private equity to provide the perfect complement to McDermott’s existing
TrueFacet has held the close of a USD6 million Series A funding round led by Maveron.
Participation included Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Founders' Co-op, Trilogy and Liquid2 Ventures, owned by famed football legend Joe Montana, and global marketplace investors Rahul Mehta and John Lindfors.
The company recently appointed Francois Kress, current CEO of Carolina Herrera and former CEO and managing director of Bulgari, to join its board of directors.
“We created TrueFacet to enable the luxury consumer to buy, sell or trade any item in their jewellery collection in a trusted manner and at a fair price,” says Tirath
Private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) has made a substantial investment in domiciliary care business Routes Healthcare, which provides NHS-funded intensive home care.
The investment is the first to be made following the launch of KCP’s new GBP80 million growth fund last November.
Routes Healthcare was established in 2005 by current managing director Andrew Healing. Over the last 11 years, the business has grown to encompass nine offices, serving public sector bodies, blue chip organisations, SMEs and private individuals. The business acts as a fully integrated, high acuity domiciliary care provider and is CQC registered.
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