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IK Investment Partners to support Third Bridge

Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire a minority stake in Third Bridge, a primary research provider. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Third Bridge provides its clients with insights into companies and markets through access to industry

Boyd Group Income Fund closes acquisition of Assured Automotive

Boyd Group Income Fund has, through a subsidiary company, closed the acquisition of the assets and business of Assured Automotive Inc. and related entities which was previously announced on 29 May, 2017. The total consideration for the transaction is approximately USD193.6 million, subject to closing and post-closing adjustments, and was

German superconductor manufacturer closes EUR7m financing round

Theva, a German manufacturer of superconductors, has raised additional capital totalling EUR7 million in its third funding round which saw the corporate venture capital arm of utility EnBW join existing investors eCAPITAL, Bayern Kapital, Target Partners and BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft. “We are the first company in Germany to mass produce

Robert Sewell, Lorne Park Capital Partners

Lorne Park Capital Partners to acquire Crestridge Asset Management

Lorne Park Capital Partners has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to purchase all of the outstanding securities of Crestridge Asset Management (Crestridge), an independent portfolio manager based in Toronto. Crestridge provides discretionary investment management and wealth management services for individuals, trusts and foundations with clients across Canada. As of

Coinsilium’s Seedcoin to sell SatoshiPay stake to Blue Star Capital

Seedcoin, a subsidiary of Coinsilium Group, an accelerator that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, is to sell its entire holding of 2,133 shares in investee company SatoshiPay Ltd at the price of EUR340 per share for a total consideration in cash of EUR725,220 to Blue

IGF provides Confida FM with GBP1m facility

IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP1 million asset based lending facility to newly formed Ayrshire business, Confida FM. Confida FM began in May 2017 after the purchase of an existing business, Sercon Support Services. With continued support from IGF throughout the MBO process, Confida’s management

Noerr advises Lazada shareholders on complete takeover by Alibaba

The shareholders of Lazada will receive proceeds of more than a billion US dollars from the takeover of the South East Asian shopping portal by Chinese internet firm Alibaba. The sellers, who include more than 20 existing shareholders such as Rocket Internet, Tesco, Kinnevik, Summit Partners and JP Morgan relied

BGF successfully exits Chemoxy following acquisition by trade buyer

BGF has successfully exited its minority stake in North-East chemicals manufacturer Chemoxy International Ltd. The company has been acquired by a French based trade buyer, Novacap SAS, as it seeks to expand its Performance Chemicals division and geographical presence. BGF invested GBP10 million into Chemoxy in February 2015 and, as a

Foresight sells IoT technology business Simulity Labs Limited

Foresight Group’s Foresght VCT (F1)  has completed the successful sale of Simulity Labs Limited (Simulity) to ARM, a specialist semiconductor IP company. F1 received circa GBP11.4m at completion and will receive up to GBP 0.3 million of deferred consideration after 12 months subject to certain conditions, implying a cash on

Henkel closes acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies and Sonderhoff Group

With the successful closing of the acquisitions of the global Darex Packaging Technologies business and the Sonderhoff Group, Henkel has strengthened its Adhesive Technologies business and technology portfolio with the successful closing of the acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies and the Sonderhoff Group. Darex is based in Cambridge, MA, USA

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