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Activant Capital, a growth-stage private equity firm with $1.5 billion in AUM and a focus on emerging commerce companies, has promoted head of finance and chief compliance officer Adam Geisler to chief financial officer.
Since the firm’s inception in 2015, Activant has invested in more than 60 private and public companies building the future of commerce. The team has backed some of the market-leading companies in the space, including Deliverr (acquired by Shopify), Hybris (acquired by SAP), Celonis, Bolt, and Sardine, amongst others.
Geisler has over 15 years of experience helping financial organisations scale. His previous roles include senior vice
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Private investment firm GI Partners is to take infrastructure and environmental solutions provider Atlas Technical Consultants private in an all-cash deal valued at around $1.05 billion, including debt, according to a report by Financier Worldwide.
Under the terms of deal, GI Partners will pay Atlas shareholders $12.25 per share in cash, which represents a premium of approximately 124% over the company’s unaffected closing share price of $5.47 on 30 January 2023.
Upon completion of the transaction, which has been unanimously approved by Atlas’ board of directors and is expected to close in the second quarter of the year, the company’s
More than 70% of investors intend to increase their allocations to private equity this year, though it remains to be seen if recent upheavals have changed that outlook, according to BlackRock Alternatives’ inaugural Global Private Markets Survey.
Forbion, a European life sciences venture capital firm, has raised €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion) for its two newest funds, bringing the firm’s total funds under management to €3 billion. Both exceeded their original target sizes and represent Forbion’s largest fundraising to date.
Both funds reached their hard caps of €750 million (Forbion Ventures Fund VI) and €600 million (Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II) and are aimed at meeting the needs of distinct segments of the market.
The Forbion Ventures Fund VI is focused on building companies at an earlier stage of development and the Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund II supports
Flexstone Partners has closed another vintage of its small- and middle-market private equity co-investment funds – Flexstone Partners’ Global Opportunities IV – with $790 million in capital commitments, despite “challenging global markets”.
An affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers with over $10 billion assets under management (AUM), Flexstone Partners specialises in small and mid-market global private assets. According to Flexstone, Global Opportunities IV will follow the same proven strategy and investment selection process as its predecessor funds, which are performing on or above expectations with significant risk mitigation. The fund is expected to make between 40 to 50 direct co-investments.
The
Aquilius Investment Partners, a Singapore based investment manager focused on secondaries in the Asia Pacific region, has held the final closing of its maiden AIP Secondary Fund I, with over US$400 million in client commitments.
Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority share in corpuls, a medical technology company specialising in emergency medical solutions and cardiac resuscitation, with a key focus on the external defibrillator segment.
Channel Capital Cayman, an independent directorship service provider to global hedge and private equity funds and investment vehicles, has expanded its Cayman Islands team with the appointment of Martin Laufer as fund director.
Channel Capital Cayman, which serves investment funds domiciled primarily in the United States, Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centres, was established to assist with ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations through an ndependent director service.
As an experienced independent director, Laufer has been providing fund governance and related services to a variety of offshore investment funds since 2017. Prior to joining Channel Capital Cayman, he worked for
Private equity firms are embracing automation, breeding greater transparency and streamlining internal processes. Douglas A Trafelet, Director of Business Development, Equipped AI, outlines the growing adoption of technology solutions in the space.
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