The novel design of AtaCor’s Atala™ lead aims to provide reliable sensing, antitachycardia pacing (ATP), and shock therapies with no hardware placed in the heart or vasculature
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Oct. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AtaCor Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical device company focused on transforming cardiac rhythm management systems, announced today that it has entered into a financing of up to $75 million. The proceeds will fund the company’s U.S. FDA Pivotal Study evaluating AtaCor’s parasternal extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD) system for the treatment of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
AtaCor Medical’s EV-ICD Atala™ Lead and Delivery Tool
“There is a clear and growing need for extravascular ICD systems that combine a straightforward implant procedure with the ability to deliver the full spectrum of tachyarrhythmia therapies using a small pulse generator,” said Rick Sanghera, Chief Executive Officer of AtaCor Medical. “AtaCor is poised to meet that need. We are proud to close this financing round and excited to initiate our pivotal trial next year.”
AtaCor’s EV-ICD system consists of the Atala™ lead and an implantable pulse generator. The Atala™ lead is implanted via a small left parasternal incision, positioned through the rib space with electrodes placed against the pericardium, outside of the heart and vasculature. The pulse generator can be placed in either a lateral or pectoral subcutaneous device pocket, representing a novel option for EV-ICD systems. This unique EV-ICD system aims to deliver the benefits of defibrillation and antitachycardia pacing without the long-term risks associated with intravascular or intracardiac leads.
“The AtaCor team is developing a meaningful solution for patients, while protecting the integrity of the heart for future interventions,” commented Maria Berkman, Chair of the AtaCor Board of Directors. “The Board is delighted to see this infusion of capital in support of AtaCor’s pivotal trial, bringing this important technology one step closer to the bedside.”
AtaCor recently completed enrollment of its ASCEND EV Pilot Study, with initial results accepted for presentation at the upcoming Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) meeting this November in Yokohama, Japan. Building on these initial results, AtaCor plans to launch the ALARION EV Pivotal Study in the United States and Europe in 2026, which aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the parasternal EV-ICD system and support global regulatory submissions.
The AtaCor EV-ICD Lead System is under development exclusively for investigational use and is not approved for sale in any geography.
About AtaCor Medical, Inc.
AtaCor Medical is transforming cardiac pacing and defibrillation with its proprietary extravascular ICD (EV-ICD) system. The novel design provides the full range of therapeutic capabilities of traditional implantable defibrillators, including defibrillation and antitachycardia pacing, without placing hardware inside the heart or vascular system. AtaCor’s technology both preserves future cardiac treatment options and overcomes key limitations of existing ICD systems.
AtaCor venture investors include Arboretum Ventures, Broadview Ventures, Longview Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners, Catalyst Health Ventures, and BayMed Venture Partners.
Jean Eric Salata, Chair of EQT Asia and founder of Baring Private Equity Asia, has been proposed as Chairperson of EQT’s Board by EQT’s Nomination Committee. He would succeed Conni Jonsson, who will step down at EQT’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2026
For more than three decades, founder Conni has successfully built a values-driven private capital firm based on the Wallenberg family’s ethos of long-term investing and active ownership
Under Conni’s leadership, EQT has grown into one of the world’s largest private markets investors, with EUR 266 billion in total AUM and a portfolio of more than 300 companies that employ around 650,000 people globally
Jean, in addition to being Chairperson, would remain as Chair of EQT Asia and Chair of the Private Capital Asia investment committees. Conni will be recognized as Honorary Chair, a testament to his unparalleled contribution to EQT
EQT AB (“EQT”) today announced that Jean Eric Salata has been nominated by EQT’s Nomination Committee to become the next Chairperson of EQT’s Board, subject to approval at EQT’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in May 2026, and regulatory approvals.
Jean founded Baring Private Equity Asia (“BPEA”) in 1997, leading its transformation into one of Asia’s most successful private markets firms. In 2022, BPEA and EQT merged, and since then, Jean has Chaired EQT Asia – a remit that spans Private Capital, Infrastructure and Real Estate – while helping shape EQT’s global strategy as a member of the Executive Committee. Today EQT Asia is a cornerstone of the firm’s global platform, having deployed more than USD 35 billion of equity in over 180 transactions and raised some of the largest funds in the region’s history.
Conni Jonsson founded EQT in 1994, aiming to build a differentiated private capital firm based on the Wallenberg family’s ethos of long-term investing and active ownership. More than three decades later, EQT has invested in over 650 portfolio companies, delivering positive impact for these companies, its clients, and the communities it operates in. Under Conni’s leadership – first as CEO for 20 years and then as Chairperson – EQT has grown from its beginnings as a EUR 300 million Nordic-focused fund to today being the world’s second-largest private equity firm1. The firm has expanded from Private Capital into Infrastructure and Real Estate, emerged as a leader in North America and Asia, and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 2019. EQT is now Sweden’s fourth-largest2 listed company, with a global portfolio of more than 300 portfolio companies that collectively employ approximately 650,000 people.
Jean would, if elected, assume the position as Chairperson of EQT’s Board in addition to his current role as Chair of EQT Asia, through which he will remain Chair of EQT’s Private Capital Asia investment committees. As Honorary Chair and Founder, Conni will continue to be involved with EQT, including as a member of the EQT Council and as member of the EQT Foundation.
Commenting on his nomination, Jean Eric Salata said: “I am deeply honored and grateful for the trust placed in me as nominee to succeed Conni as Chairperson of EQT’s Board. Conni’s leadership over three decades has transformed EQT into one of the world’s leading investment firms, built on strong values, world-class talent and a long-term commitment to delivering superior returns for our investors. As EQT enters its next chapter, I look forward to working closely with the Board and CEO Per Franzén to continue building this remarkable business, accelerating our global growth, and creating value for our clients, portfolio companies, and shareholders.”
Conni Jonsson added: “EQT today has a strong global foundation, a clear strategy and an exceptional leadership team ready to capture the opportunities ahead. We have always worked tirelessly to develop the next generation of leaders, as professional succession planning is key to long-term success. I know EQT is in the best hands possible, so I have decided that now is the right time to step down. Jean knows what it takes to build and lead a high-performing, cross-border, multi-asset class business through cycles, and Per Franzén is an exceptional investor who has shown outstanding leadership throughout his time at EQT. With them at the helm, I have complete confidence in EQT’s continued development as a global investment leader.”
Jacob Wallenberg, Chairperson of EQT’s Nomination Committee, added: “When Conni founded EQT, we could not have foreseen the scale of its impact. His leadership has been defined by a clear vision and a long-term perspective on building businesses. This approach is worth emulating by any company Chair that values enduring success and responsible leadership. With Jean’s nomination, that same vision is evident. Jean is a proven business leader and he has been nominated to take on this role with EQT in a position of strength. On behalf of the Nomination Committee, I would like to thank Conni for his extraordinary contributions and express our confidence in Jean’s nomination. We look forward to supporting EQT in this next chapter.”
EQT’s Nomination Committee consists of Jacob Wallenberg (Chairperson), appointed by Investor AB, Cynthia Lee, appointed by Jean Eric Salata, Harry Klagsbrun, appointed by Conni Jonsson, Joachim Spetz, appointed by Swedbank Robur Funds and Conni Jonsson, Chairperson of EQT’s Board. The Nomination Committee’s complete proposals for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2026 will be announced in due time.
This is information that EQT AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 08:30 CEST on 6 October 2025.
1 According to the PEI 300 2025, a ranking of funds raised over the past five years 2 By market capitalization, companies only listed on Nasdaq Stockholm
Press photos Please find photos of Jean Eric Salata and Conni Jonsson here.
Positions Energia Group for continued investment in the energy transition
Ardian, a world-leading private investment firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Energia Group (“Energia”), one of the largest energy utilities on the island of Ireland, from I Squared Capital (“I Squared”), a leading global infrastructure investor. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q1 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Energia operates across the entire energy value chain in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, serving almost 900,000 homes and businesses. It is one of the longest established providers of renewable electricity in Ireland, supplying approximately 17% of the island of Ireland’s total electricity requirements and 20% of its total wind power. Energia combines renewables, flexible generation, and customer solutions, and has a strong track record of successful renewable energy developments, with an attractive pipeline of new wind, solar and BESS capacity.
The Group is well positioned to meet Ireland’s increasing demand for secure, low-carbon electricity to sustainably power the country’s growing digital economy. Energia has also entered into a strategic partnership with a global technology partner for the development of a 165MW data center in Dublin and its corresponding supply of renewable energy, solidifying its leadership in the energy transition.
Under I Squared’s ownership since 2016, Energia has undergone a significant transformation into a modern, diversified utility underpinned by a strong renewables pipeline, modern customer solutions, and critical grid infrastructure. This included commissioning a green hydrogen project, expanding onshore wind and into solar, and investing in batteries and grid stability services. Energia today offers a compelling combination of regulated and long-term contracted earnings, alongside exposure to Ireland’s strong structural growth in electricity demand.
Ardian’s acquisition reflects long-term confidence in Energia’s strategic position and future growth. Energia combines the earnings stability of regulated and contracted assets with exposure to structural growth in demand, with highly secured projects ready to meet rapidly increasing energy demand. Ardian will leverage its expertise in essential infrastructure and across the energy value chain to support Energia in its next phase of growth, particularly through its experience developing and managing renewables platforms, alongside its track record in data centers.
The transaction will have no impact on Energia’s customers, employees, partners or suppliers. The company remains committed to delivering on its strategy and supporting Ireland’s sustainable energy future.
“Energia’s focus remains on transforming Ireland’s energy system by deploying renewables and other low carbon solutions at scale, while continuing to deliver secure and affordable energy to our domestic and commercial customers. We are grateful for I Squared’s support over the past nine years and the strong, future-ready platform we have built together.”
“Ireland is at a pivotal point, with rapid electrification, growing demand from new technologies, and global investment in digital infrastructure all accelerating. Energia is ideally placed to meet these needs, and with Ardian’s long-term backing, we’re excited to continue scaling our business to help power this next phase of Ireland’s growth for our customers, partners and employees.” Ian Thom, CEO of Energia
“We are proud to be investing in Energia, which marks Ardian’s first investment in Ireland. The company has demonstrated its market leadership in Ireland and Northern Ireland over many years and has ambitious plans to grow, driven by secured capital projects and increasing energy demand. Ardian is a highly experienced investor in essential infrastructure and European utilities. We have been impressed by Energia’s strong growth and resilience in the context of a volatile energy market, and look forward to sharing our expertise to further develop its renewable generation portfolio, flexible capacity and enhance the efficiency of the whole company.” Juan Angoitia, Co-Head of Infrastructure Europe & Senior Managing Director, Ardian
“Energia is at the forefront of the convergence between energy utilities and digital infrastructure. The company’s pioneering approach to combining hyperscale data center development with new renewable energy generation, will unlock significant opportunities for growth in Ireland. We look forward to working with the management team on their ambitious plans to support the decarbonisation of the entire economy.” William Briggs, Managing Director, Ardian
“This sale represents one of I Squared’s largest exits and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the whole Energia team. Since our initial investment in Energia in 2016, I Squared has deployed over USD 3 billion in portfolio companies with Irish operations, underscoring our deep confidence in Ireland’s economy and supportive investment environment. Ireland continues to attract leading global companies and offers exceptional opportunities for infrastructure investors like I Squared. We remain committed to Ireland and look forward to building on our strong track record of investing in its growth and innovation.” Mohamed El Gazzar, Senior Partner, I Squared Capital
Participants
Ardian
Juan Angoitia-Grijalba, William Briggs, Alexis Ballif, Alvaro Sanz Carrasqueño, Matthias Hübener, Niranjan Bhardwaj, Angel Sanchez-Cantalejo
Financial: Evercore
Legal: Kirkland & Ellis, Matheson
Financial, Tax, Technical and Environmental Due Diligence: Alvarez & Marsal
Commercial Due Diligence: Afry, Timera
Regulatory Due Diligence: NERA
I Squared
I Squared’s financial advisers were Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Santander. Legal advice for I Squared was provided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Irish legal advice was provided by Arthur Cox.
ABOUT ENERGIA
Energia Group is a leading integrated Irish energy business with substantial operations in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Group primarily operates across three business units: Renewables, Flexible Generation and Customer Solutions, and is committed to powering the energy transition across the island of Ireland.
The Group owns and operates 16 wind farms on the island, with two further projects almost complete, and also has two gas-fired power stations in north County Dublin that are critical to security of supply. The Group’s ongoing investments in new renewable electricity projects will play an important role in the achievement of Ireland’s renewable electricity and wider decarbonisation goals for 2030.
Energia supplies almost 17% of the island of Ireland’s total electricity requirements and 20% of the island’s total wind power meeting the energy needs of almost 900,000 homes and businesses with competitive electricity and gas services provided through its two retail brands Energia and Power NI.
With offices in Dublin, Belfast, Antrim, and Omagh, Energia employs over 1,100 people and is one of only a small number of companies to have achieved the Business Working Responsibly mark from Business in the Community, the leading independently audited standard for CSR and Sustainability in Ireland.
Ardian is a world-leading private investment firm, managing or advising $192bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,850 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. Private Wealth Solutions offers dedicated services and access solutions for private banks, family offices and private institutional investors worldwide. Ardian’s main shareholding group is its employees and we place great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.
At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.
I Squared Capital is a leading global infrastructure investor managing $50 billion in assets. We build and scale essential infrastructure businesses that deliver critical services to millions of people worldwide. Our portfolio includes over 90 companies operating in more than 70 countries and spanning sectors such as energy, utilities, digital infrastructure, transport, environmental and social infrastructure. Headquartered in Miami, our team of over 300 professionals is based across offices in Abu Dhabi, London, Munich, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Taipei.
AI pilots fail not because models don’t work, but because data systems lack reliability and context. To scale AI responsibly, enterprises need validated data at the source and metadata enriched with health and governance signals. This article shows how Telmai and Atlan close this gap. Telmai validates data as it lands, while Atlan’s Metadata Lakehouse adds lineage and governance to create the trusted foundation for scaling AI.
With a surge in AI investment, enterprise leaders are under mounting pressure to deliver reliable, scalable AI solutions that create measurable business impact. A recent MIT study found that 95 percent of generative AI projects failed to produce measurable outcomes, as many organizations struggle to move beyond experimentation and into reliable execution. AI pilots are failing to deliver, not because the models don’t work, but because the underlying foundational data systems upon which they are built lack reliability and context.
Autonomous systems and AI agents act on data in microseconds, so there’s no time for late-stage downstream fixes where most companies focus their data quality efforts today. To power AI-native ecosystems at scale, organizations must build trust at the source as data is ingested and ensure that data quality metadata is pushed to data catalogs and metadata systems, allowing agents to evaluate fitness before consumption. This creates the trusted foundation that Autonomous AI products need to operate reliably and at scale.
By combining Telmai’s AI-first data quality platform with Atlan’s AI-native metadata and governance platform through Atlan’s App Framework, enterprises gain a seamless way to detect, resolve, and govern data issues directly within the tools their teams already use.
In this article, let’s dive deeper into how they together create a single fabric of trust + context that allows enterprises to move beyond pilots and scale AI responsibly.
Why is real-time validation at ingestion critical for reliable AI?
The failure point for most AI initiatives isn’t in the model, but rather it’s in the underlying data pipeline feeding it. Business Intelligence (BI) is inherently deterministic and descriptive, working with structured historical data to explain what happened through predefined reports and dashboards. AI, in contrast, is non-deterministic and predictive. It consumes both structured and unstructured data to learn patterns, forecast outcomes, and make autonomous decisions.
The old adage “garbage in, garbage out” takes on far higher stakes here. AI and LLMs always identify patterns from the inputs they receive and derive insights without context or judgment. If those inputs are incomplete, drifting, or biased, the model confidently reproduces those flaws at scale.
Traditional data quality approaches were designed for a reporting world, where errors could be corrected after a dashboard broke or a KPI looked suspicious. AI-native workloads break this model entirely. AI and autonomous systems operate at machine speed, where thousands of micro-decisions are made every second. Waiting until the BI or monitoring layer to enforce quality is simply too late, as the damage has already propagated through to downstream business-critical applications.
That’s why ingestion-layer validation has become non-negotiable. Data quality must be ensured before Agentic workflows can access or read the data, not after the data lands in the access layer, at the data lake, or before it enters the lake through event streams. Reliability must be enforced as data is ingested into the lake, especially in open formats like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake, where it is profiled and validated before being published to production tables.
This is exactly where Telmai comes in. Purpose-built for AI-first architectures, Telmai continuously monitors and validates data through your data pipeline, irrespective of volume or velocity. Telmai’s ML-driven and rule-based checks automatically detect anomalies, schema changes, and data drift before they impact production. Further, Telmai can publish data health KPIs into data catalogs and metadata systems like Atlan, enriching lineage and governance with real-time data quality context.
Agentic AI systems don’t have the luxury of waiting for late-stage fixes. They act in microseconds. That means trust must be built into data at ingestion, and that trust must travel with context across the enterprise, “ said Mona Rakibe, Co-Founder and CEO of Telmai. “With the App Framework, Telmai and Atlan will give teams a trusted data layer ready to power applications and integrations that let AI move beyond pilots and deliver at scale.”
How Atlan extends this trust with context
Trust in data is only half the story. For enterprises to scale AI responsibly, trust must travel with context so every consumer, whether human, system, or AI agent, knows what the data means, where it came from, and how it can be used.
As part of Atlan’s new App Framework, Telmai is now integrated directly into Atlan’s Metadata Lakehouse. For the first time, enterprises can unify monitoring within the same foundation that powers column-level lineage, business-ready data products, AI governance, and policy & compliance monitoring.
With this integration, customers using Telmai and Atlan can:
Unify trust and context in the Metadata Lakehouse – Telmai’s data quality signals, such as freshness, anomaly detection, schema changes, and volume drift, are automatically surfaced inside Atlan, enhancing lineage and metadata with actionable insights that empower data consumers and AI agents alike.
Enable true interoperability for agentic AI – For agentic systems to truly scale, interoperability is critical. The tools and services that agents depend on, whether for validation, access, enrichment, or downstream action, must be accessible through a common layer. Atlan delivers this through its open Metadata Lakehouse by providing consistent, versioned context across raw ingestion data and curated data products, ensuring data fitness can be evaluated at every step.
Enforce policy and compliance at scale – With Telmai’s data quality metadata embedded in the context layer, data trust signals can flow downstream via column-level lineage and bidirectional tag management to other platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, or data access systems. When Data Quality issues are encountered, they can trigger automated governance workflows, ensuring policy compliance and reducing risk across autonomous AI pipelines.
Enterprises can’t scale AI responsibly without a foundation of trust and context. Telmai brings real-time, ingestion-level validation, and Atlan serves as the context layer, ensuring that trust travels with context across every system, workflow, and AI agent.” said Marc Seifer, Head of Global Alliances at Atlan. “Together, Telmai and Atlan are enabling organizations to move beyond pilots and build AI systems that operate reliably, responsibly, and at scale.”
Get AI-Ready—Now
For enterprises to successfully transition AI pilots into production, they need real-time, low-latency access to validated data, along with metadata that carries context about its health, lineage, and governance. Without this foundation, AI agents operate blindly, lacking visibility into whether the data they consume is fit for use, where it originated, or whether they are authorized to access it.
Telmai and Atlan close this gap. Telmai continuously monitors and validates data in open table formats, such as Apache Iceberg and more, as it lands in the lake layer, detecting anomalies and data quality issues before they propagate downstream. It then generates rich observability metadata, which flows into Atlan’s Metadata Lakehouse. There, these signals are combined with lineage, policies, and business glossaries, providing a complete picture of data health and context for both humans and AI agents.
By bringing Telmai’s data quality signals into Atlan’s Metadata Lakehouse, enterprises can now drive measurable impact on their AI implementation with reliability and context fabric that enables AI to scale responsibly.
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Novacap, a leading North American private equity firm, is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed its investment in FyberCom. The transaction marks the sixth platform investment by Novacap’s Digital Infrastructure Sector.
Headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho, FyberCom is a broadband service provider delivering high-speed fiber and fixed wireless internet to rural homes and businesses across Eastern Idaho. Since 2014, FyberCom has been committed to connecting underserved communities, with a strong focus in recent years on expanding its fiber network to meet the growing demand for reliable, high-speed connectivity.
“This partnership reflects our continued conviction in the rural broadband opportunity,” said Francois Laflamme, Senior Partner at Novacap. “FyberCom has built a strong local presence and a meaningful impact in the communities it serves. We are pleased to support the team as they continue to grow their network and expand access to essential digital infrastructure across Idaho.”
“This partnership with Novacap represents an important step forward for FyberCom,” said Jared Stowell, CEO of FyberCom. “We remain committed to delivering fast and reliable internet to rural communities and are excited to accelerate that mission with Novacap’s support.”
The investment reflects a shared commitment to supporting broadband expansion in underserved markets and aligns with a strategy of Novacap Digital Infrastructure Fund of partnering with companies that deliver essential connectivity across North America.
About FyberCom
Founded in 2014, FyberCom provides high-speed fiber and fixed wireless internet services to residential and commercial customers throughout Eastern Idaho. With a focus on rural and underserved communities, the company is dedicated to expanding reliable digital access across the region.
For more information, visit: fybercom.net
About Novacap
Novacap is a leading North American private equity investor and one of Canada’s most experienced private equity firms. Founded in 1981 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs, Novacap focuses on middle market and lower-middle market companies in four core sectors: Technologies, Digital Infrastructure, Industries and Financial Services. Novacap combines deep sector specific expertise and strategic and operational excellence to partner with entrepreneurs and management teams. Since its inception, the firm has made primary and add-on investments in more than 250 companies. With over US $10 billion in assets under management and a presence across offices in Montreal, Toronto, and New York, Novacap accelerates value creation through strategic growth initiatives and a strong focus on execution.
CVC will acquire a significant minority stake in ISP
ISP educates over 110,000 students in 111 schools across 25 countries
ISP follows a proven growth strategy, adding high-quality schools to its platform in locations with strong demand
Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, is to welcome CVC Strategic Opportunities (“CVC”), a leading global private equity manager, as a significant minority shareholder in International Schools Partnership (“ISP” or “the Company”). CVC will acquire a 20% stake in the Company. Partners Group will remain the majority shareholder and OMERS, which acquired a minority stake in ISP in 2021, will also remain a shareholder.
Partners Group and the ISP management team founded the Company in 2013 and have since built it into one of the largest K-12 school platforms globally, educating over 110,000 students in 111 schools across 25 countries. ISP follows a proven growth strategy, adding high-quality schools to its platform in locations with strong demand and enhancing them with the Company’s differentiated learning approach. ISP aims to provide a holistic education and develop all aspects of a student’s learning experience, with a strong focus on academic progress, as well as the development of language, digital, and life skills.
During its ownership, Partners Group’s transformational investing approach has focused on helping ISP’s schools to deliver high quality education. In ISP’s next phase of growth, the new shareholder group and management team will work together on further driving the Company’s successful strategy. Key value creation initiatives will include adding new schools to the platform, investing in the development and implementation of proprietary technology solutions as part of teaching, and further expanding the infrastructure of schools to improve the student experience and provide room for future growth.
Steve Brown, Chief Executive Officer, International Schools Partnership, comments: “ISP’s schools seek to be the ‘school of choice’ in their area. We seek to cultivate lifelong learners who possess the resilience, adaptability, and self-belief to navigate a changing world and future working environments. Partners Group has always shared our fundamental belief in putting students and their education first. As we reflect on our growth to-date, we look forward to welcoming our new shareholders at CVC on board and continuing our mission.”
Andrew Deakin, Partner, Partners Group, says: “ISP is one of our proudest achievements as a private equity platform. We started with just an idea, a team, and a thematic conviction that the global education market would continue to grow. After over a decade of hard work, strategic planning, and careful execution alongside the talented management team, we stand as a global leader in K-12 education with a differentiated learning approach. The tailwinds driving our growth are strong and we are excited about the next chapter for ISP. We look forward to welcoming CVC as a new shareholder.”
We are excited to embark on our partnership with ISP, one of the world’s leading K12 education platforms. The K-12 sector, and ISP in particular, is an excellent fit for our Strategic Opportunities strategy, which focuses on supporting value creation in long-term partnership investments.
Jan Reinier VoûteManaging Partner and Co-Head of CVC Strategic Opportunities
Jan Reinier Voûte, Managing Partner and Co-Head of CVC Strategic Opportunities, CVC, added: “We are excited to embark on our partnership with ISP, one of the world’s leading K12 education platforms. The K-12 sector, and ISP in particular, is an excellent fit for our Strategic Opportunities strategy, which focuses on supporting value creation in long-term partnership investments. We believe ISP is exceptionally well placed for continued growth and, most importantly, provides high-quality education to more than 110,000 students worldwide, creating long-lasting value for families and communities. We look forward to supporting this mission over the coming years, alongside Partners Group having successfully built the group since inception.”
White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM) (“White Mountains”) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell a controlling interest in Bamboo, a data-enabled insurance distribution platform providing homeowners’ insurance and related products to the residential property market in California and Texas, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”). The transaction values Bamboo at $1.75 billion.
White Mountains expects the transaction will result in a gain of approximately $310 to its book value per share and net cash proceeds of approximately $840 million. White Mountains will retain an approximately 15% fully-diluted equity stake in Bamboo post-closing, valued at $250 million based on the transaction.
“It has been our privilege to partner with Bamboo. Its rapid growth is a testament to the value and innovation it is bringing to the homeowners’ insurance market,” said Manning Rountree, Chief Executive Officer of White Mountains. “This transaction is a win-win for both White Mountains shareholders and Bamboo management and employees. We want to thank John and the entire Bamboo team for all of their hard work, and we look forward to continued partnership with them and CVC,” added Liam Caffrey, President and Chief Financial Officer of White Mountains.
“We are extremely gratified by the success of Bamboo during our ownership. This is a prime example of our approach to partnering with highly talented management teams in the insurance sector and supporting them with value-added resources and expertise to drive superior results for all stakeholders. We look forward to working with our new partners at CVC to support Bamboo’s next chapter of growth,” added Chris Delehanty, Head of M&A of White Mountains.
“We thank the White Mountains team for their valuable guidance and support throughout our partnership. They have been instrumental in making our vision a reality,” said John Chu, Chief Executive Officer of Bamboo. “This milestone represents the result of years of dedication and hard work by the entire Bamboo team and was only achieved with the support and confidence of our valued partners. We could not be happier with the outcome. While I’m incredibly proud of the growth we’ve achieved while staying true to our client-first values, we’re still in the early innings. We are thrilled to welcome CVC on as our new majority capital partner alongside White Mountains as we embark on the next phase of Bamboo’s growth journey.”
“Bamboo is a one of a kind asset, deploying differentiated technology, speed and underwriting to serve the insurance needs of homeowners in California and Texas,” said Daniel Brand, Partner at CVC. Lorne Somerville, Managing Partner and Co-Head of CVC US added, “We believe Bamboo’s mix of high growth, recurring revenue and value to its partners make it an optimal fit for CVC’s US portfolio.”
We believe Bamboo’s mix of high growth, recurring revenue and value to its partners make it an optimal fit for CVC’s US portfolio.
Lorne SomervilleManaging Partner and Co-Head of CVC US
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the fourth quarter of 2025. The closing is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The closing is not subject to a financing condition.
White Mountains will file a current report on Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission containing a summary of terms and conditions of the proposed transaction.
Evercore Group L.L.C. acted as lead financial advisor, Piper Sandler & Co. acted as financial advisor, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP served as legal counsel to White Mountains and Bamboo. Willkie Farr & Gallagher acted as legal advisor to Bamboo management. Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor to CVC.
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–I Squared Capital today announced that Grant Allen has joined the firm as a Fund Partner for its InfraTech® strategy.
With two decades of technology investing experience and strong ties to Silicon Valley, Grant brings deep expertise in scaling emerging technologies across energy transition, applied AI, and industrial automation—capabilities that will be instrumental in advancing I Squared’s InfraTech® platform.
InfraTech® is I Squared’s proprietary venture strategy targeting growth-stage companies that transform core infrastructure. The platform focuses on technologies at the intersection of physical and digital—such as AI-enabled energy optimization, robotics for logistics, and intelligent inspection systems—enhancing the resilience, efficiency, and productivity of real assets.
“We are operating at the intersection of seismic technological disruption—led by AI—and an infrastructure super-cycle driven by macroeconomic complexity,” said Gautam Bhandari, Global Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner at I Squared Capital. “Grant brings a rare blend of venture discipline and infrastructure technology experience, precisely what is needed to capture today’s opportunities in global infrastructure reinvention. His track record in identifying and scaling category-defining platforms will significantly strengthen our InfraTech® strategy.”
Grant most recently served as a Venture Partner at Giant Ventures, focusing on climate, deep tech, and physical AI. Previously, he was a founding General Partner of SE Ventures, a $1 billion growth fund created with Schneider Electric, and CEO of ABB Ventures, the corporate VC arm of ABB, where he led investments in advanced robotics, industrial IoT, cybersecurity, and power systems.
He began his career at Core Capital Partners, a $400 million enterprise software fund, and later founded Keybridge Venture Partners, which now counts more than 50 investments including Antora, Carta, Dexterity, juna.ai, OpenAI, and Wagestream.
Grant holds a civil and environmental engineering degree from Duke University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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