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Alpha Capital announced today that it has closed its USD230 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq), trading under the ticker symbol “ASPCU”.
The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) will use the funds to seek a business combination with a Latin American-focused technology company. Alpha announced pricing last Thursday.
There are over 20,000 technology companies in that region according to Crunchbase. While they have generally been funded by a growing local network of early-stage investors, later-stage capital has been far less available in Latin America, which has limited growth opportunities. Alpha aims to solve that dilemma by
Millar Cameron, the executive & professional search consultancy, has recruited a highly experienced team of head-hunters to service the power and infrastructure sectors in Africa.
The business, which has been identifying and developing senior leaders for clients in emerging markets since 2007, is well-known for its executive search work in the food, agriculture, international development, real estate, technology and telecoms sectors. With access to reliable energy critical for sustainable economic growth across Africa, the power sector is a natural addition to Millar Cameron’s areas of expertise.
Joining the company are Jayne Maxwell, Tim Beckh and Justin Wharton, who collectively bring
Protests against racial violence and injustice around the world have put a spotlight on inequality, accelerating the demand for far-reaching social, political and corporate transformation. As a result, organisations are becoming more focused on the need to address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
As institutional investors turn to private markets, they are seeking to address systemic imbalances by increasing diversity within their organisations and boosting DEI with their investment portfolios. This includes implementing DEI manager programs and expanding due diligence frameworks to include diversity metrics.
Evidence supporting the positive impact DEI has on private market performance is mounting. Mercer’s white
Elysian Capital, an independent Private Equity Fund investing in the UK and Ireland lower mid-market, has appointed Apex Group (Apex) to provide full ESG Ratings & Advisory services.
Nordic Capital has expanded its tech and payments track record, with the highly successful IPO of Cint Group AB (publ) (Cint).
Cint, a global software leader in digital insights gathering, today announced the outcome of the initial public offering of its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. The offering was substantially over-subscribed, attracting very strong interest from large Swedish and international institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden. The market capitalisation of Cint, based on the IPO price of SEK72 per share, is approximately SEK9.8 billion.
In 2016, Nordic Capital invested in Cint with the ambition of creating
Diligend, an investment management software provider for institutional investors and consultants, has added Deloitte Consulting as a client.
Deloitte will use Diligend’s solution to digitise and streamline its processes, which include Operational Due Diligence (ODD) on investment managers and service provider RFPs and client surveys. The tool will be further used to enhance benchmarking and reporting functionality.
“As we look to provide the best service to our clients, we have been observing the evolution of technologies in this segment for a while. We found that Diligend was the best fit to our needs and their team aligned to our
Sympa, a provider of core HR software in the Nordics and Recruitee, a provider of applicant tracking systems (ATS) in central Europe and the USA, are combining to create a digital HR solutions offering.
The collaboration brings both companies’ software solutions under one umbrella, providing companies with a full suite of advanced tools for automating HR tasks and amplifying the expertise of HR professionals. Going forward, customers will benefit from the expanded combined product offering, consisting of a leading talent acquisition platform and a comprehensive core HR platform, as well as the group’s significantly increased geographic reach.
The combined
Mid-market private equity firm Moshesh Partners Fund Management has selected Prescient Fund Services (Pty) Ltd (Prescient) as the Fund Administrator to its first private fund.
The fund’s strategy is to invest in renewable energy and clean infrastructure with the goal of securing South Africa’s long-term energy viability and empowering its people.
Moshesh Partners has been seeded by Thuso Incubation Partners (Thuso), a South African dedicated black majority-owned private equity incubator. In line with Thuso’s mission statement, the fund has embedded Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles.
“At Moshesh we strive to be the best
JTC, the global provider of fund, corporate and private client services, has acquired INDOS Financial and it subsidiaries (INDOS) for a maximum consideration of GBP12.5 million.
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A number of leading venture capital and private equity investors have published substantial guidelines on Diversity and Inclusion in the investment industry.
Investors and professionals from the venture investment community have today released best practice guidelines to help increase investment in under-represented founders and drive diversity and returns across the investment sector.
The “Guidance and best practice examples for VCs, private equity and institutional investors” document was written by leading investors and professionals including Atomico, Pollen Street Capital, Ada Ventures, Adelpha, Astia, KPMG, Diversity VC and Diversio.
The guidelines are being published by the British Venture Capital Association
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