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BluPine Energy, a renewable wind and solar power generation and storage business and a portfolio company of Actis, has completed the acquisition of a 404MWp operating pan-India solar portfolio from the Atha Group.
The acquisition will enable BluPine to support India’s energy transition by targeting 4GWs of portfolio capacity over the next four to five years.
Actis has committed to invest up to $800 million in BluPine through Actis’ Energy 5 Fund, which represents $6 billion of investable capital, and is focused on investing in global energy transition opportunities. Working with Actis’ in-house Sustainability team, BluPine will implement world-class
With US VC firms hotfoot in pursuit of new opportunities in sectors as diverse as tech and fintech or energy and life sciences, billion-dollar start-ups are blossoming in overseas hubs that offer a springboard into targeted geographic markets.
A group of private equity firms led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira have completed their $10.2 billion deal to take software company Zendesk private following a long campaign from activist investor Jana Partners, according to a report by Reuters.
Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice is in negotiations over making an approximately $1 billion investment in enterprise software provider Pegasystems Inc, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg.
The report cites unnamed sources as saying that the CD&R’s investment would be strategic and is not a prelude to a takeover of the company. Terms of the transaction have yet to be finalised and may not lead to an investment being made.
Pegasystems sells software to improve business processes, according to its website with a client base comprising large organisations including Toronto-Dominion Bank, Aflac Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, and
Eurazeo, via its Small-Mid Buyout team is to investing up to €100 million in NeoXam, alongside its founder Serge Delpla and the company’s management team led by Florent Fabre.
Under the agreement, Eurazeo would become the group’s majority shareholder with historical investors, led by Cathay Capital and BPI – shareholders since 2018 – selling their share in the business.
NeoXam was created in 2014 following a carve-out from Sungard and a series of acquisitions adding complementary solutions. It now has 550 employees, of which half in R&D, across 15 offices worldwide. The company provides “data-centric” solutions used by more than
ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has expanded the capabilities of its Commercial Team with a new independent growth specialist, focusing on people and culture.
Davies is an experienced Board Level HR Director, with previous roles at Marks & Spencer UK, Three, and Tusker. Lesley has been working on projects across ECI and its portfolio for several years. This has included leading the development of ECI’s People and Culture Toolkit, which it uses to help its businesses build a more engaged and happier workforce.
ECI’s growth specialists are a panel of independent experts, available as needed to support
Tresmares Capital, a Spanish independent private capital fund manager, has launched a new evergreen fund with £725 million in committed capital, and a new office in London, which will be headed up by Philippe Arbour, as CEO and Managing Partner.
Expansion into the UK offers a large target market comprising some 25,000 high-growth SMEs supported by a strong community of financial sponsors. Tresmares manages several private capital mandates including direct debt and equity investments into SMEs and its new UK operation has the capacity to write cheques between £10-50 million from its dedicated evergreen fund with the capacity for larger
Culture Partners, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has has acquired Paradigm Learning. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Paradigm Learning creates and delivers customisable, instructor-led, game-based leadership development products. These business solutions cover a variety of industries and are available in twelve languages.
Culture Partners’ also recently acquired The Culture EquationTM, developed by Dr Jessica Kriegel, now Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture at Culture Partners. Over the past 15 years, Dr Kriegel has been advancing research-based approaches to creating intentional cultures for global, national, and Fortune 100 companies. Both of these acquisitions add
An increase in allocations to alternative investments by US public pensions over the the past two decades may have helped reduce volatility, but may not have boosted overall returns, according to a report by Pensions & Investments Online.
AXA IM Alts, a specialist in alternative investments with c€184 billion of assets under management, has appointed Lu Gao as head of client group alts Asia. This appointment forms part of the recently announced evolution of AXA IM Alts’ organisation structure into five dedicated business lines to prepare the business for its next stage of growth, and highlights the centrality of the APAC region in achieving these global growth ambitions.
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