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Earth Capital Limited (ECL), a UK growth equity impact investor, has launched a new company, Sustainable Energy Holdings Limited (SEHL), formed through a merger of four of its portfolio companies, all low-carbon bioenergy generation assets: Eccleshall Biomass, Limelight Energy, Black Dog Biogas and Bright Light Energy Ltd.
These UK-based biomass-fuelled renewable energy plants will now benefit from a single dedicated management team which will focus on operational performance, and a consolidation of financial and commercial functions. Together, these facilities will generate 3.89 MW of base load renewable energy, enough to power 9,000 homes and will avoid the emission of 5,000
Global law firm Dentons has appointed partners Rob Irving and Kuif Klein Wassink as co-heads of the Europe Corporate and M&A practice group. They will be responsible for leading the firm’s corporate and M&A group across Europe and Central Asia and for further developing the market profile and client base of the practice.
In addition, partners Piotr Dulewicz and Olivia Guéguen have been named Europe Co-heads of Private Equity and Venture Capital sector group. They will be responsible for enhancing the Firm’s offering and client relationships in the private equity sector.
Irving is an M&A and private equity partner with
Private equity firms of all sizes are prioritising talent management over any other strategy, but they face challenges and may end up re-building their organisations in the process…
Hiring challenges in most developed economies have forced many private equity firms to think harder about where they are under-resourced and how their organization is structured.
One area is receiving particular attention.
EY’s latest Global Private Equity survey shows that, aside from asset growth, talent management is the most important strategic priority for firms of all sizes.
Data science, operations and reporting roles are all in high demand across the industry, as
The pandemic accelerated private equity fundraising and deployment in the technology sector but this year’s tech stock crash is forcing a recalculation among some GPs…
Last year, during a keynote address in Berlin, one of the founders of Thoma Bravo, Orlando Bravo, declared: “Software is not an industry… software is the business of every industry”.
The pandemic was making technology more ubiquitous, he argued. Today, almost every business is on its way to becoming a technology company or, at the very least, a tech-enabled service company. But the crashing volatility of tech stocks during Q1 this year has forced a
Third-party service providers were once focused on fund administration and accounting, but they are fast extending into the middle and front offices of private equity firms. Operational efficiencies and pressure from LPs will accelerate the shift…
After more than three decades of transforming their portfolio companies, private equity firms are bringing new operational solutions into their own businesses. In many cases, the answers lie with a new generation of technology service providers.
In a survey by Private Equity Wire in June, almost half of more than 50 respondents said they had outsourced part of their firm’s operations over the past
Within private equity fund portfolios and across the economy lie treasure troves of valuable financial information. GPs are feeding it into algorithms and prediction models to bolster their strategy…
Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, a specialist in enterprise identity security, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion.
The agreement to be acquired was previously announced on 11 April, 2022 and approved by SailPoint stockholders at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on 30 June, 2022.
SailPoint stockholders are receiving $65.25 in cash for each share of the common stock they owned. SailPoint’s common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
KKR has completed the acquisition of Barracuda, a provider of cloud-first security solutions, from software investment firm Thoma Bravo. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Barracuda is a cloud-first provider of cybersecurity solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
More than 200,000 customers worldwide count on Barracuda to protect their email, networks, applications, and data.
JP Morgan served as exclusive financial advisor to Thoma Bravo and Barracuda. Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Thoma Bravo and Barracuda. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal counsel to KKR. Guggenheim Securities, DBO Partners and Barclays
Royal Park Partners, a specialist financial advisor to the fintech industry, is expanding its leadership team with the hire of ex-Barclays dealmaker Niccolò Gamaleri as senior director. In his new role Gamaleri will focus on supporting fintech founders and private equity-backed companies through capital raises, M&A transactions, and IPOs.
His background in financial institutions M&A brings a new dimension to Royal Park Partners’ advisory offering. As the fintech sector becomes increasingly regulated, and its funding base evolves, knowledge of regulatory requirements, financing solutions, and industry standards is crucial.
Gamaleri bolsters the team’s capabilities and expertise, bringing extensive experience from Barclays
Novata, a public benefit corporation and technology platform that provides private markets stakeholders with intuitive and effective environmental, social and governance (ESG) data management solutions, has launched new metrics in-platform to enable financial market participants to collect the sustainability-related information outlined under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
To support this product offering, Novata also announced the expansion of its sales team into European markets with the addition of a group of experienced sales professionals in London.
Novata is backed by a consortium that includes the Ford Foundation, S&P Global, Hamilton Lane, and Omidyar Network, and is also supported by
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