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Speyside Private Fund Advisers, a special situations buyout firm, has held the closing of Speyside Equity Fund I, a USD130 million buyout fund that will focus on investment opportunities in specialty chemicals, industrials/metal forming & food ingredients businesses and continue the disciplined investment approach that Speyside has successfully executed for the past 10 years.
Investors in Speyside Equity Fund I LP include a blue chip roster of leading institutional limited partners such as, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, fund of funds, public and private pensions, and family offices. The Fund was closed in less than 4 months of fundraising and was
GSO Capital Partners has appointed David Flannery as a Senior Managing Director focusing on distressed strategies in both private and public markets. He will be based in New York and brings to Blackstone his extensive experience across leveraged finance.
With nearly 25 years of industry experience, Flannery joins Blackstone from Anchorage Capital Group, where he focused on illiquid credit opportunities and CLOs. Prior to joining Anchorage, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) for five years where he held several global group head roles including Chief Risk Officer of Global Banking & Markets and Global Head of Leveraged
Investcorp has agreed the sale of CSIdentity (CSID) to Experian (EXPN), a global information services company, for an enterprise value of approximately USD360 million. The transaction is subject to standard regulatory approvals.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas CSID is a market leading provider of enterprise level identity theft protection technology solutions to consumers, businesses, and government agencies. The Company’s solutions, provided on the basis of a recurring software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model, proactively detect credit and non-credit related identity theft, notify affected parties and help restore compromised identities.
Through its technology fund, Investcorp Technology Partners III, Investcorp initially
G-Therapeutics has secured up to EUR26 million in a Series A financing round from an investment syndicate consisting of Gimv, Wellington Partners, LSP and Inkef Capital alongside the company’s founders/management.
This investment will fund the company’s clinical trials up to CE mark (EU) and IDE (US) approval.
G-Therapeutics (http://gtherapeutics.com/#About) develops an implantable neuro stimulator for patients with incomplete spinal cord injury. The company’s device supports motor function recovery for better and faster rehabilitation by stimulating the spinal cord. The company was founded in 2014 as a spin-off of the Center for Neuro-Prosthetics of the renowned École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has appointed Dr Christian Kleeberg as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, resident in the Firm's Frankfurt office.
Dr Kleeberg focuses his practice on private mergers and acquisitions, predominantly for private equity and other financial investors. He also represents German and international strategic investors as bidders or sellers in auction processes, and has extensive experience advising clients on the purchase and restructuring of large companies in Germany.
"The addition of Christian is a crucial step in continuing to expand our European private equity offering," says David Greenwald, chairman of
The Board of Electra Private Equity has appointed Neil Johnson as non-executive Chairman and Director of the Company with effect from 12 May 2016.
Following Johnson’s appointment, Dame Kate Barker, who has been Chairman of the Company since 5 November 2015, will resume her roles as Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. Roger Perkin will stand down from these roles, which he has held since Dame Kate was appointed as Chairman of the Company in November 2015.
Dame Kate Barker, Chairman, says: “This appointment follows a rigorous selection process and we are delighted to
BFF Nonwovens has secured a multi-million pound funding package from BGF (Business Growth Fund) and Lloyds Bank to pursue its growth ambitions in the UK and overseas.
Based in Bridgwater, Somerset, the company specialises in the production of high quality, bespoke technical fabrics for niche markets. Its products have a range of different end uses including filtration, packaging, acoustics and advanced wound care. BFF has invested in its manufacturing facilities to provide capacity across all of its product lines in both its Bridgwater and Bolton sites.
Under the leadership of David Lamb, Andrew Brownlow and Chris Burhop, the business has
Chemical technology company Avantium has closed a financing round of EUR20 million led by PMV, an independent investment company for Flanders, FPIM, a Belgian Federal Holding and Investment Company, and Avantium’s existing shareholders.
The funds will be used to commercialize the YXY technology for producing 100 per cent biobased packaging material PEF (polyethylenefuranoate), a next generation plastic with superior performance.
Avantium’s roll-out plan includes the construction of a ‘reference plant’, the world’s first commercial plant to produce FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid). This reference plant with a capacity of up to 50,000 metric tons per year is intended to be located in
Adams Street Partners has appointed Brijesh Jeevarathnam as a Partner and Co-Head of Global Venture Fund Investments, and member of its Primary Investment Team, effective 1 June.
Jeevarathnam joins Adams Street Partners from Commonfund, where he served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Venture Capital and Global Emerging Markets.
Jeevarathnam will join Kelly Meldrum, Adams Street's Head of Primary Investments, in the firm's Menlo Park office. "We have known Brijesh for many years, and have always admired his work," says Meldrum. "We are thrilled to welcome him onboard."
Prior to joining Adams Street Partners, Jeevarathnam was a member of
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, a global leader in alternative investment education, has embarked on its first international branding campaign.
Titled “Mind the Gap,” CAIA’s new campaign incorporates creative advertising in the London Underground system, social media outreach to CAIA Members and prospective Members, and educational events designed to help professionals in various alternative investing disciplines better understand the changing nature of the space and the ways in which education can help them build and maintain the relevant skills, while advancing their careers.
“We chose to launch the Mind the Gap campaign in London since it is
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