BBGI backs Canadian hydro refurb – BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI) has invested in InPower BC General Partnership, the entity responsible for delivering the John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project, an investment made through the existing strategic partnership between BBGI and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. The public-private partnership project consisted of the design, construction, financing, maintenance and rehabilitation of […]
Strong trading at Gore Street Energy Storage – Gore Street Energy Storage Fund says that over the final quarter of 2021, three of its sites -Lower Road (10MW), Larport Farm (19.5MW) and Breach Farm (10MW) – ranked as one the highest revenue generating energy storage assets in per MWh, according to Modo Energy, a specialist […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 February 2022: Gravis Capital Management plans to launch a new company GCP Co-Living REIT Plc which will acquire three assets that are transferring out of the Co-living Group. Readers may recall that Co-Living Group was a problem investment within the GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) portfolio. The new REIT has […]
Triple Point Energy Efficiency buying battery portfolio – Triple Point Energy Efficiency says that its investment manager has secured, under exclusivity, a near-term pipeline of £108m of grid-scale battery energy storage systems assets. If the deal progresses to plan, the portfolio will be substantially deployed. To fund the short-term pipeline and to allow greater financial […]
Riverstone Energy backs T-Rex – Riverstone Energy has made $17.5m preferred equity investment in T-REX Group, Inc.’s $40mSeries C funding round. T-REX is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, supporting the asset-backed financing industry. Riverstone says that it brings together asset class expertise, critical data management capabilities, and a platform for deal structuring, cash flow modeling, scenario analysis, […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 February 2022: Augmentum Fintech (AUGM) published an update on its portfolio. One interesting fact is that, while publicly listed fintech companies have fallen from an average 15.2x revenue at end June 2021 to 9.2x revenue in recent months, AUGM’s portfolio is valued on 4.2x. Over the second half of 2021, […]
A storm is hitting markets as central bankers threaten to raise interest rates to choke off inflation. Growth-focused funds have been hit hard – Scottish Mortgage’s shares are 20% lower than they were a month ago, for example. However, it is not all doom and gloom. Polar Capital Global Financials Trust is trading at a […]
RTW Venture Fund has announced that it participated in an $85m Series B funding round for Kyverna Therapeutics, Inc. on 26 January. RTW invested alongside other investment vehicles of RTW Investments, LP (the investment manager) as well as other investors. Kyverna is a privately held cell therapy company engineering a new class of therapies for […]
Record results from Standard Life Private Equity – Standard Life Private Equity has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2021. The figures are good – an NAV return of 37.9% (the best in the trust’s 20-year history) and a whopping 60.6% share price return as the discount narrowed significantly. Both of these figures were […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 January 2022: ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) is investing in Brooks Automation alongside funds advised by Thomas H. Lee Partners. The trust has an investment in THL Fund IX and will have exposure to the deal that way, but it will also make a direct investment in Brook Automation. Altogether – […]