Lighting Science Group Corporation has completed the final round in a series of private placements totalling approximately USD140 million in equity funding and commitments, of which approximately USD88 million is new equity funding and commitments and approximately USD52 million represents the conversion of certain bridge financings occurring since the fourth
Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK middle-market private equity firm, has invested in CloserStill, a business-to-business exhibition organiser, in a transaction which values the business at circa GBP25 million. This is the sixth investment from Phoenix’s GBP450 million fund, which was raised in 2010, and is a partial exit for NVM
Cell Therapeutics has entered into an agreement to sell, subject to customary closing conditions, USD40 million of shares of its Series 15 Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock (and the shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon conversion of the Series
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (GAF), part of Investec Specialist Bank, has provided LDC with a debt financing package to support the management buy-out of Ocean Outdoor (Ocean) from Smedvig Capital. Ocean operates 28 sites across the UK and is a leading operator of digital ‘out of home’ advertising
Pan-African equity specialist Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has invested in Nairobi Java House, a leading Kenyan café and casual dining restaurant operator. The deal marks the first private equity deal in the restaurant sector in East Africa, and ECP’s second investment in the East Africa region from its latest fund,
August Equity has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) in Aspirations Care Group (Aspirations), a community care services provider specialising in supporting individuals with complex and challenging behaviour. Aspirations is headquartered in Gloucester and provides high quality and specialist supported living and community support for children and adults who have
Macquarie Group Ltd (Macquarie) is acquiring a 42.5% stake in sugar and ethanol advisory, supply chain management and trading firm C Czarnikow Ltd from Wilmar International Ltd, which will cease to be a shareholder. Bringing significant expertise in agricultural risk management, Macquarie will work alongside co-shareholders, Associated British Sugar and
Global financial information services company Markit has agreed to acquire Cadis, a global enterprise data management specialist platform. Cadis’s platform addresses a multitude of data management needs including front-to-back office integration and data frameworks for trading, pricing, risk and compliance management. The acquisition comes at a time when financial institutions
Golden Seeds has joined a list of top-tier investors in Triptrotting, Inc’s Series A financing of USD1.5 million. Triptrotting is a global community connecting world travellers with like-minded local hosts for meet-ups and authentic experiences. Co-investors included Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angel investors.
Scandinavian-German dairy group Arla plans to merge with Milch-Union Hocheifel and the UK’s Milk Link. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the EU competition authorities and the consent of the membership meetings of the companies involved. A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Dr Malte Bruhns advised Milch-Union
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