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Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private capital fund administrator, has appointed Steven Millner as chief executive officer.
Since co-founding Gen II in 2009, Millner has served as a managing principal and as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Millner, along with his co-founders, have been involved in the administration of private capital funds for over 25 years. Their experience extends from assisting with the launch of emerging managers to working with the world’s leading private capital fund managers.
In concert with Millner’s appointment, Gen II co-founder Steven Alecia has been appointed president. He previously served
Gallagher has appointed Dan O’Connell to its mergers & acquisition (M&A) team in the North of England. A qualified lawyer, Dan joins from Walker Morris where he was a corporate associate.
Dan has over ten years’ experience in the legal sector and has worked at a number of leading law firms including Walker Morris, Irwin Mitchell and DWF.
He has experience advising on a range of corporate transactions including corporate M&A, PLC activity, such as floats, regulatory work and fundraises, and advising private equity clients on acquisitions, investments and disposals.
Funding Circle, a UK-based small business loan platform, has made internal promotions in its Capital Markets division.
Dipesh Mehta and Sam Granger will become Co-Heads of Global Capital Markets, taking over from Sachin Patel who has been with Funding Circle for more than eight years.
The Capital Markets team has established Funding Circle’s institutional investment capability which now sees a wide range of investors – including banks, asset management companies, insurance companies, government-backed entities, individuals and funds – leveraging Funding Circle’s machine learning and technology capabilities to lend to SMEs at both speed and scale.
Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has invested in CatSci Ltd, a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) supporting top tier global pharmaceutical companies around the world.
Keensight Capital will invest alongside the founders, senior management, and employees.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, CatSci was formed in December 2010 from a spin-out of AstraZeneca’s Catalyst Screening Facility by five founders, including current co-owners Dr Ross Burn and Dr Simon Tyler, now CEO and COO, respectively.
Eranovum, a Spanish group dedicated to accelerating the energy transition, has secured a €26.5 million capital injection from Keystone, an investment fund specialised in the infrastructure and energy sector, to create one of the largest electric vehicle charging networks in Spain.
The transaction will be carried out in two tranches, the first of which has already been closed for €11.5 million. By means of this transaction, the international fund has acquired a 30% stake in the share capital of Eranovum e-mobility, the electric mobility subsidiary of the Eranovum Group. The second part of the investment is scheduled for the end
Turntide Technologies (Turntide), a developer of breakthrough electrification and sustainable operations technologies, has secured $80 million in equity funding, valuing the company at over $1 billion, making it one of a handful of climate tech companies to achieve unicorn status in the first half of 2022.
Participation in the round includes new investments from OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI) and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), with follow-on investments from Fifth Wall and Meson Capital’s Captain Planet LP fund.
This funding brings the total amount of capital raised to $485 million.
Turntide is also backed by a global coalition of
Apex Group is to acquire ZASMalta (ZAS), a specialist provider of regulatory compliance and risk management services.
Mid-market private equity investor AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) has signed an agreement with Nets, part of Nexi Group, for the acquisition of its pan-Nordic digital invoice distribution platform and bill payment solutions business EDIGard.
EDIGard is headquartered in Norway and operates across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, UK and Germany. It comprises the EdiEX branded platform and is part of Nets Issuer & eSecurity Services umbrella.
The decision to sell EDIGard resulted from a strategic review of the Nexi Group’s perimeter following the completion of the mergers with Nets and SIA.
Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management (Sverica) has made a strategic investment in SG Homecare.
Founded in 2001, SG Homecare is a provider of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) to home-based patients throughout the California market.
The Company provides a full suite of DMEPOS products and services, enabling SG to be a one-stop-shop.
Rayon, a specialist in space design software has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Seedcamp.
Foundamental, 20VC, and Kima also participated in the round alongside a cohort of business angels including, Ralph Gootee, co-founder of plangrid (acquired by Autodesk); Joe Thomas co-founder and CEO of Loom; Thibaud Elziere and Quentin Nickmans founders of eFounders; Nicolas Steegmann co-founder of Stupeflix; Riggs Kubiak founder of Honest buildings (acquired by Procore); Jonathan Widawski founder & CEO of Maze, as well as many others.
Rayon will use the funding to grow its team, refine its product and launch its offering
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