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September 20, 2017

Progressus portfolio company Viju sold to the Dutch-German Private Equity firm Avedon Capital Partners

Senior Partners in EV Private Equity, Rune Jensen and Per Arne Jensen, who established the Norwegian Private Equity fund manager Progressus in 2006, sold the Progressus portfolio company Viju to the Dutch-German Private Equity firm Avedon Capital Partners. Under Progressus active stewardship Viju has grown its revenues...

September 6, 2017

Halfwave awarded inspection contract by INPEX for the Ichthys LNG Project

Halfwave is pleased to announce the award by INPEX Australia of a long-term contract for multiple in-line inspections. The scope of work includes a custom built 42” Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART) Scan™ by Halfwave to inspect the subsea pipeline that requires a low flow subsea...

August 31, 2017

EV Private Equity invests in Evolution Engineering

EV Private Equity has invested in Evolution Engineering Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. Evolution Engineering, of Calgary, provides products and engineering services to the measurement while drilling market. PRESS RELEASE Evolution Engineering Inc. (“Evolution” or “the Company”) today announced the completion of an investment from EV Private...

July 25, 2017

Aquaterra signs investment deal with EV Private Equity

Aquaterra Energy, a leading global offshore engineering solutions provider, has secured a multi-million pound investment from EV Private Equity as the company gears up for service expansion and new technology launches. The deal is the first to be agreed following EV’s pledge last year to invest...

June 1, 2017

New name and corporate profile

EV today launched a new name, logo and profile to better align our visual identity with EV´s work strengthening companies and uncovering new technologies in the energy sector. EV will remain an independent growth equity firm applying our specialized expertise to build world-class companies. We leverage...

April 28, 2017

Fotech and industry partners launch the Fiber Optic Sensing Association

26th April 2017, Church Crookham, UK – Fotech Solutions, the linear asset technology monitoring specialist, has been named as a founder member of the Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA), a new trade association dedicated to educating the industry, government and public on the benefits of...

April 5, 2017

Investment Den at RGU

RGU students take on the dragons MBA students from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Aberdeen Business School faced their own set of “dragons” when they took part in an Investment Den exercise supported by Energy Ventures and Simmons and Co. Over the course of two days five teams...

March 17, 2017

ESIA re-launches as Westwood Global Energy Group in a bid to take significant share of energy research market.

PRESS RELEASE ESIA re-launches as Westwood Global Energy Group in bid to take significant share of energy research market Westwood Global Energy Group combines the complementary expertise of influential research and consulting firms, Hannon Westwood, Richmond Energy Partners, Douglas Westwood, Novas Consulting and JSI Services. They will be...

December 13, 2016

Zilift in world first as company installs, operates and retrieves ESP on live well

ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for artificial lift applications, has achieved a world first in the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP), under live well conditions. The installation of an ESP, deployable through 3.5-in....

December 11, 2016

Energy Ventures Announces the promotion of Matt Anstead

7 December, 2016 Promotion We are pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Anstead from Investment Director to Partner. Throughout his time with Energy Ventures Matt has proven to be an exceptionally effective and knowledgeable member of our team. We congratulate Matt on his well-deserved promotion and look forward...