Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand. The
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have launched AltitudeOne Aviation with plans to acquire a portfolio of leased in-production narrow body and wide body commercial aircraft. L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have committed equity capital of approximately USD250 million to AltitudeOne Aviation, which will be supplemented with bank financing. Airborne Capital
TBG AG, a Switzerland-based private holding company and the owner of DTN, an independent provider of decision-support solutions to the global agriculture, oil and gas and other weather-sensitive industries, is to acquire MetoGroup, a global weather specialist. “We welcome the new owner who has significant experience in meteorological intelligence. The
Leading global insurer American International Group is to acquire Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter), a full-service broker and insurance company providing services for specialty programs and retail operations. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, Glatfelter brings high-quality program underwriting capabilities that will accelerate the strategic positioning of AIG’s General Insurance business. The terms
Orrick has represented the key institutional shareholders in Farfetch’s USD5.8 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick advised JD.com and Condé Nast, as shareholders, and Vitruvian Partners, as a selling shareholder, in the offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick previously advised JD.com, Farfetch’s
IT services provider ClearPointe Technologies has been acquired by AccountabilIT, a portfolio company of private equity firm WestView Capital Partners. Drake Star Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to ClearPointe on the transaction. Founded in 1993, ClearPointe is an award-winning provider of managed IT services with a longstanding relationship
Despite the flux in many African markets over the past few years, the number of PE-backed IPOs in both African and global stock exchanges has remained relatively constant. Over the 2010-2017 period, PE-backed IPOs generated over USD3 billion, contributing 16 per cent in terms of volume and 23 per cent
Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) is to acquire Marketo, a specialist cloud platform for B2B marketing engagement, in a USD4.75 billion deal, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. With nearly 5,000 customers, Marketo brings together planning, engagement and measurement capabilities into an integrated B2B marketing platform. Adding Marketo’s engagement platform to Adobe
Media and entertainment group Global has entered the ‘out of home’ (OOH) sector with the simultaneous purchase of Primesight and Outdoor Plus. The deal sees GMT Communications Partners (Primesight) and Inflexion Private Equity (Outdoor Plus) exiting their respective investments in these companies. Tthese acquisitions will be the foundation of
Funds managed by CVC Capital Partners (CVC) are to make a majority interest investment in UnitedLex, the pioneer of enterprise legal services for the world’s leading corporations, law firms, and universities. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. The UnitedLex senior leadership team has fully reinvested in the
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