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Algebris Investments’ first private equity fund, the Algebris Green Transition Fund, is acquiring a majority stake in Omnisyst, an Italian provider of waste management solutions for industrial and commercial clients in what will be the fund’s first investment.
The Algebris Green Transition Fund will acquire 70% of the share capital of Omnisyst from Ezio Speziali, founder and current CEO, who will remain CEO and a 30% shareholder.
Omnisyst provides services in waste management, logistics, waste treatment, recycling, and material recovery to the private sector. Omnisyst has a fully digital process and real-time traceability, thanks to proprietary software that allows the
Keensight Capital is to invest alongside management in Axxam, a innovative Partner Research Organization (iPRO) in the life sciences industry. The deal will see the private equity manager acquire a majority stake in Axxam from the current shareholders, including Bayer SpA and Zambon Company SpA.
Axxam, headquartered in Milan (Italy), employs around 180 people, most of whom have received PhDs in life sciences related disciplines. The Company is one of the largest biology-centric organisations, providing research services to major life sciences companies around the globe.
Keensight Capital intends to support the management team, led by the two co-founders Dr Stefan
Azimut Group’s (Azimut) US subsidiaries, Azimut Alternative Capital Partners, and AACP Investments (together AACP), are to acquire a minority equity interest in RoundShield Partners, a European special opportunities investment firm with offices in Jersey, London, Geneva, Madrid, Paris and Luxembourg.
The Eversource Energy Retirement Plan, AACP’s first strategic limited partner, also participated in the transaction through its capital commitment to an investment fund managed by AACP. Inclusive of this new transaction, total Private Markets AuM managed by AACP affiliates is now $16 billion (ca $3 billion pro-rata for AACP).
AACP was established in November 2019 with the purpose of
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) has appointed six key industry leaders to its board of directors.
The AVCA Board plays a key role in the oversight, governance and strategic direction of the association – the new directors will therefore continue to strengthen AVCA’s execution of its ongoing strategy as a market-shaping industry association, driving the promotion and advocacy of private capital in Africa.
The new Board members are: Albert Alsina, CEO & Group Managing Partner, Mediterrania Capital Partners; Patrice Backer, Partner & CIO, AFIG Funds; Mezuo Nwuneli, Managing Partner, Sahel Capital; Karima Ola, Partner, LeapFrog
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has appointed Joseph (Joe) R Cisewski, the legal counsel of cryptocurrency specialist Pantera Capital, as chief of staff and senior counsel.
Spartan Group has led a multi-million dollar seed funding round in CLST, an institutional-only lending and borrowing venue for stablecoins and other cryptocurrency assets.
Accelex, a SaaS platform for alternative investment data management, has expanded its relationship with LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) to support the processing of a new document category: fund financial statements.
Existing investors, including bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen (bm|t), and a new family office, have led a €10 million series A funding round in German medtech startup PreciPoint Group, a specialist in the digitalisation of microscopy and laboratory workflows.
This financing will be used to advance the international commercialisation of the company´s first IVD medical product, market entry in the USA as well as further technological development of additional innovative solutions.
In 2022, PreciPoint will commercially launch the iO:M8 ROSE, a solution for the digitisation of intraoperative microscopic assessments during cancer surgeries. These examinations, during which pathologists determine whether sufficient material
Launch House has launched House Capital, the entrepreneur membership community’s dedicated venture capital arm and a $10 million debut VC fund which will focuses on backing companies in the Launch House community as well as other high-growth, early stage startups.
Founded by Michael Houck, Brett Goldstein, and Jacob Peters, House Capital aims to build off of the company’s existing relationships with founders early in their journey. Already, House Capital has co-invested alongside top-tier lead investors such as a16z, Sequoia, Paradigm, and Y Combinator. Founders of startups that House Capital invests in will get lifetime membership to the Launch House community,
Helicap Investments has listed its flagship fund, Helicap Fund I, on the private market exchange ADDX. Since launching in 2018, the fund has disbursed more than $100 million to micro, small and medium-sized business in Southeast Asia with around 10% in net annualised returns.
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