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Coolbrook, a transformational technology and engineering company, has appointed Anders Borg as a Member of the Board. Borg spent almost a decade at leading global investment firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), where he was a Managing Director responsible for the Nordics and eCommerce investment in Europe.
In his role as a Board Member at Coolbrook, he will advise on financing as the company prepares its technology for commercial deployment by 2024.
Borg is a seasoned investor, entrepreneur and engineer who brings more than twenty years of experience in impact, ESG, and technology. In his role as Managing Director at
Cohere Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in technology and tech-enabled services middle market companies, has promoted Mike Alberts to principal and Reid Glaser to vice president, and appointed Rich Boghosian as a principal.
Alberts joined Cohere in Summer 2019, at the firm’s inception and has contributed to its growth and development in many ways, including investment sourcing, new investment analysis, and firm marketing. Prior to Cohere, he worked in a variety of operational, private equity and investment banking roles.
Glaser joined Cohere in Fall 2021 as a senior associate after several years of private equity, investment
abrdn’s Core Infrastructure team has agreed to make a major equity investment in Wessex Internet. The investment will help to accelerate the deployment of Wessex Internet’s full fibre-to-the-home network across rural parts of the South West of England.
abrdn will work together with Wessex Internet’s founders to support their vision for the future growth of the business.
Wessex Internet is a full fibre operator in the South West of England, having built an impressive fibre footprint across Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. The business has a network footprint covering tens of thousands of homes across these counties and has
Blackstone’s growth fund has bought a majority stake in sunscreen brand Supergoop at a $600 million to $700 million valuation, according to a report by Private Equity Insights.
The senior management of Supergoop, including founder Holly Thaggard and Chief Executive Officer Amanda Baldwin, will retain significant equity ownership after the transaction, according to the report.
Existing investors such as Encore Consumer Capital and SWAT Equity are rolling over their stakes, Baldwin said.
The firm said Blackstone’s investment will boost the company’s product range into the athletes and babies markets, and also extending its geographical reach to China.
Ann Chung, Global
Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager is expanding its private loan offering with the launch of the Neuberger Berman European Private Loans Fund II.
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has appointed Caroline Turner as Global Head of Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations. Turner will be responsible for leading the institutional sales function, supporting its strategy and the team as it continues to expand its offering to global institutional investors.
Based in London, Turner will manage Octopus’ growing institutional sales business, strengthening the relationship between the institutional distribution team and investment function, as well as focusing on partnerships with investment consultants. She will report into Jennifer Ockwell, Global Head of Institutional.
Turner joins Octopus following a 15-year career at Willis Towers Watson (WTW)
The Maryland State Retirement & Pension System has included private equity firms Thoma Bravo, Apollo, Silver Lake in its latest $1.1 billion of investment commitments, according to a report by PE Insights.
Sixpoint Partners (Sixpoint), a global investment bank serving the middle-market private equity industry, has promoted Ignacio Martín-Chocano to Managing Director and Vincent Molinari to Director.
Martín-Chocano joined Sixpoint in 2016 and in 2020 opened its London office, where he focuses on the distribution and origination of fund opportunities in the UK and Western Europe. He previously worked in the Global Structured Solutions group at Citigroup, executing debt private placement transactions globally across the consumer, real estate, healthcare, and energy industries.
Molinari joined Sixpoint Partners in 2021, bolstering the firm’s coverage of institutional investors in New York and New England. He
Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) is expanding its business development capabilities with the appointment of Sebastian Schwarzenegger as Co-Head of Business Development.
Schwarzenegger is responsible for acquiring and servicing institutional clients and sales partners with focus on the DACH region. In this position, Schwarzenegger will also contribute to the ongoing further development of MPEP’s institutional sales strategy.
Before joining Munich Private Equity Partners, Schwarzenegger was Executive Director at Edmond de Rothschild and responsible for servicing German and Austrian investors, ie private and commercial banks, insurance companies, pension funds, family offices and wealth managers. Prior to that, he worked for
Theta Capital Management (Theta Capital), an Amsterdam-based fund manager with a focus on blockchain venture capital, has raised a total of $500 million in 2021 to invest in crypto-native venture capital funds. The investment is through its Theta Blockchain Ventures fund-of-funds programme.
Theta Blockchain Ventures seeks diverse exposure to the most promising Web 3.0 projects globally at their earliest private round valuations, with a focus on the core infrastructure of this new technological paradigm.
To capitalise on the opportunities presented by the current market volatility, the firm is expanding the strategy with its third fund dedicated to the space, Theta
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