FIVB partners with CVC Capital Partners to drive global growth of volleyball
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII have launched Volleyball World, a new partnership which will drive innovation, growth and investment in volleyball around the globe. Volleyball is the fourth most popular sport globally, with more than 800 million fans and high participation, across attractive markets, including Italy, Brazil, Japan, Poland, […]
CAPZA launches Expansion fund to invest in French mid-cap companies
CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs with EUR4.82 billion of assets under management, has appointed Guillaume Basquin and Frédéric Chiche as Partners and Co-Heads of CAPZA Expansion, a fund dedicated to investments in French mid-cap companies. The fund has already begun investing in order to support the […]
Robert Downey Jr launches FootPrint Coalition Ventures
Producer, actor and investor Robert Downey Jr has launched ESG-focused FootPrint Coalition Ventures, a series of rolling venture capital funds focused on sustainable technology, while participating in World Economic Forum (WEF) Digital Davos Agenda on a High Level Panel. FootPrint Coalition Ventures’ mission is to accelerate groundbreaking technologies that are addressing the world’s largest environmental […]
Horizons ETFs to launch world’s first psychedelics-focused ETF
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) has filed its final prospectus to launch the Horizons Psychedelic Stock Index ETF (PSYK). Units of PSYK have been conditionally approved for listing by the NEO Exchange (NEO) and are slated to begin trading on 27 January, 2020, under the ticker symbol PSYK:NEO. PSYK will be the world’s first exchange traded […]
Carey Olsen advises Montana Capital Partners on fifth secondary fund
Carey Olsen’s Jersey funds team has advised the Swiss investment advisor Montana Capital Partners AG on the launch of its fifth secondary fund, mcp Opportunity Secondary Programme V (mcp OSP V), which recently held its final closing at a hard cap of EUR1.3 billion in committed capital. Significant support from existing and new investors led […]
Jersey Finance partners with Durrell to launch globally focused re-wilding fund
Jersey Finance, in conjunction with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, is formally launching a new initiative today, aimed at protecting wildlife and ‘re-wilding’ ecosystems around the world. The ‘Jersey Fund for a Wilder World’ is being officially launched at Jersey Finance’s Annual Review today, with the objective of effecting positive change on the restoration of global […]
Sheridan Capital Partners Fund II closes above hard cap at USD306m
Sixpoint Partners, a leading global investment bank serving the middle market, has held the closing of Sheridan Capital Partners Fund II, above its hard cap with USD306 million of total capital commitments. Sheridan Capital Partners (“Sheridan”) is focused on making investments in lower middle market companies in recession resistant, non-discretionary markets within the healthcare industry. […]
Tower Capital Asia holds first closing of Tower Capital PE Fund I
Singapore-based Tower Capital Asia has held a first closing of its Southeast Asia-focused private equity fund, Tower Capital PE Fund , at approximately USD250 million. The fund’s first-closing investors include a pre-eminent international institutional investor and highly respected single family offices from the Southeast Asian region. Danny Koh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, says: […]
Blue Horizon Ventures holds final close of flagship fund
Blue Horizon Ventures, a sustainable food system focused venture capital fund, has held the final close of its first flagship fund Blue Horizon Ventures I, well beyond its initial target size at EUR183 million. The fund has attracted Limited Partners (LPs) around the world, ranging from private investors (numerous large single and multi-family offices) to […]
Bill Gates-Led Fund Raises Another $1 Billion to Invest in Clean Tech
Here’s more evidence the clean-tech boom is only getting bigger. Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the clean-tech venture capital fund led by Bill Gates, has raised $1 billion for a second round of investments after backing 45 startups with its first billion. Created in 2016, BEV began funding startups just as the second wave of clean-tech investments […]
