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Cathay Capital Private Equity has held the final close of its fourth Small Cap fund, which will invest in growth companies across Europe, North America and Asia, at €240 million, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to over €5 billion.
Small Cap IV is the first of Cathay Capital’s private equity funds to be designated as Article 8[1], joining the firm’s latest venture capital fund (Cathay Innovation) and healthcare fund (Cathay Health).
A smart of the designation, the fund’s investment team will apply exclusion filters during the selection process, and also set and track tailored objectives for portfolio companies
Hy24, a private investment firm focused on the clean hydrogen sector, has appointed Guillaume Lesueur, former Head of EDF Pulse Ventures, as managing director to lead a new investment initiative focused on technology and equipment manufacturers.
Hy24, a joint venture established in 2021 by FiveT Hydrogen and Ardian, is committed the growth of a global hydrogen ecosystem by investing across the entire clean hydrogen value chain. Hy24’s first fund – Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure, or “Infra Fund” – is targeted at building out the hydrogen infrastructure market. The Infra Fund has raised €2 billion to date and has already made
General Atlantic (GA) a global growth equity firm, has made a $115 million investment in Author Health, a provider of comprehensive care and treatment for Medicare Advantage recipients with serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
The funding will be used to help Author Health expand into new markets and secure additional partnerships with other insurance and healthcare companies.
Author Health is led by CEO Dr Katherine Hobbs, a psychiatrist, former health insurance executive, and a national leader in quality and value payment for behavioural health. Dr Gary Gottlieb, a geriatric psychiatrist, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and
AVP has appointed Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan as a new General Partner in New York and head of the firm’s €1.5 billion Late Growth Fund for North America. De Saint-Aignan brings more than 20 years of growth equity experience with a focus on the technology sector.
De Saint-Aignan joins AVP from private investment firm Sun Capital Partners, Inc (Sun Capital), where she served as a managing director since 2020 and led the firm’s technology vertical with investments in platform companies Exadel and LoanLogics as well as numerous add-on acquisitions.
Before Sun Capital, de Saint-Aignan was the founding partner of the growth
Environmental, social and governance data can provide a wealth of information to help investors effectively manage risks and improve financial value for portfolio companies. But unlocking the opportunities that drive results begins with understanding the data. In an increasingly complex landscape, the ability to see the full picture of ESG performance in context has remained elusive.
Silver Lake, a private investment firm focused on technology sector deals, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), has completed the $12.5 billion acquisition of experience management (XM) software specialist Qualtrics.
Private equity firm THL Partners is working with investment bank William Blair over a potential sale of healthcare software provider Nextech Systems that could value the company at around $1.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
An affiliate of $56 billion alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG), has acquired CLC Group Limited (CLC), a UK provider of property and asset refurbishment, from its owner, the Armitage Family Trust.
Private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners’s portfolio company BCM One has acquired Pure IP, a global provider of cloud-based voice services via Microsoft Teams, Cisco, Webex and Zoom, the platform’s ninth add-on deal.
AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with €185 billion of assets under management, has appointed Laurent Lavergne to the newly created role of Global Head of Sustainability, effective 1 October 2023.
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