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CEEZER, a B2B marketplace for carbon credits, has closed a €4.2 million funding round, led by Carbon Removal Partners with participation fro Norrsken VC and existing investor Picus Capital.
After announcing a seven-figure pre-seed in April, CEEZER quickly built a unique offering for corporates to integrate both carbon removal and avoidance credits in impact-optimised portfolios. To do so, it leverages over 1.5M data points on the carbon market to guide buyers with the latest info on credit quality, availability, and prices. With its unique, direct trade infrastructure, CEEZER enables sellers to reach the right buyers without using resellers – to
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Victoria Sharpe as Head of Real Assets, and Scott McClurg as Head of Private Credit for its alternatives division, HSBC Alternatives.
Sharpe will be responsible for the strategic development and management of the real assets proposition which today consists of Direct Real Estate teams and Listed Infrastructure Equity teams. She will assume the role from Joanna Munro, who has been acting Head of Real Assets, in addition to her role as CEO, HSBC Alternatives.
Sharpe joined in 2021 as Head of & CIO Real Estate, Asia-Pacific and will retain these responsibilities in her
International warehouse safety, impact protection and storage equipment provider IWS Group has secured a significant minority investment from LDC, to support its continued buy and build strategy.
IWS Group provides essential products and services to the global warehousing, logistics and material handling sectors.
LDC will back the existing management team, led by CEO Jeroen van den Berge and Director Tim Lacey to continue its acquisitive growth strategy, having made four acquisitions in the last four years. The business is looking to acquire complementary businesses that expand its range of products and services and enhance its international footprint, particularly in Europe.
Pantheon, a global private markets investor, has led the launch of the new Asia-Pacific chapter of Initiative Climat International (iCI), a global initiative that seeks to harness the collective efforts of private market participants to address climate change and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon global economy.
Pantheon was the second private equity firm globally to sign up to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2007, while in 2021 we became signatories of both iCI and the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Jie Gong, Pantheon Partner and Co-Chair of its ESG Committee, will chair the
Inflexion has now completed over 50 exits since its inception, collectively returning over £4.5 billion to investors and delivering a realised return of 3.6x and a 39% IRR.
In the first eight months of 2022 alone, Inflexion has announced ten exits including Alcumus, Marley, Phenna, Succession and Virgin Experience Days, with a total enterprise value of over £3.6 billion. These companies more than doubled their EBITDA during the period of Inflexion’s investment.
Three core fund strategies differentiate Inflexion’s offering: the majority ownership Buyout Fund; Partnership Capital, dedicated to minority investments; and Enterprise Fund, catering specifically to the lower mid-market. These
Arcmont Asset Management (Arcmont), a European private debt asset management firm, has strengthened its capabilities in Italy having received regulatory approval for its Milan branch from Consob and the Bank of Italy. This will serve to strengthen Arcmont’s presence in Italy.
Pan-European private equity investor Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital Origin Fund is partnering with the founders of vLex, a cloud-based legal information subscription platform.
Founded by brothers Lluis and Angel Faus and headquartered in London, Miami and Barcelona, vLex provides over two million users with access to an online library of global legal and regulatory information including case law, legislation, journals and dockets from over 100 countries. vLex’s scalable and smart data ingestion process, coupled with AI-powered search engine functionality makes research and analysis faster and easier, increasing productivity for users. The Company’s diverse customer base includes law firms, universities and
SOS Leak Detection, a provider of non-destructive escape of water detection and remedial services working primarily with the insurance sector, has funded its primary buyout by securing an equity investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM).
The buyout was led by Jamie Nash, managing director, who has extensive experience of the sector, having worked in the industry for over 30 years. Nash will be supported by incoming chair Stuart Black, and founders Nik Day and Brad Wilby, who will remain significant investors in the business and will continue to provide strategic and business development support.
Established in 2011, SOS Leak Detection
Macquarie Asset Management has appointed Peter Glaser as Global Head of its Private Credit and Asset Finance team. The firm’s private credit offering spans solutions for clients across infrastructure, real estate, and structured credit, with $11.4 billion of assets under management.
Macquarie Asset Management also invests in movable transportation assets via its $1.7 billion asset finance business, leasing aircraft, rotorcraft, and rail assets.
Glaser brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Macquarie, joining in London from Alcentra where he served as Head of European Direct Lending and Portfolio Manager for Alcentra’s European Direct Lending Funds, responsible for ~$10 billion in
Golding Capital Partners, an independent asset manager for alternative investments, has held successful final closings for its two current infrastructure funds, with total commitments of some €1.5 billion.
The flagship fund of funds “Golding Infrastructure 2020” closed at €943 million, significantly above its target of €700 million, making it the biggest fund in Golding’s company history and one of the largest fund of funds on today’s infrastructure market overall.
“Golding Infrastructure Co-Investment 2020” meanwhile, also closed well above its original target at €578 million, thanks to strong investor demand. In each case these impressive results were due around half to
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