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Venture Capital Investment Manager Deepbridge Capital has appointed Simon Thelwall-Jones to the newly created role of venture partner.
Thelwall-Jones brings a wealth of experience as a qualified Chartered Accountant, an experienced company director and a corporate finance expert; with most recent roles being investment director at MSIF followed by director of Technology Ventures for the Development Bank of Wales. The newly created role will initially be focused on working with a number of Deepbridge’s high-growth portfolio companies, whilst also working on a number of new fund opportunities.
This appointment forms part of a wider restructure within Deepbridge, with Dr
ID-Pal, a global identity verification provider, has secured €7 million (£6 million) in a Series A funding round led by Inspire Investments to further fuel expansion into international markets.
The round was led by Inspire Investments with confidence shared by Act Venture Capital who have now participated in ID-Pal’s last two rounds. Inspire Investments is led by Derek Delaney, CEO of Waystone, and is the private holding company for the management of Waystone.
This new wave of funding will allow the Dublin-based identity verification company to further scale its global sales and marketing efforts to meet the growing demand for
3i Group (3i) is to invest in VakantieDiscounter, a technology-enabled online travel agency in the Benelux focused on affordable holidays.
11:11 Systems (11:11), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, has acquired Static1, a specialist in managed network and IT infrastructure development and services.
Driving increased productivity, efficiency and security for its customers, Static1 designs, builds, runs and optimises IT infrastructure.
The enterprise network infrastructure market is valued at $56 billion as of 2021 and is expected to grow significantly over the next five years. The shifting dynamics of remote work and the increased need for bandwidth and technology to enable the migration to wireless are major factors driving the growth of the connectivity market. IT leaders must ensure applications and
Riskonnect, a specialist in integrated risk management (IRM) solutions backed by private equity firm TA Associates, has acquired Castellan, a global provider of enterprise resilience management solutions.
The acquisition furthers Riskonnect’s IRM vision of bringing all aspects of Risk Under One Roof by seamlessly incorporating business continuity and operational resilience capabilities into its platform.
Castellan’s mission is to help organisations find the right balance of risk tolerance and resilience to protect their people, reputation, customers, and bottom line. The company serves more than 750 customers in over 30 countries and has 130 employees. The acquisition accelerates the growth objectives
Construction platform 011h has raised €25 million in a Series A funding round led by Redalpine, accompanied by Seaya Andromeda and Breega, with the participation of Aldea Ventures among others.
Previous investors including Giuseppe Zocco, Foundamental and A/O Proptech, also joined the round.
The funding will be used to further develop 011h’s digital platform and building system, as well as grow its team and strengthen its network of partners. Initially, 011h will focus on projects in its home market of Spain. It will then pursue its goal of becoming a leading building platform in Europe, and ultimately an open platform
Funds managed by CapMan Buyout are to sell their holdings in Fortaco Group, a strategic partner to the heavy off-highway equipment and marine industries offering technology, vehicle cabins, steel fabrications, and assemblies to global OEMs, to private equity firm One Equity Partners.
One Equity Partners will support the further development of the current and new offerings of Fortaco, including areas to strengthen value creation to customers and to provide the means for further international expansion.
Under the ownership of CapMan, Fortaco has grown and become a market-leading, premium industrial company. Fortaco has factories across seven European countries, in addition to
Nearwater Capital has appointed Gary Barnett and John Willian as non-executive directors of Nearwater Capital Markets, the firm’s new security-based swap dealer (SBSD).
Online payment service provider Buckaroo is to acquire SEPAY, a point-of-sale (PoS) payment solutions provider in the Benelux, with the support of Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, and Buckaroo’s majority investor, alongside the managers of SEPAY.
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in The Hague, SEPAY is a fast-growing licensed payment institution specialised in PoS payment solutions in the Benelux.
Thanks to its credit card acquiring capabilities and highly efficient merchant onboarding process, SEPAY has distinguished itself in its ability to provide a comprehensive and highly competitive PoS solution, with next day implementation of
Impax Asset Management (Impax), a specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has appointed Nana Li as head of sustainability & ESG, Asia-Pacific.
Li joins Impax from the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), where she was research and project director, China. The ACGA is an independent organisation dedicated to working with investors, companies and regulators in the implementation of effective corporate governance practices in Asia-Pacific.
In this newly created role, effective as of 1 July 2022, Nana will be based in Impax’s Hong Kong office and will report to Lisa Beauvilain, head of sustainability
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