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Abris Capital Partners (Abris), an ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, has supported GreenGroup, a circular economy specialist in Central Europe, in acquiring SIGAD, a Romanian developer of environmental reporting software.
The acquisition marks the launch of GreenGroup’s ‘Circular Innovations’ division, which will invest in start-up and scale-up companies with a significant contribution to developing the circular economy in Europe.
Central European investor Abris first invested in GreenGroup in 2016, and has since partnered with the firm’s management team to expand the business organically and through acquisition, and to build the leading circular economy player in Europe. The acquisition of
abrdn, one of Britain’s biggest fund managers is preparing to sell its private equity business according to a report by Sky News. The move is part of an ongoing streamlining of the firm’s operations under chief executive Stephen Bird.
The report says that abrdn, which managed close to £550 billion in assets at the end of 2021, has hired bankers at Rothschild to sell the unit which manages roughly £14 billion in private equity assets.
Bird, who joined abrdn two years ago when the company was still known as Standard Life Aberdeen, has been simplifying the sprawling company by exiting
Tani Dulay, chief executive of property investor and developer Woodbourne Group, has unveiled a new early capital and pre-seed accelerator fund which will support other talented entrepreneurs.
Woodbourne Ventures has £1 million allocated to back promising Birmingham-based businesses. Its aim is to help the city’s entrepreneurs build successful businesses that will generate jobs and attract further investment to the region.
Four companies have received funds to date – a clean-tech business that produces net zero concrete, a sustainable loungewear company, a fintech trading business and the fourth is a web3 based company which is to be announced shortly. For
OWYN (Only What You Need), a brand in plant-based protein beverages and other functional nutrition products, has closed a growth investment round led by Purchase Capital with participation from Hammock Park Capital and existing investor PowerPlant Ventures.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
The news follows the acquisition of a majority ownership stake in OWYN last year by United Nutritional Brands, an affiliate of Purchase Capital—an investment firm led by Nicholas J Singer that provides patient capital for private and public companies. Proceeds of this latest funding round will be deployed to drive national expansion, increase distribution across
Palatine-backed Anthesis, a group of dedicated sustainability experts, has acquired UK-based energy specialists, Padd Energy.
This deal marks the third M&A transaction for Anthesis in six months following the acquisition of Canadian agri-food sustainability consultancy Provision Coalition Inc, and Climate Neutral Group, a Net Zero authority based in the Netherlands, Belgium, and South Africa.
Established in Yorkshire in 2013, Padd Energy is a specialist energy engineering consultancy passionate about creating power and energy from renewable and sustainable sources whilst reducing emissions from fossil fuels.
Padd Energy works with some of the world’s largest corporations to identify, agree and meet net-zero
Oaktree has completed the acquisition of 17Capital, a provider of non-dilutive capital to high-quality private equity management companies, funds and institutional investors that are seeking to finance value creation and portfolio management initiatives.
Oaktree is a specialist among global investment managers fosued on alternative investments, including credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities.
This strategic partnership will give 17Capital access to Oaktree’s deep global network and add to Oaktree’s extensive suite of private capital solutions. 17Capital, which is headquartered in London, will continue to operate as an independent business, with its own product offerings and investment, marketing, and support
Insurance industry veteran, Alex Tuff, has partnered with Integrum Holdings (Integrum), an innovative investment firm focused on investing in technology-enabled services companies, to launch Evertree Insurance (Evertree), an omni-channel personal lines insurance distribution platform. The build-out and growth of the business will be financed through a substantial equity commitment from funds affiliated with Integrum.
Integrum’s investment will support the continued growth of the emerging insurance agency through the acquisition of top tier agencies, development of a new technology platform, recruitment of best-in-class personal lines agents and expanding the executive leadership team.
The investment in Evertree is the third investment
HCI Equity Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm, has sold SouthernAg Carriers, Inc, a transportation and logistics service provider for agricultural and related processed food manufacturers, specialising in peanuts, cotton, pecans and other agricultural products to large consumer packaged goods customers including Mars, P&G and ConAgra.
SouthernAg has five facilities in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas.
Republic Partners served as the financial advisor and Vedder Price served as legal counsel to SouthernAg.
Munch’s Supply, the HVAC division of Marcone, has acquired Wholesale Sheet Metal (WSM) and Pile Protection Tops (PPT).
The acquisition expands Munch’s geographic footprint to 71 locations serving 17 US states and one Canadian province.
Munch’s Supply is a Marcone company that has been operating in the Chicagoland area for more than 65 years and is consistently ranked as a top 10 HVAC distributor in the United States. Marcone, a leading distributor of home appliance, HVAC and plumbing repair parts and equipment across North America acquired Munch’s Supply in 2021. Together, the companies operate with a singular goal—to become
Fundamental Advisors (Fundamental), an alternative asset manager dedicated to municipal and public purpose investing, has held the final close of its fourth flagship private equity fund, Fundamental Partners IV LP (Fund IV), with $1.43 billion in capital commitments.
Fund IV’s total commitments significantly exceeded its original target of $1 billion. The fund received support from a majority of existing investors along with a diverse group of new investors including state pension plans, insurance companies, university endowments and private wealth platforms.
Fund IV will continue Fundamental’s strategy of employing both private equity-style control and high-yielding private credit practices to invest
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