Stephen Benzikie
eFront releases Fourth Annual Global Private ...

Today, eFront has released its Fourth Annual Global Private Equity Performance Series showing the top-performing regions globally for private equity in 2020. The new report uses deal-level benchmarks for the first time, providing a detailed analysis of performance and deal activity across all regions and sectors at portfolio company level.

eFront releases Fourth Annual Global Private Equity Performance Series
Stephen Benzikie
Julia Computing Raises $24M in Series A

Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia joins board. Latest funding, led by Dorilton Ventures, will help scale Julia Computing’s production of Julia solutions and new product development for pharmaceuticals, energy, finance, and other sectors.

Julia Computing Raises $24M in Series A
Stephen Benzikie
Riverside Secures Investment in Cryptomathic

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has acquired a controlling stake in Cryptomathic, a leading Danish provider of high-end hardware agnostic secure server solutions.

Riverside Secures Investment in Cryptomathic
Stephen Benzikie
Abris Capital commits to carbon neutral ...

Central Europe-focused investor launches “ESG Universe 2023”, becoming the first private equity firm in the region to commit to carbon neutrality.

Abris Capital commits to carbon neutral portfolio by 2025
Stephen Benzikie
Carillion’s rush to buy up rivals did nothing ...

Monty Python’s corpulent diner Mr Creosote exploded after a ‘wafer-thin’ mint tipped him over the edge. Carillion’s messy demise, however, was in no small part down to its long term diet of contracts with margins barely as fat as a squashed After Eight.

Consultancy

PRESS RELEASE: Hydra launches with comms heavyweights

New strategic consultancy features former agency and in-house leaders
 

Corporate and financial PR veteran Stephen Benzikie has brought together some of the UK’s most senior communicators to launch a new strategic consultancy.

Hydra will offer both board-level advice and senior-only execution across all key areas of corporate comms, focusing on supporting CEOs and communications directors. The firm aims to deliver substantial integrated programmes, led by consultants with typically more than 20 years’ experience of advising leading companies.