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BlackRock is to establish a perpetual infrastructure strategy that will seek to partner with infrastructure businesses over the long term to help drive the global energy transition.
Building on the broad capabilities of BlackRock’s longstanding infrastructure platform, the new strategy will pursue investments in the megatrends of energy transition and energy security, as well as digital and community infrastructure, sustainable mobility, and the circular economy.
It will seek to deploy capital into fully integrated businesses such as utilities and end-to-end renewable energy infrastructure players, as well as assets such as data centres, grid digitisation technologies, battery storage systems, and natural
BaltCap Baltic Investment Fund III sells INTRAC Group, a distributor of machinery for forestry, construction, agriculture and industry in the Baltics, to United Partners Investments (UPI), a Baltic investment company.
As a result of the transaction, UPI will acquire 100% of INTRAC Group, including shares of Nalka Invest and minority shareholders.
The transaction value and other details have not been disclosed. Completion of the deal is subject to regulatory approvals.
Atlantic BidCo GmbH, a non-controlled company indirectly held by funds which are respectively managed and advised by Advent International Corporation (Advent), Centerbridge Partners (Centerbridge), and CPP Investment Board Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), has secured 83.8% of shares in its voluntary public takeover of Aareal Bank AG (Aareal Bank), following the end of the additional acceptance period.
The transaction is expected to close, subject to regulatory processes, in the fourth quarter of 2022 or the first quarter of 2023. As further specified in the offer document published on 26 April 2022, the
Zoovu, an AI-powered discovery experience platform for B2B and B2C e-commerce, has raised $169 million in a Series C funding roundled by FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investor in enterprise technology and services businesses.
Zoovu will use the new funding to build out its go-to-market strategy and team, particularly in the United States, and strengthen its data-driven product platform to fuel a better e-commerce experience as it continues to empower businesses to help buyers discover products and make purchase decisions.
Bernstein, Alex Malvone, principal at FTV Capital, and Bob Ranaldi, chief revenue advisor at FTV Capital, will join Zoovu’s
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has made an investment in Infobase, a provider of cloud-based educational solutions, integrating content, tools, and technology to foster lifelong learning and deliver interactive learning experiences.
NCP invested in partnership with the Infobase management team, led by CEO Paul Skordilis.
Headquartered in New York, Infobase curates high-value content and uses its software platforms to deliver that content to students, educators, librarians, corporations, and parents. Its products are targeted primarily to the K-12 and higher education markets.
Q-Bot, a UK developer of robots for use in the construction and retrofit industry, has successfully closed a £1.6m investment led by EMV Capital, to fund the next stage of its growth.
Parent company NetScientific PLC and other existing investors also participated in the round.
The additional funds will allow Q-Bot to accelerate the rollout of its unique solution of remotely applying underfloor insulation across the UK and engage with growing overseas demand for Q-Bot’s solution.
In December 2021, EMV Capital Ltd led and advised on a £2.8m transaction which included a Convertible Loan facility and the sale and purchase
Private equity fund managers are pushing back on plans to increase the amount of financial information they are disclosing, according to research by Private Equity Wire.
Partners Capital Investment Group has appointed Christoph Günther and Dr Michael Viehs as head of public equities and global head of sustainable investing, respectively.
Partners Capital is a global outsourced investment office with $48 billion in client assets under management.
Günther, based in New York, succeeds by Alex Band, who now serves as co-chief investment officer of Partners Capital alongside Suzanne Streeter.
Viehs meanwhile will report directly to Arjun Raghavan, the firm’s chief executive officer.
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has made two senior hires. Marshall Phelps will be joining the firm as a managing director and partner within MidOcean Private Equity focusing on the firm’s Business Services vertical, and Jim Henderson has joined as a managing director on the Investor Relations team.
The hiring of Phelps and Henderson follows the addition of Erik Oken, former global chairman of investment banking at JP Morgan, to MidOcean Private Equity as Chairman earlier this month, and is further validation of MidOcean’s dedication to deepening
Broad Sky Partners (Broad Sky), a private equity firm that partners with leading middle market business services and consumer companies, has appointed Amy Margolis as managing director and head of business development.
Margolis will focus on new deal origination and add-on acquisition sourcing, as well as oversee Broad Sky’s banking and other transaction intermediary relationships.
Broad Sky has also promoted chief operating officer Heidi Vanhamme to managing director.
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