NXP Semiconductors and China state-owned investment company JianGuang Asset Management Co are to establish a joint venture (JV) in China that will focus on the semiconductor market. The JV is intended to combine NXP's advanced technology from its Bipolar Power business line with JAC Capital's strong connections in the Chinese
iCapital Network, an online marketplace providing qualified investors and their advisors with access to private equity fund managers, has added Mercury Capital Advisors and Stanwich Advisors to its roster of fund placement agents. These additions provide iCapital’s rapidly expanding base of registered members with access to Mercury’s and Stanwich’s networks
Private equity group ACE & Company has held the final closing of ACE Angel Partners with total equity commitments close to USD15 million. The fund seeks to generate active returns by investing at an early stage in promising technology companies, targeting high growth markets. ACE Angel Partners invests in companies
Crescent Capital Group’s European Specialty Lending strategy has completed a unitranche financing to support the refinancing and recapitalisation of Interfloor Group Ltd. Interfloor, majority-owned by Milestone Capital Partners LLP, also refinanced the mezzanine facility provided by Hutton Collins Partners LLP, which remains a minority shareholder. This financing is consistent with
Peer-to-peer secured business spending platform ThinCats has partnered with ESO Capital Group to underwrite a regular series of large deals on the ThinCats platform. The deal will initially involve GBP20m-GBP50m being deployed on the ThinCats platform but both partners expect this figure to rise significantly over the next few years.
Halesowen-based Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) has secured a substantial funding package from banking group Santander and private investment firm SEA Equity. Prominent West Midlands businessman, Roy Kishor, has taken the role of Chairman and will lead the management team in growing the GBP10 million turnover firm in the longer term,
Trina Solar Limited has signed a framework investment agreement with PingAn Trust Co and Jiangsu Jiuzhou Investment Group to jointly develop selected photovoltaic power plants in China, with a total capacity of 500MW-1,000MW over the next three years. Under the terms of the agreement, the Investors will enter convertible loan
Joe Bedford (pictured), corporate partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton who advised the management team of TGI UK on its recent acquisition by Electra Partners, looks at how the casual dining sector is attracting interest from private equity investors… Looking at trends over recent months and years, together with
Guernsey’s Chief Minister, Jonathan Le Tocq, has held a series of meetings in Washington to boost the Island’s reputation as a leading international finance centre. A week after Guernsey and the USA signed an asset sharing agreement, the Chief Minister met with officials from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the
Evercore and Luminis Partners have formed a strategic alliance to provide cross-border M&A advisory services. The two firms will leverage their combined expertise and broad network of corporate relationships to provide independent, objective advice to their clients. Luminis Partners recently has been formed by Ron Malek, Simon Mordant and Jamie
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