Near field communications (NFC) specialist Tapit Media has completed a USD2.3m series A round led by MPC Ventures, a subsidiary of Sydney based Monash Private Capital. Other investors in the consortium include IT entrepreneurs David Shein and David Thrum, as well as global venture capitalist Jon Medved’s ourcrowd.com. The transaction
Activa Capital has become the largest shareholder in La Maison Bleue, alongside the company’s management in order to finance further organic growth and build-up acquisitions. La Maison Bleue, which manages 3,200 places in 80 nurseries throughout France and employs over 1,000 child care professionals, was founded in 2004 by Sylvain
Beechbrook Capital, a lower mid-market private debt manager, has now fully invested its first fund with the completion of four new transactions. The recent investments are: A unitranche loan and equity co-investment to support the buy-out by Baird Capital Europe and management of The SR Group, a global specialist
Encore Consumer Capital, a consumer goods focused private equity firm, has closed its second fund with USD211m of commitments, exceeding its target fund size of USD200m. Encore was founded in 2005 by experienced investors Robert Brown and Scott Sellers, and industry executive Gary Smith. Encore Consumer Capital Fund II will
Angelo Gordon’s private equity group has partnered with management to purchase ClearBalance Holdings. The investment will help expand the company’s ClearBalance patient-friendly loan programme, which provides healthcare patients with interest-free loans to pay their healthcare bills in manageable monthly instalments. ClearBalance was founded in 1992 and held by its current
JZ Capital Partners achieved a total shareholder return (share price increase plus dividends paid) of 27 per cent for the period 1 September 2012 to 30 November 2012, according to the firm’s latest interim management statement. The company also saw a 22.4 per cent increase in the share price
MMC Ventures has enjoyed a record year making a total of 12 investments in fast-growing UK businesses. MMC has backed six new companies while continuing to support its existing portfolio. The whole portfolio raised over GBP36m in total this year, of which GBP14m came from MMC. According to UK
Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) raised a new USD1bn fund and completed four IPOs, two significant M&A events and 13 new investments in 2012. In June, IVP announced the closing of Institutional Venture Partners XIV, a USD1bn later-stage venture capital and growth equity fund. The new fund follows the recent success
Despite businesses being generally positive about the support they have received from their bank over the last 12 months, continuing economic uncertainty means most are still cautious about raising finance in 2013, according to a survey from Baker Tilly. “Your Outlook for 2013 – a business survey” was carried out
The 2012 founded tech start-up Kreditech (formerly Kredito) has attracted further investors with Blumberg Capital and the management of a German investment bank joining existing investor Point Nine Capital, which has decided to increase its stake. Michael Brehm (ex-studivz), Heiko Hubertz (founder Bigpoint), Felix Haas (founder amiando), Stefan Glaenzer, Greycorp,
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