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Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset manager, has partnered with NOVAFRANCE Energy, a specialist in the development of renewable energy projects, to finance an programme of 5,000 photovoltaic poultry shelters.
Launched at the end of 2018, NOVAFRANCE Energy specialises in agrivoltaics to design agricultural solutions for animal welfare by producing renewable electricity. The investment programme will look to deploy €50 million over the next few years for a potential photovoltaic capacity of 300 Megawatts peak[1] (MWp).
The funding is being provided by Tikehau Capital’s Green Assets strategy, one of its impact private equity strategies, which finances, builds and operates
Collingwood Lighting Group (UK) (Collingwood), a platform company of Ambienta SGR (Ambienta), one of Europe’s largest asset managers entirely focused on environmental sustainability, has completed its acquisition of Nobile Italia (Nobile).
Nobile, founded in 1966 and headquartered in Rome, is a leading Italian designer, manufacturer and distributor of LED luminaires focused on the Italian wholesale and export markets. Nobile is positioned at the premium end of the market, has excellent service levels, well established customer relationships, strong R&D capabilities and is a market leader in LED strip. The business is led by Fulvio Nobile (CEO, Owner) and Davide Jurisic (General
Inflexion has further strengthened its ESG commitments during the first half of 2022 by signing the United Nations Global Compact and formalising its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals whilst also joining the ILPA’s Data Convergence Project.
These commitments come a year after achieving carbon-neutral status and becoming a signatory of the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment. Inflexion has also joined the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.
The Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact are derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the
QED Investors, a global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, has appointed Courtney Christianson as head of investor relations.
Christianson will be responsible for increasing the global scale of QRD’s investor relations function and the scope of its sources of investment capital. She will develop and strengthen relationships with new and existing investors as well as design and manage future fundraising strategies from inception to outcome.
Christianson joins QED most recently from KSL Capital, a leader in travel and leisure investing, where she oversaw investor relations and fundraising efforts across equity, opportunistic and credit vehicles,
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has acquired a majority equity stake in Budderfly, an energy-as-a-service (EaaS) provider in the US, and committed further growth capital totalling more than USD500 million.
Partners Group aims to transform Budderfly into a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure platform by investing to expand its customer base and solutions offering. Budderfly’s experienced management team has invested and partnered alongside Partners Group to capture this large market opportunity.
Founded by its chief executive officer Al Subbloie, Budderfly offers EaaS solutions for the measurement, reduction, and management of energy demand and consumption. This involves designing, integrating, installing, and fully
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has appointed Wolf-Henning Scheider as partner and head of its Private Equity Department.
Scheider will join Partners Group at the conclusion of his current contract and will be based in the firm’s global headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland.
Scheider will succeed David Layton, Partners Group’s chief executive officer (CEO), as head of Private Equity. Layton had retained leadership of the Private Equity Department after being appointed co-CEO in 2018 and sole CEO in 2021.
Scheider is currently CEO and chairman of the Board of Management at ZF Group, a global technology company that manufactures
Kerv, a customer-first cloud & digital transformation services provider backed by private equity investor LDC, has acquired the Communications Compliance Practice business of TDS Global Holdings, to significantly enhance its capabilities in FCA regulated compliance services.
The acquisition will take the total Kerv business to over £60 million turnover and more than 500 staff and create the leading compliance technology practice serving the UK’s Tier 1 banking and financial services sector.
The rebranded Kerv Communications Compliance Practice provides mission-critical communications compliance services to major global financial services organisations including 50% of the Tier 1 UK banks with 140,000 channels
Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (Horizon), a specialty finance company that provides capital in the form of secured loans to venture capital backed companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and sustainability industries, has closed a $45 million venture loan facility to Swift Health Systems, Inc (dba InBrace), of which Horizon funded $7 million of the initial $10 million draw, and a private investment vehicle managed by Horizon Technology Finance Management LLC, Horizon’s advisor, funded $3 million.
InBrace is the orthodontic company behind the Smartwire, transforming the teeth straightening process and markedly improving the patient experience. The InBrace
Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Anne-Claire Berg as chief people & impact officer.
Berg has extensive experience driving holistic transformations connecting business strategy with culture, organisation, and people to unlock growth. At Gen II, she will utilise her significant experience in talent acquisition, leadership development and organisational impact to build an engaged, inclusive and high-performing culture. She will oversee human resource operations across all Gen II locations.
Over the past 20 years, Berg has built and strengthened companies and brands as a business partner, a lawyer and an entrepreneur in
Wonder Robotics, a technology company specialising in the autonomous flight and landing of commercial drones, has closed a $4 million fundraising round led by Elron Ventures, in conjunction with Besadno Investment Group.
The funds will be used to scale up operation and marketing efforts, while developing technology for additional applications.
Safe autonomous operation is this market’s enabler and at the heart of the rapidly developing drone regulation, and is being strongly promoted by the biggest industry players.
Wonder Robotics’ smart safety layer includes vertical awareness and robust precision landing, permitting drone safety beyond the operator/mission manager’s visual line of
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