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Ellie McDonald and Jeannine Sargent Join G2 Venture Partners

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

G2 Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology companies at their inflection points to build a sustainable future, today announced that Ellie McDonald and Jeannine Sargent have joined the firm.

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  • G2 Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology companies at their inflection points to build a sustainable future, today announced that Ellie McDonald and Jeannine Sargent have joined the firm.
  • Ellie McDonald joins G2 Venture Partners as an Investor, having spent the past seven years working across investment and engineering disciplines.
  • Prior to joining G2, Ellie was a Private Equity Associate at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), primarily investing in the energy and telecommunication sectors.
  • “We are thrilled to welcome the unique perspectives and deep experience that both Ellie and Jeannine bring to our talented team,” said Brook Porter, Founding Partner at G2.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Announces Investment in The Pasha Group

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, today announced it has provided an unsecured term loan to The Pasha Group (“Pasha” or the “Company”), a family-owned maritime transportation company, to support continued infrastructure investment in the Hawaii trade.

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  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, today announced it has provided an unsecured term loan to The Pasha Group (“Pasha” or the “Company”), a family-owned maritime transportation company, to support continued infrastructure investment in the Hawaii trade.
  • Comprised of multiple business lines, the Company’s largest segment is Pasha Hawaii, an ocean freight and automobile shipping business operating in the U.S. West Coast-Hawaii shipping market.
  • Pasha Hawaii provides critical transportation infrastructure required to support Hawaii’s population, featuring state-of-the-art vessels with over 40-year useful lives.
  • Nixon Peabody LLP served as legal counsel for The Pasha Group, with BofA Securities, Inc. serving as capital markets advisor.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Announces Investment in UltraEdge

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France S.A. (“Altice France”) to establish the first nationwide independent distributed colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a majority interest in UltraEdge, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

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  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France S.A. (“Altice France”) to establish the first nationwide independent distributed colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a majority interest in UltraEdge, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.
  • The passive infrastructure and equipment of the data centers will be transferred to UltraEdge with servers and active equipment retained at SFR.
  • Through its distributed portfolio of facilities and proximity to end users, UltraEdge is expected to benefit from the increasing demand for next-generation ultra-low latency connectivity services.
  • “We believe the opportunity to create an independent and distributed edge colocation provider, benefiting from access to SFR’s nationwide fiber infrastructure in France, makes UltraEdge a very attractive investment for MSIP,” said Yacine Saidji, Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe for MSIP.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Completes Investment in Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales S.A.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced today it has closed the acquisition of Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales S.A. (“Valoriza” or the “Company”) from Sacyr, S.A. (“Sacyr”).

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  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (“MSIP”), a private infrastructure investment platform within MSIM, announced today it has closed the acquisition of Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales S.A. (“Valoriza” or the “Company”) from Sacyr, S.A. (“Sacyr”).
  • Valoriza provides waste services primarily to public entities (mainly municipalities) in Spain.
  • The requirement to meet the European Commission’s 2035 landfill reduction target in Spain is expected to drive a sizeable value-add investment opportunity for Valoriza as the country moves to more environmentally friendly recycling and waste-to-energy alternatives.
  • Valoriza operates a concession-based business, with medium to long-term contracts with local municipalities that are inflation-linked with limited volume exposure.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Licenses Next-Generation Diagnostic Test Epigenetic /AI Platform to GNOMX Corp.

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Monday, September 18, 2023

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has agreed to an exclusive license option with GNOMX Corp. (GNOMX) for epigenetic diagnostic and prognostic technology for infectious diseases.

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  • The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has agreed to an exclusive license option with GNOMX Corp. (GNOMX) for epigenetic diagnostic and prognostic technology for infectious diseases.
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has agreed to an exclusive license option with GNOMX Corp. (GNOMX) for epigenetic diagnostic and prognostic technology for infectious diseases.
  • The GNOMX epigenetic diagnostic platform includes technology developed by Mount Sinai faculty and was optioned by Mount Sinai to GNOMX.
  • Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai faculty, including Dr. Sealfon, have a financial interest in this technology and in GNOMX pursuant to the Mount Sinai Intellectual Property Policy.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Crowley Advance U.S. Wind Energy

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM"), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ("MSIP"), and U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions leader Crowley announced today the creation of a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.

Key Points: 
  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Crowley have formed a joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions in the US.
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM"), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ("MSIP"), and U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions leader Crowley announced today the creation of a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.
  • Investment funds managed by MSIP, a private infrastructure fund platform within MSIM, will hold a majority stake in Crowley Wind Services Holdings, while Crowley will operate the business.
  • Crowley provides wind energy solutions for the U.S. offshore wind industry, including port operations and terminaling, feedering vessels and operations, and project management.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Crowley Advance U.S. Wind Energy

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM"), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ("MSIP"), and U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions leader Crowley announced today the creation of a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management ("MSIM"), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners ("MSIP"), and U.S. maritime, energy and logistics solutions leader Crowley announced today the creation of a new joint venture to advance offshore wind energy solutions for the United States.
  • The joint venture will strategically combine Crowley's end-to-end maritime and logistics capabilities through the newly created Crowley Wind Services Holdings, LLC ("Crowley Wind Services Holdings"), and the financial strength and expertise of MSIP, a leader in accelerating long-term, contracted growth infrastructure opportunities.
  • Investment funds managed by MSIP, a private infrastructure fund platform within MSIM, will hold a majority stake in Crowley Wind Services Holdings, while Crowley will operate the business.
  • Crowley provides wind energy solutions for the U.S. offshore wind industry, including port operations and terminaling, feedering vessels and operations, and project management.

Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics

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Thursday, August 10, 2023

The Muon g-2 collaboration describes the result in a paper that they submitted today to Physical Review Letters.

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  • The Muon g-2 collaboration describes the result in a paper that they submitted today to Physical Review Letters.
  • In addition to the larger data set, this latest g-2 measurement is enhanced by updates to the Fermilab experiment itself.
  • In 2020, the Muon g-2 Theory Initiative announced the best Standard Model prediction for muon g-2 available at that time.
  • Until then, physicists have a new and improved measurement of muon g-2 that is a significant step toward its final physics goal.

Lightpath Announces Major New York Metro Network Expansion, Adding 300+ Route Miles of Fiber

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced a series of significant network expansions across the New York Metro region, in total adding over 300 route miles to Lightpath's already dense network in the area. These latest expansions were driven by the 5G network rollout of a major wireless provider, and will also serve thousands of additional enterprise, education, and government customers.  

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  • Major wireless carrier is catalyst to expand Lightpath's already dense network in NY region by 300+ miles of new fiber.
  • Manhattan alone will see over 50 route miles of new network, including express fiber routes up and down the borough.
  • "5G wireless network deployments require incredibly dense fiber networks to backhaul and aggregate the massive bandwidths that they support.
  • Expanding our fiber footprint in New York Metro to accommodate 5G is going to bring our network to thousands of new organizations," explained Chris Morley, CEO of Lightpath.

Lightpath Announces Addition of Inge Smidts, John Ghirardelli, and Nick Brown to its Board of Managers

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Lightpath announces the addition of Inge Smidts, John Ghirardelli, and Nick Brown to its Board of Managers.

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  • Lightpath announces the addition of Inge Smidts, John Ghirardelli, and Nick Brown to its Board of Managers.
  • Ms. Smidts brings to Lightpath more than 20 years of senior leadership including more than 12 years of experience within the communications industry.
  • Mr. Ghirardelli brings to Lightpath nearly 20 years of experience in communications, digital infrastructure, and private equity.
  • "Inge, John, and Nick represent great additions to Lightpath's Board of Managers, given their deep experience, knowledge, and successful track record in the communications industry," said Chris Morley, Chief Executive Officer of Lightpath.