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Outcome Capital has hired Donald D Haut as a Senior Advisor for its rapidly growing Boston area-based life sciences practice.
Haut is Managing Director for Haut Capital, which he started in 2014, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for three health care companies: MiMecore Therapeutics, Arthrosurface, and Xiros. Prior, he was Vice President for New Business Ventures at The Medicines Company, where he was responsible for leading that company’s deal to license Alnylam’s PCSK9 inhibitor. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Smith and Nephew's Advanced Surgical Devices Division, where he was responsible for all strategy
Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners is to take full ownership of Walmark after agreeing to buy out the founding Walach family. The transaction is subject to anti-trust clearance.
Mid Europa originally acquired a 50 per cent stake in the consumer healthcare company in December 2012.
Michelle Capiod (pictured), Partner at Mid Europa, says: "We would like to thank the Walach family for our excellent partnership and wish them great success in their future endeavours. We have jointly transformed Walmark from the leading dietary supplements business in Central and Eastern Europe into a focused consumer healthcare platform with an
Highland Europe has raised a new EUR332 million tech growth fund, Highland Europe Technology Growth II.
This follows Highland Europe’s 2012 EUR250 million Highland Europe Technology Growth I fund that invested in 15 technology companies including WeTransfer, AMCS, GetYourGuide, Outfittery, SocialPoint, Finanzcheck, TalentSoft, eGym, Intersec, NewVoiceMedia, Brandwatch, Matches Fashion, Jampp, LoveCrafts, and Malwarebytes.
Highland Europe’s partners – Fergal Mullen, Laurence Garrett, Irena Goldenberg, Sam Brooks and Tony Zappala (pictured)– intend to continue investing this second fund with the same laser-focused growth-stage investment strategy: targeting rapidly emerging internet, mobile and software companies. These companies are led by inspiring entrepreneurs who
The Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF), a USD6bn private equity fund based in Georgia, has announced a USD723 million investment in the Tskhenistskali hydro power plant (HPP) project in Georgia, with total installed capacity of 347 MW.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by the Government of Georgia that will see an investment of USD723 million in the Tskhenistskali Cascade of HPPs. Their generation will be aimed both at domestic consumption during the winter months and energy exports during the summer.
GCF also signed a feasibility study contract with Icelandic power companies Verkis and Landsvirkjun Power: the parties will
Altium has advised AIM-listed independent power generator Alkane Energy on its GBP80.7m sale to infrastructure investment firm Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners (BBIP).
This is the third time that Altium has advised Alkane in the last three years, having led the company on its acquisition of power response assets from Welsh Power in 2014, as well as its acquisition of Maltby Colliery Limited from Hargreaves Services plc in 2013.
Based in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, Alkane is a fast growing, independent UK power generator, operating mid-sized gas-to-power electricity plants. The business, which last year achieved turnover of GBP16.0m and adjusted EBITDA of
Dunedin has joined the Alliance for Global Growth, a newly launched global network of lower mid-market private equity firms and the first of its kind to operate across Europe and the USA.
The Alliance for Global Growth currently includes ten members drawn from Western Europe and the United States. In addition to Dunedin, which targets buyouts of market-leading companies headquartered in the UK with a deal size of GBP20 -100 million, the network includes Nordic mid market specialist, Axcel; Finatem, a German private equity fund focused on the “Mittelstand”; French mid market house Nixen; Nazca, a leading Spanish mid-market firm;
Broadhaven Capital Partners has appointed Joseph Zabik (pictured) as a Partner. Zabik has advised and run key divisions of financial services firms for the last twenty years, and will continue to grow Broadhaven's industry-leading financial technology advisory practice.
"Joe has a well-deserved reputation as one of the leading investment bankers specializing in financial institutions," says Broadhaven Co-Founder Jerry von Dohlen. "Having been involved with Joe on numerous transactions over the past twenty years, we’re very excited to have him join our partnership."
Zabik joins Broadhaven following the completion of the sale of Sterne Agee, where he served as a
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer products companies, has acquired Voortman Cookies, a manufacturer and marketer of cookies and wafers.
Based out of Burlington, Ontario, Voortman Cookies products are sold in retailers throughout the world.
“For over 60 years, Voortman Cookies has remained one of the most well-known brands in Canada and has grown its footprint throughout North America and across the world,” says Andrew Richards (pictured), managing director at Swander Pace Capital. “We see a huge opportunity to help the company expand even further through increased investment in product innovation, distribution and
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GSFC) has signed MoUs with both the SFC and HKMA regarding consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information related to the supervision of AIFMD entities.
CEO of the GFSC, Samantha Barrass, says: “Signing the AIFMD MoUs with the two Hong Kong regulators is an important development for us. It supports open, strong cooperation with the SFC and the HKMA in our regulation of AIFMD establishments, and is a very useful tool for us as a regulator”.
These are very welcome agreements for the GFSC, especially following the recent marketing initiative to Hong Kong by
PwC has teamed up with IncuBus Ventures to launch Future of Work, a 12 week incubator programme that will focus on startups in AI, Cyber Security and Smart Office solutions.
The programme starts on 11 January 2016 and will look to develop early stage startups with an MVP ready for the world’s best accelerators and further funding.
This is done through nine hours of programme content (mentor sessions, skills based workshops and office hours) a week, plus additional services and activities to help develop a strong foundation for the startups to continue growth beyond the programme.
Applications are
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