The Riverside Company has exited Retail Zoo, an Australian owner of four quick service restaurant concepts – Boost Juice, Salsa’s, Cibo Espresso and Hatch. Riverside invested in Retail Zoo in 2010 and helped the company grow its earnings by more than 150 per cent over the next four years. Retail
The number of deals completed globally on consultancy mergers and acquisitions was up 1.4 per cent in 2013. This is 33.8 per cent above the 2009 low and just 11.5 per cent behind 2007’s market peak, according to Equiteq’s Global Consulting Mergers & Acquisitions Market Report 2014. This is
Law firm White & Case predicts a “war chest” of funds will be put to work across the European private equity market with sharp-eyed firms embracing new hybrid US-European finance options. The findings are revealed in new White & Case research – Defying the odds: the rise of European private
Westlake Chemical Corporation is to acquire German-based Vinnolit Holdings and its subsidiary companies from Advent International, a private equity firm. Vinnolit is an integrated global leader in specialty polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins. The acquisition price of EUR490 million will be financed using existing Westlake cash and credit facilities.
Cranson Capital Securities has closed a convertible debenture financing for Flixel Photos, a new photography software which combines still photographs and captivating aspects of video. Cranson Capital raised USD460,000 through a number of private accredited investors in a convertible debenture offering for the expansion and development of the business.
African Development Partners II (ADP II), a pan-African private equity fund advised by Development Partners International (DPI), is making a USD20 million investment in Université Privée de Marrakech (UPM), one of Morocco’s leading private universities. ADP II’s investment will serve to support UPM’s growth plans both in Morocco and in
The senior management team of Vista Retail Support has completed a management buyout of the business, with the support of private equity house WestBridge Capital. The secondary buyout was valued at GBP12.3 million. This deal sees a majority shareholding being acquired by the existing senior management led by managing
Nordic Capital Fund VIII is to acquire Euroline, a provider of card acquiring solutions with a strong market position in eCommerce. Euroline is a provider of quick and secure card acquiring solutions in Scandinavia with a strong market position in eCommerce and Nordic retail. Euroline has built a portfolio
VGX Animal Health, a 90 per cent-owned subsidiary of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, has sold its animal health assets to Plumbline Life Sciences (PLS) of Korea. The assets being transferred include an exclusive license with Inovio for animal applications of its growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) technology and animal DNA vaccines plus a
FF&P Private Equity has invested in European self-ticketing solution ticketscript, which has offices in London, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona and Berlin. Since its launch in 2006, it has worked with over 70,000 events across Europe, and sold over 11 million tickets for its clients. FF&P Private Equity will be investing
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