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Liberum completes USD500m in transactions

Liberum Investment Banking has completed eight public market transactions during a busy five-week summer period, acting as financial adviser on two public offers, completing the IPO of a service provider to the film industry, and raising equity for five listed clients in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors. Steve

Cosco ShippingHoldings to acquire Orient Overseas in USD6.3bn deal

Wholly-owned subsidiaries of Cosco Shipping Holdings and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co have made a voluntary cash offer to acquire Orient Overseas (International) Limited (Orient Overseas) in a deal worth up to USD6.3 billion. Cosco ShippingHoldings, which was represented by law firm Paul Hastings in the acquisition, is the world’s fourth largest

Yamibuy secures USD10m Series A investment led by GGV Capital

Yamibuy, an e-commerce site for Americans to purchase the best Asian snacks, beauty products, health supplements and home appliances, has closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by GGV Capital, with participation from New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: EDU) and K2VC. The investment, the company’s

KKR-backed United Group makes further investment in South East Europe

United Group, a multi-play (Pay-TV, Broadband, Telephony, Mobile) operator in South East Europe, backed by KKR and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is to acquire the Croatian and Slovenian media portfolio owned by CME (CETV). The transaction is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals.   The portfolio

Agilent acquires Rainbow Seed’s Cobalt Light Sytems in GBP40m deal

Early-stage investor Rainbow Seed Fund today announces that Oxfordshire-based Cobalt Light Systems, a provider of highly differentiated Raman spectroscopic instruments, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies Inc. Cobalt Light Systems, a spin-out from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory which was funded from the earliest

Alpina Partners acquires ASI DataMyte’s quality management software division

Funds managed by Alpina Partners have acquired the quality management software division from ASI DataMyte. In the course of the carve-out of the American parent company, technology investment firm Alpina Partners (“Alpina”) acquired the quality management software division from ASI DataMyte. The existing management team around the managing director Sven

CerebrEX secures investments from INCJ and UMC Capital

Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Fortune Venture Capital (one of the funds collectively known as UMC Capital) in Taiwan have jointly invested JPY800 million in CerebrEX through a third-party allocation of shares, to develop the technology and business needed for the next-generation semiconductor products. CerebrEX is a fab-less

Maru Group enhances tech platform with SynGro acquisition

Maru Group, a technology-enabled market and customer insights group, has acquired Customer Experience technology company SynGro for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition, SynGro will be rebranded to Maru/SynGro and its management team will remain with the Company to oversee its development and integration into the Group’s technology platform.  

Pamlico Capital invests in Becker’s Healthcare

Pamlico Capital has made a substantial investment in Becker’s Healthcare. Founder Scott Becker, along with President and CEO Jessica Cole, will maintain significant ownership in Becker’s and Cole will continue to lead the Company. Headquartered in Chicago, Becker’s is an information and media platform that has established a thought leadership

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