The board will help source entrepreneurs and start-ups as well as provide due diligence alongside 3i’s venture capital partners, headed by managing partner Jo Taylor.
The US property investment management firm is stepping up its European activities with two new fund of fund launches as the product gains in popularity.
The Oslo-based private equity firm has held a final close on its second fund with just over €500m in commitments, more than twice the amount raised for its vintage-2005 debut fund.
Inflexion Private Equity has invested £9.4m to acquire a majority stake in the £24m management buyout of employment services company Parasol.
France’s state-owned finance institution and one of the country’s largest investors in private equity is in negotiations to free its venture capital subsidiary from the yoke of public ownership.
The global investment and advisory firm has carried out a combined €1bn of refinancings of a portfolio of Enersis-owned wind farms and hydro plants in Portugal.
The Australian bank has come from behind to win the auction for Thames Water, a UK utility.
The US energy investment specialist is backing eco-friendly power generation facilities.
UK turnaround specialist Kelso Place has raised its third fund from just four investors closing on £100 million.
3i, a London-listed private equity firm, has invested in SVG Capital’s second fund dedicated to private equity-style investments in public companies.