Gerard Lopez, a founding partner of The Genii Group and Mangrove Capital Partners, which was an early investor in Skype, delivered a talk at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012 this week where he presented possible technological advancements that will change the world in the next decade and offered
Klöckner Pentaplast has completed a successful recapitalisation and strengthening of its capital structure with the support of its lenders. Following a cash equity injection of EUR190 million by a group of new investors led by Strategic Value Partners LLC and new debt facilities underwritten and funded by Jefferies & Company,
Private Equity (PE) firms in India invested USD1.8 billion in 91 deals in the first quarter of 2012, according to the first-ever MoneyTree India Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd (PwC), based on data provided by Venture Intelligence. The report is a quarterly study of private equity and venture capital investment
Symington’s Ltd, the convenience food manufacturer, it has completed the acquisition of family owned baking business Victoria Foods. The deal brings together two major suppliers in the UK home baking sector and is a major boost for driving value and investment into a category estimated to be worth GBP576 million.
Power Plus Communications AG (PPC), a leading provider of broadband powerline communication systems for smart metering and smart grids, has raised EUR12 million growth capital in a round of funding by Siemens Financial Services’ (SFS) Venture Capital unit and British Gas with participation from existing investor Climate Change Capital Private
Valence Health has secured a USD30 million minority investment from North Bridge Growth Equity, a venture capital growth equity firm focused on investing in mid-stage, emerging and high-growth technology companies. North Bridge Growth Equity is affiliated with North Bridge Venture Partners. The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s
Business Growth Fund (BGF), which was established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, today announced two investments totalling GBP4.4m into Springfield Healthcare Group, the largest independent provider of domiciliary care in Yorkshire and Humberside. The investments of GBP2.5m and GBP1.9m respectively were made into Springfield
Law firm August & Debouzy has advised Air France in connection with the creation of the new airline Air Côte d’Ivoire, dedicated to the transportation of passengers and merchandise in Western and Central Africa, but also in Côte d’Ivoire. The launch of this company will expand cooperation with airlines Air
KKR & Co is to acquire Prisma Capital Partners, a provider of customised hedge fund solutions. Financial terms for the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter 2012, have not been disclosed. Prisma was founded in 2004 by former Goldman Sachs partners Girish Reddy, Thomas Healey and
Frontier Capital has held the final closing of its third private equity fund, Frontier Fund III, with USD250 million in capital commitments. The fund exceeded its initial target of USD200 million thanks to strong support from existing investors along with new commitments from other leading institutional investors including public and
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